Springs at Rochester Hills: Abuse Unreported for Weeks - MI
That was September 26. Federal inspectors didn't learn about it until October 7, during a complaint inspection, when they interviewed the nurse directly.
Nobody had reported it.
The facility, The Springs at Rochester Hills Rehab and Nursing Center, was already under scrutiny for a separate incident involving resident-to-resident abuse six days earlier, on September 20. That one also went unreported for hours — not because staff missed it, but because the administrator, who also served as the facility's abuse coordinator, was at a concert when the call came in and decided it could wait.
The inspection, completed October 7, 2025, documented two separate failures to report suspected abuse within the timeframes required under the facility's own written policy. In both cases, the people responsible for reporting either delayed, deferred, or said nothing at all.
The September 26 incident involved residents identified in inspection records as R802 and R803. A nurse identified as Nurse B told inspectors she had been working on the first floor that afternoon when she came upstairs and observed R802 hitting R803 on the arm. "She kept hitting her," Nurse B told inspectors. "I said to R802 you have to understand because R803 just doesn't understand."
Nurse B placed the time as after dinner, during the afternoon shift, while it was still light outside. When inspectors asked whether she had reported what she witnessed, the answer was no.
She had not reported it to a charge nurse. She had not reported it to the director of nursing. She had not reported it to the administrator. There was no documentation that she had told anyone.
When inspectors checked the facility's training records, they found sign-in sheets and quiz documentation for an abuse and neglect education session the facility had conducted between September 22 and October 1, in direct response to the earlier September 20 incident. Nurse B's name was not on any of it. There was no evidence she had received the training at all.
The September 20 incident involved different residents, R801 and R802. Inspectors asked the administrator to walk through exactly how and when notifications happened after that incident. The account the administrator gave was notable for what it revealed about their reasoning in the moment.
The administrator said they were at a concert when the call came in. A regional nurse consultant, identified as RNC O, had reached out to notify them. The administrator's account to inspectors: they talked to their boss initially and said there was no injury, so it didn't need to be reported right away. They didn't report it until later, once they became aware there had been a fracture. The administrator told inspectors that was when they finally made the required report to state agencies.
The facility's own abuse and neglect policy, dated June 28, 2025, states that allegations of abuse must be reported to appropriate state agencies immediately and no later than two hours after receiving the allegation when the event involved abuse or resulted in serious bodily injury. The policy does not include an exception for situations where the administrator has been told no injury occurred. It does not include an exception for concerts.
When inspectors asked the administrator to explain their understanding of the reporting requirements, the administrator offered no explanation. Their response, recorded in the inspection report: they were sure it would be explained when they received the citation.
That answer, given by the person who held the title of abuse coordinator, captures something important about what inspectors found at this facility. The reporting requirements were not a matter of confusion or complexity. The administrator simply did not follow them, did not report within two hours, and when asked to explain why, declined to engage with the question at all.
Inspectors also asked how the facility ensured that contracted agency nurses, who made up part of the staffing, were trained on abuse reporting protocols. The administrator said the facility had done face-to-face education and had rounded up the whole house to provide training on what to report and who to report it to. The director of nursing acknowledged that nurses might reach out to them directly rather than the administrator, but said the DON would then notify the administrator.
The documentation told a different story. The sign-in sheets for the abuse and neglect education session covered dates from September 22 through October 1. Nurse B, who witnessed R802 striking R803 four days into that window, was not on the list. Whether she was an agency nurse, a staff nurse who simply missed the sessions, or someone who was never reached by the facility's roundup of the whole house, the inspection report does not specify. What it documents is the result: she sat through an assault, said something directly to the resident causing it, and then reported nothing to anyone.
When inspectors told the administrator and director of nursing about Nurse B and the September 26 incident, the inspection report notes the two expressed frustration given the recent education they had done with staff. The frustration was directed at the staff member who had failed to report. The inspection report does not record any acknowledgment that the administrator had also failed to report the September 20 incident within the required two-hour window.
Both incidents involved R802. In the September 20 incident, R802 was involved in an altercation with R801 that resulted in a fracture, though the administrator said they were initially told there was no injury. In the September 26 incident, R802 was the one doing the hitting, striking R803 on the arm repeatedly while a nurse watched from across the room and then walked away.
What the inspection record does not answer is what happened to R803 after the hitting stopped. Whether anyone assessed R803 for injury following the September 26 incident, whether R802 and R803 continued to share a unit, whether any protective measures were taken between September 26 and October 7 when inspectors arrived, none of that is documented in the narrative inspectors filed.
What is documented is that a nurse saw one resident hit another, more than once, spoke directly to the resident doing the hitting, and then let eleven days pass without telling a single supervisor. And that when inspectors finally asked about it, the facility's response was frustration that the education sessions hadn't worked.
R803 was hit on the arm. A nurse said something to the person doing the hitting and then went back downstairs.
Full Inspection Report
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Last verified: June 26, 2026 · Our methodology
The Springs at Rochester Hills Rehab and Nursing C in Rochester Hills, MI was cited for abuse-related violations during a health inspection on October 7, 2025.
Federal inspectors didn't learn about it until October 7, during a complaint inspection, when they interviewed the nurse directly.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.