Haven of Camp Verde: Elopement Safety Gaps Found - AZ
Inspectors who visited Haven of Camp Verde following a complaint found that the electronic wander guards worn by residents at risk for wandering only trigger alarms at the front exit. The other exits are locked and alarmed, the executive director acknowledged, but they are not connected to the wander guard system at all.
The executive director, identified in inspection records as Staff #84, told inspectors that residents at risk for elopement are identified through assessments and that monitoring varies based on each resident's condition. Wander Guards, she explained, require a physician's order before they can be applied and cannot be easily removed by residents once in place, typically requiring cutting to get off.
She also confirmed what the gap in coverage means in practice. A resident leaving the building without staff knowledge, while assessed as a wandering risk, is considered an elopement. And elopement, she said, can result in falls, dehydration, or being struck by a vehicle.
The facility's own wandering and elopement policy, revised in January 2024, states that the facility is responsible for identifying residents at risk for unsafe wandering and putting measures in place to prevent harm.
Inspectors rated the violation as having minimal harm or potential for actual harm, with few residents affected. The complaint that triggered the inspection was not detailed in the portion of the report reviewed.
What the policy describes and what the physical layout provides are not the same thing. Nine of the facility's exits remain outside the reach of the system designed to stop a resident from walking out undetected.
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HAVEN OF CAMP VERDE in CAMP VERDE, AZ was cited for violations during a health inspection on May 28, 2026.
The other exits are locked and alarmed, the executive director acknowledged, but they are not connected to the wander guard system at all.
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