Incident investigation·July 11, 2022

On 07/11/22, Licensing Program Analysts (LPAs) Talwinder Bains and Lavinia Muscan arrived at the facility and met with Administrator Gregory Kanser and Executive Director (ED) Erik Olson, to do case management as follow-up on incident report received by the department on 07/01/2022 submitted by facility. Facility currently does not have any COVID-19 positive cases. LPAs wore surgical masks while in the facility. On 07/01/22, the facility submitted an incident report to the department that alleged S1 slapped R1 on the face on 06/29/22 . This incident was witnessed and reported by another staff member. The facility conducted internal investigation and found the allegation to be true. S1 was terminated on 07/01/22 after the internal investigation. On 07/11/22, LPA s interviewed S2 ,R1 , administrator and ED. LPAs toured memory care unit on 07/11/22 . Although the facility took steps to investigate this incident, S1 violated R1s personal rights therefore citation are being issued today as a result of S1 s actions. LPAs requested medical records and other documents related to this incident for R1 from facility and facility will send all required documents to department by 07/13/22 . As a result of today's inspection and records review deficiencies are cited pursuant to California Code of Regulations, Title 22. See LIC809D for citation issued today. Exit interview was conducted with Administrator. The signature of the Administrator on this acknowledges receipt of this document. Appeal rights provided. Copy of this report left at the facility.