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32 | Resident #2 (R2) was interviewed on 04/14/2026 and R1’s Responsible Party was interviewed on 04/20/2026. Furthermore, potential witnesses were interviewed, and follow-up interviews were conducted with R1, R1’s Responsible Party, R2, and facility staff from 04/24/2026 to 04/30/206 and from 05/04/2026 to 05/08/2026.
Following is the summary of the allegations and investigation finding:
Regarding allegation “Staff did not provide adequate supervision resulting in resident inappropriately touching another resident in care”: Information was received that R1 was sexually assaulted by previous roommate, R2, during the first week of March 2026. A specific date was not disclosed. It was further reported that during the night R1’s roommate approached R1 while in bed and asked R1 to cover self-up with a blanket. The roommate pretended to try and help R1 and then started to touch R1's bare stomach. The roommate then proceeded to touch R1's breasts and other parts of the body. R1 asked the roommate to stop but they didn't listen. R1 stated they were too weak to stop the roommate.
Records reviewed revealed that R1, who has dementia, moved to the facility on 3/05/2026 and was placed in a shared room with R2, who also has dementia. Facility staff interviewed denied having any knowledge that R2 could sexually assault another client. Records reviewed indicated residents are checked every two hours around the clock as required by the facility. R1 confirmed that caregivers were checking on them regularly. Staff interviews revealed that they first learned of the incident that R2 touched R1’s chest when fixing R1’s blanket on 3/11/2026 from R1’s responsible person and that R1 did not feel comfortable being in the same room with R2. Therefore, R1 was relocated to another room the following day (3/12/2026). Staff interviews revealed that when R1’s family reported the incident they did not report any type of abuse. However, R1’s family provided inconsistent statements that staff were informed of the alleged inappropriate behavior on 03/08/2026. Staff denied having any knowledge about R1 being inappropriately touched until 03/11/2026. Staff explained that they did not know that the touching was intentional or that included touching other parts of R1’s body other than R1’s chest. Therefore, there was no abuse report filed until it was alleged by R1’s family that R2 intentionally touched R1 inappropriately. Law Enforcement made a site visit on 04/01/2026 and 04/06/2026; R1 and R2 were interviewed and because of both residents’ confusion and memory loss, the officers took an incident report for documentation purposes and advised that because this was an injury report and not a crime report, detectives will not be investigating the matter. (Continue to LIC9099C). |