Complaint Investigation Report, 09/29/2022 — Virginia Catalina LLC, North Hollywood CA

On the allegation that ‘Facility staff hit resident while in care’. The Reporting Party (RP) stated that they received an allegation from R1 which stated that a facility staff had ‘hit’ them. To investigate the allegation, on 09/01/2022 at 11:58 a.m., the LPA interviewed the RP. The RP stated that R1 has a history of fabrication, and ‘seeking attention behavior’. When the LPA asked the RP to elaborate on the statement of ‘seeking attention behavior’, the RP stated that R1 sometimes has pretended to fall, or limp, when neither happened nor there was anything wrong with R1’s foot/leg. According to the RP, R1 has been attended the day program for three (3) years. Per the RP, lately R1’s attention seeking behavior has increased. On 08/24/2022, the R1 reported to a day program staff that a facility staff had spanked and kicked them. The the day program staff conducted a visual evaluation of the area (buttocks) where R1 allegedly was hit by facility staff. The day program staff stated that they looked for discoloration or marking in the area, however none were noted. Additionally, the day program staff stated that the next day, R1 stated, ‘I told a lie’. When asked about the ‘lie’, the R1 stated they lied about the allegation of being hit. R1 did not provide an explanation as to why they had lied. The LPA asked the RP if the R1 had mentioned the time, and place of the incident, and the RP stated that R1 had not. At 1:55 p.m., the LPA attempted to interview two residents at the facility on the day of the visit, however one resident was not responsive to the questions asked by the LPA, and the other resident was occupied with a zoom meeting with a provider. The LPA interviewed one resident who stated that they were doing well, and everything is ok, although sometimes some of the residents listen to their music very loud, and they don’t like that. At 2:00 p.m., the LPA interviewed one facility staff. Per the facility staff, there is no facility staff named, ‘Lou’. The S1 stated that they do not discipline residents.