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ResCare Minnesota, Inc.
<br />Reports: 201802057, 201802068, 201802084, 201802087, 201802098
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<br />s The SP had worked in his/her position for a period of time and had audited petty cash pouches before.
<br />The SP was trained on how to audit the petty cash pouches and was aware that the pouches and ledgers
<br />were supposed to be stored in the SP's locked file cabinet.
<br />• Pi did not have concerns regarding the SP's contact with residents prior to this incident.
<br />Law enforcement was not investigating this case.
<br />Facility documentation showed that the SP received training on the facility s policies, including Individual Abuse,
<br />Neglect, Exploitation and Retaliation Statement of Policy and Employment Acknowledgement, and the Reporting
<br />of Maltreatment of Vulnerable Adults Act.
<br />Conclusion:
<br />A. Maltreatment:
<br />Between March 12 and 14, 2018, P2, P3, P4, and P5 gathered the petty cash pouches for the residents who lived
<br />at facilities A-E, including VAI-VA8, and R1 -R12. P2, P3, P4, and P5 counted the money in each pouch and
<br />documented the totals on a ledger. P2, P3, P4, and P5 then delivered the pouches to the SP who was responsible
<br />for completing a routine monthly audit. The SP was supposed to keep the pouches locked in his/her office. On
<br />March 15 and 16, 2018, P3 and P4 picked up the pouches for facilities A, B, and E. Over the following days, direct
<br />care staff persons notified P3 and P4 that money was missing from some, not all, of the pouches. (There was
<br />money missing from VA1-VA4, VA7-VA8; however, there was no money missing from 111-114, and Rl1-1112.) Upon
<br />receipt of the concerns, all of the petty cash pouches were audited again, and in doing so, it was discovered that a
<br />total of $382 was missing from the pouches belonging to VA1-VA8. However, once again, there was no money
<br />missing from Rl-R12.
<br />The SP did not respond to this investigators request for an interview and therefore, did not provide information
<br />for this investigation.
<br />Given that VA1's-VA8's money was stored either at the facility and/or in the SP's office, and that although there
<br />was an exterior door in the SP's office, it was kept locked and only accessed by a staff person for deliveries during
<br />business hours, there was a preponderance of the evidence that a staff person took $382 belonging to VA1-VA8
<br />without the legal authority to do so.
<br />It was determined that financial exploitation occurred (in the absence of legal authority a person willfully uses,
<br />withholds, or disposes of funds or property of a vulnerable adult).
<br />B. Responsibility pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 626.557, subdivision 9c, paragraph (c):
<br />When determining whether the facility or individual is the responsible party for substantiated
<br />maltreatment or whether both the facility and the individual are responsible for substantiated
<br />maltreatment, the lead agency shall consider at least the following mitigating factors:
<br />(1) whether the actions of the facility or the individual caregivers were in accordance with, and
<br />followed the terms of, an erroneous physician order, prescription, resident care plan, or
<br />directive. This is not a mitigating factor when the facility or caregiver is responsible for the
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