Client’s guardian disclosed during a bi-weekly treatment team meeting that when she picked client up on March 9th for a therapeutic home pass, she noticed redness on his neck. When the guardian asked the client about this, he initially said he did not want to talk about it but later stated he was acting up and a staff was trying to help him, and they had grabbed his jacket and it rubbed his neck. The guardian stated she did not report it when it happened because she did not think anything of it. When the facility was made aware of this today, the therapist asked the client about this situation and he said he was really mad and the staff was trying to help him because he was mad and that he is not hurt, and was not hurt then. Facility looked at notes from that day and client exhibited multiple documented behaviors that morning. A report was made to the AR Child Abuse Hotline (not accepted for investigation).
3/21/24 – Per phone call with Kenleigh Bennett of Timber Ridge, staff mentioned by client will be retrained on proper restraints. 3/25/24 – Sign in sheet for staff training provided to licensing.
This was not an accepted investigation for maltreatment therefore there are no findings for maltreatment or licensing.