Complaint Investigation Report

Allegation: Staff did not provide adequate supervision, resulting in a resident wandering away from the facility .

The investigation revealed the following:

Licensing Program Analyst Richard interviewed staff members 1-4 (S1-S4) and residents 1-5 (R1-R5) During the interview staff had consistently affirmed that residents are under sufficient supervision and do not exhibit a tendency to wander away from the facility. (S1-S4) and (R1-R5) stated that this is not a gated or locked facility, and residents have their personal rights, including the ability to sign in and out as they choose. Staff members are aware of the residents' locations and activities. S1 stated regarding the incident involving HARBOR UCLA Medical Center it should be known that this facility is not a locked facility, and residents here have the right to leave the premises at their discretion. Therefore, staff have being very helpful talking to residents about where they are going, in keeping track of residents' whereabouts and firmly denied the allegations. Staff does not provide adequate supervision. LPA interviewed resident (R1-R5) stated that leaving the facility anytime is the rights that residents have. Resident can go anywhere they please, without letting staff know their whereabouts. Sometimes (R1-R5) don’t remember to sign-in or sign-out they just leave. The residents (R1-R5) stated that after they had breakfast they just leave and don’t come back until it’s time for curfew, which is 10:00PM.