Lafayette Manor: Safety Hazards, Supervision Gaps - PA
Employee E1, a nurse aide, discovered the resident missing around 9:30 p.m. during a routine check. "I went in her room around 9:30 to check on her and do her inventory sheet and she wasn't in her bed," the aide wrote in a statement. "I looked in the bathroom she wasn't in there I checked residents room she wasn't there I then yelled and said resident is missing I need help."
Multiple staff members joined the search. The aide checked the basement laundry room, fire exits, and supply areas before running outside with a phone "because its pitch dark outside." She searched around the building and nearby campus structures.
Employee E3, a personal care assistant arriving for the evening shift at 9:50 p.m., found the missing resident. "I just started to walk in [Assisted Living Facility] to start work and I saw workers looking for someone who was missing," E3 wrote. "I went to clock in and found missing client sitting down by clock in the basement."
The resident had no documented history of elopement attempts from any previous or current facility. Staff had been redirecting the resident back to their room throughout the evening because "she kept getting up."
Following the incident, Lafayette Manor initiated immediate corrective measures including a facility-wide resident count and installation of a Wanderguard security bracelet for the resident. The facility also conducted elopement risk assessments for all residents and provided staff education on elopement prevention.
During interviews three weeks later, the Nursing Home Administrator and Director of Nursing acknowledged the facility "failed to provide adequate supervision to prevent elopement for one of five residents."
The nursing supervisor ordered a head count after the resident was found. All residents were accounted for.
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Last verified: June 21, 2026 · Our methodology
LAFAYETTE MANOR, INC in UNIONTOWN, PA was cited for violations during a health inspection on January 29, 2026.
Employee E1, a nurse aide, discovered the resident missing around 9:30 p.m.
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