Incident reports

[Guest guest]

Have a question of something that is bugging me a little. Got yet

another incident report from yesterday at the group home....the

reporter was one of the staff that butts heads with my son freq.

I've noticed on the last couple reports that she's written out, she

lists some of the other residents as witnesses.

Should that even be allowed?

(I have heard that some of the other residents have been removing

him away from the radio when he wants to turn it off or throw it.)

I'm thinking of going in tomorrow to do a surprise visit to see how

they handle getting him ready for work....I'm gonna be a mouse in the

corner...with duct tape over my mouth)

Liz

[Guest guest]

I have always been advised by friends who have children in residential settings

that being a very frequent presence is very important.

Ellen

Ellen Garber Bronfeld

egskb@...

Incident reports

Have a question of something that is bugging me a little. Got yet

another incident report from yesterday at the group home....the

reporter was one of the staff that butts heads with my son freq.

I've noticed on the last couple reports that she's written out, she

lists some of the other residents as witnesses.

Should that even be allowed?

(I have heard that some of the other residents have been removing

him away from the radio when he wants to turn it off or throw it.)

I'm thinking of going in tomorrow to do a surprise visit to see how

they handle getting him ready for work....I'm gonna be a mouse in the

corner...with duct tape over my mouth)

Liz

[Guest guest]

I am a very frequent visitor. Am there at least once or twice a week;

usually 3. (I'm only 8 miles away, closer when I'm at work.

But just wondering (out loud) if the other residents initials should

even be put on his incident reports as witnesses.

Liz

[Guest guest]

The regulation set forth by the state for CILA's, states that another

individual's name may not appear in another person's file. However,

agency's often use initials as it is not the full name. It often

helpss in understanding/ decoding behaviors. For example if DH is

constanly showing up as a witness in 's incident reports, perhaps

DH is in some way involved in the antecedent to the behavior. I know

that your is in a ICFDD and they are regulated by public heath and

not DHS so I can not speak for sure that the regulation is the same.

However, that is often the reason why other resident's initials are

written in incident reports. -- Just my experence as a provider

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> I am a very frequent visitor. Am there at least once or twice a week;

> usually 3. (I'm only 8 miles away, closer when I'm at work.

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> But just wondering (out loud) if the other residents initials should

> even be put on his incident reports as witnesses.

>

> Liz

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for your response.

Actually the initials of several residents were noted on the last

couple incident reports. I talked to the new supervisor about it today.

He was supposed to ask about it at a meeting today. Hopefully I'll

find out the results of that meeting later this week.

The girl who wrote the report is fairly new...(think she's been there

as long as my son has been...since May.) She also is young & one of at

least two that he butts heads with.

I did show up at the group home today about 6:30. A couple things we

talked about at our last meeting didn't happen, so I had to " take my

duct tape off. " Had averted another incident report.

Liz