Complaint Investigation Report

The Department obtained copies of the following documents: The staff and residents roster, admission agreement, physician's report, medical assessment, medication administration records (MARs), consent forms, replacement appraisal information, identification and emergency information, appraisal needs and service plan, safeguards for cash resources, staff training on reporting dependent and adult and elder abuse, staff in-service training, and ongoing staff training.

Allegation: Staff engaged in an intimate relationship with a resident.

It was alleged that the staff engaged in an intimate relationship with a resident. The department investigated the allegation. Interviews were conducted with staff members 1-4 (S1-S4) and facility residents 1-10 (R1-R10). A resident reported maintaining a dating and sexual relationship with a facility staff member. The staff admitted to having a sexual relationship with the facility resident, and both the resident and staff member reported going to a local motel together. The department corroborated this information with a printout of the reservation from the local motel. There is sufficient evidence to support the allegation that the facility staff was involved in an intimate relationship with the facility resident.

The investigation revealed the following:

The Department conducted interviews with staff members 1-4 (S1-S4) and residents (R1-R10). S1-S2 stated that on 04/18/2024, a resident came into the office to report a dating relationship with a staff member that had been ongoing for approximately six weeks. The resident ended the relationship due to the age difference and because the staff member was harassing the resident for the $4,000.00 that the staff member claimed to have spent on the relationship. Both the resident and staff member admitted to the Department that they had been in a consensual romantic and intimate relationship for about two to three months. They both stated that no elder abuse occurred and that the relationship was consensual.

Staff member S4 stated he was not employed at the facility at the time of the alleged incident and had no knowledge of the allegation.