State Findings:
Based on interviews, record review and review of the facility policy titled, Abuse Prohibition the facility failed to ensure that one resident (R#1) was free from sexual abuse; and, one resident (R#8, the roommate of R#1), who witnessed the abuse, was free from psychosocial harm from a sample of eight residents.
Findings include:
The facility had an Abuse Prohibition policy. The policy included a definition of sexual abuse as non-consensual sexual contact of any type with a resident. The policy includes a definition of mental abuse as includes, but not limited to, humiliation, harassment, threats of punishment or deprivation. Identification of Abuse: Neglect, and Exploitation-6. The facility will consider factors indicating possible abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation of residents, including, but not limited to, the following possible indicators: a) resident, staff or family report of abuse; f) physical abuse (sexual abuse) of a resident observed; and g) Psychological abuse of a resident observed.
An interview on 8/29/19 at 1:56 p.m. with R#1, revealed through nodding his head and using hand gestures, that the sexual assault occurred at night and that he knew who did it. The resident gestured with his left hand (the resident is unable to move his right hand) that oral sex (pointed to genital area and his mouth) had occurred. The resident answered no, when asked if he had asked CNA AA for oral sex. When asked if sexual acts were performed in his mouth or rectal area the resident indicated no by moving his head from side to side. When asked if the resident he had witnessed CNA AA abusing other residents the resident moved his head from side to side indicating no. The resident was asked how many times the sexual act occurred, he held up five fingers, indicating it had occurred five times. The resident further indicated that the sexual assault occurred in his bed by pointing at the bed and the privacy curtain. The resident further indicated that he had told a nurse but indicated that the nurse did not understand him.
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