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The report alleges the conduct occurred from June 16-19 in a facility run by ResCare <br />Minnesota, part of Louisville, Kentucky -based ResCare - a company described on its website <br />as the "largest diversified health and human services provider in the U.S." <br />"We deeply regret this situation," the company said in a statement, <br />RI LLATED- Dila Home Health Puw dsrs ON Hot 7afte Ac don to Dave <br />PaUgn� DSSPO�G OrdSr (http://kstp.com/news/home-health-providers-investigation- <br />patient-death/4567398/?cat=1) <br />"We are committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of our clients every day. We <br />conducted an internal investigation as soon as we learned of this issue and immediately took <br />immediate action to correct the plumbing situation. The employee has been separated from <br />employment with ResCare. Our employees are trained to serve with compassion and <br />respect. We do not tolerate behavior that does not comply with regulations or our mission." <br />The report described the facility in question as a "split entry styled home. The facility had one <br />`Sathroom on the main floor, and another bathroom was located in an apartment that was <br />used for the live-in staff person." <br />In this case, the investigation reported, the live-in staff person "was typically gone on <br />weekends and usually returned to the facility on Sunday nights at 19 p.m." Which meant the <br />live-in apartment on the louver level was locked, and the staff person working at the facility <br />from 2 p.m. on June 16 to 10 p.m. on June 18 did not have access. <br />RELATED' MEW RUQ 83, Ns&ct dnva0 sd on Death a� Qnnandds <br />Nuraa ng Home (http://kstp.com/news/minnesota-department-of-health-investigation- <br />finds-annandale-nursing-home-neglected-patient-/44943581?cat=12196) <br />According to the investigation's findings, the staff person on duty said the remaining toilet �I <br />became plugged on the morning of June 17. The staff person put tape on it and allegedly told <br />the vulnerable adults "to have bowel movements in plastic bags that were put into garbage <br />Lans in the bathroom and to run water in the shower when they had to urinate." 0 <br />