Facility Evaluation Report

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Tihesha Lynn Smith and (LPM) Licensing Program Manager Naira Margaryan conducted a joint subsequent Case Management-Incident visit to this facility with the representatives from North Los Angeles County Regional Center (NLACRC) Venus Rodriguez-Khorasani and Christina Perez.

LPA and LPM met the facility staff and explained that this visit was conducted to follow up and complete investigation of the incident reported to the Community Care Licensing Office (CCLD) on 07/19/2022

It was reported that on 7/14/2022 a staff member #1 (S1) heard a client #1 (C1) talking to someone on the phone and heard the caller was a female. C1 stated to staff member they were talking to the staff #2 (S2). After the phone conversation ended, C1 became upset and start exhibiting behaviors. C1 behavior was triggered by the phone conversation. In addition, C1 told S1 that S2 allowed C1 to touch S2. S2 was removed from work for “Sexual Abuse”.

On 08/19/2022 from 11:15am to 1:00pm, LPA requested and reviewed facility records relevant to investigation. Between 12:50pm and 3:15pm, LPA Smith spoke with the Administrator and three (03) out (04) four facility staff present at the facility. On 08/24/22, LPA Smith and LPM Margaryan spoke with four (04) out of five (05) facility staff who had knowledge of the incident that occurred on 07/14/22.

Interview of the staff did not reveal any credible information to conclude that C1 exhibited a behavior after phone conversation with the female individual (S2). Two (2) out of four (4) staff member stated that S2 was wearing inappropriate attire, triggering C1 to touch S2. However, staff also indicated that S2 was wearing medical scrubs and was unable explain why they considered scrubs inappropriate attire.