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A hospital treated the girl's head injury for five days, and she returned to the hospital with a new injury just two days after being released. someone who suffered a stroke in 2007, the girl had trouble sitting in armless chairs or on a bed without falling out. Still, nobody attached rails to her bed. She fell to the floor before her second visit to the hospital, and an employee put her back in bed without notifying someone qualified to evaluate her possible injuries, OHFLAC noted. The employee tried to call a manager instead of 911, and the girl again fell and hit her head on a nightstand. She was later put on life support. As fluid gathered in her lungs and her kidneys shut down, the girl died after her guardian decided to have the ventilator removed. nnn A ResCare facility in Parkersburg waited two days to report an employee who sexually abused two clients in 5, OHFLAC found. Both clients had care plans that outlined the importance of giving them personal space. Even a hug would violate the plans. On Aug. 14, 2015, OHFLAC reported, an employee gyrated on a pool noodle and described her sex life. She also simulated sex on one of the clients and then told both clients to do the same to each other. Though a supervisor discovered the abuse three days later, she waited another two days to inform another manager It took another day for employees to report the abuse to Adult Protective Services. In a similar delay the year before, a client of the ResCare agency in Huntington reported sexual abuse and did not receive an investigation until days later, according to OHFLAC.