complaint·April 7, 2021

The complainant states that R1 was being told R1 would have to look for another facility to live unless R1 relinquished control of R1’s medications to facility staff. On 4/6/2020 and 3/28/2021, the administrator reports that the facility was concerned with R1’s health as they believed R1 was taking too much medicine and observed R1 falling several times. On 2/08/2020, the administrator contacted R1’s physician, Person of Responsibility (POR), and Assisted Living Waiver program to inform of the resident’s falls and request the facility take over R1’s medication. R1’s physician, POR, and ALW representative determined it was in the resident’s best interest to continue managing R1’s own medications, therefore, the administrator complied. Based on this investigation, LPA found sufficient evidence to support that the facility made every effort to ensure the safety and well-being of the resident. As a result, regarding the allegation that, “Facility not centrally storing residents’ medications”, the finding is Unsubstantiated. At 1:57 pm, a video chat exit interview was conducted with Lito Vitug and an electronic copy of the report was emailed for signature and to be returned via email to LPA.