Willow Springs Care and Rehab: Resident Assault Findings - WA
The wounds, documented in a progress note from May 11, 2026, measured two centimeters, four centimeters, and two centimeters across the left forearm of the resident who was grabbed. Staff cleansed the tears, brought the wound edges together, and secured them with steri-strips.
The altercation started with yelling.
A staff member identified in the inspection report as Staff C said they heard the noise from their office and came out to find the two residents in the middle of it, both very angry, one with a grip on the other's arm. Staff C and a second employee, Staff B, separated them without further incident.
Staff C told inspectors they had heard the resident who did the grabbing yell at staff before. Physical contact with another resident, they said, was new to them.
The resident who did the grabbing told inspectors, during an interview the afternoon of May 26, that they did not recall grabbing anyone. "I would never do that," they said.
The facility's administrator, identified as Staff A, told inspectors no further incidents had occurred and confirmed it was the first time they were aware the resident had been physical with another resident.
The inspection was a complaint investigation, completed May 26, 2026. CMS classified the harm level as minimal harm or potential for actual harm, with few residents affected.
What the record shows is a resident left with three open wounds on their forearm, staff who were aware the same resident had a history of yelling at staff, and a facility that had not flagged that pattern as a warning sign before the grab happened.
The progress note documenting the injuries was written by Staff B at 8:29 in the morning on May 11. The complaint inspection that examined what happened did not occur until May 26, more than two weeks later.
By then, the wounds had been treated. The administrator said nothing else had happened. The resident who was grabbed had three steri-stripped tears on their left arm, and the resident who grabbed them said they had no memory of it.
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WILLOW SPRINGS CARE AND REHABILITATION in YAKIMA, WA was cited for violations during a health inspection on May 26, 2026.
Staff cleansed the tears, brought the wound edges together, and secured them with steri-strips.
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