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GPS data traps health worker in web of lies Mon, 12 Jul 2021, 2:23PM
A community healthcare worker lied about visiting an elderly client days before he was found unconscious. Photo / 123rf
GPS data traps health worker in web of lies Mon, 12 Jul 2021, 2:23PM
GPS data helped a community health service to untangle an employee s web of lies that covered up her failure to check on an elderly client just days before he died.
The support worker lied about attending her scheduled Saturday 90-minute session with the elderly man at his home in 2018, a Health and Disability Commissioner report has found.
The woman was in fact at her own home - around 11km away - at the time of the session, according to GPS data abstracted from an app used by support workers to log their visits with clients.
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The man was found unconscious on the floor two days after the intended visit in 2018, and died shortly afterwards in hospital.
The elderly man lived alone and received in-home support services from a community health service, which included personal care every day.
The report from the Health and Disability Commission (HDC) found while the worker said she attended the Saturday session, GPS data shows she was at her own home the whole time.
The next day, another support worker did arrive at the house, but the man did not answer the door and, after contacting the community health service, they were advised they could leave.
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The man was transferred to hospital from Armourdene Rest Home in Hamilton, with a fractured hip after a fall.
He died a few days later.
The man s sister-in-law was concerned about the care he received, including the management of his fall, and complained to Health and Disability Commissioner.
Deputy Commissioner Rose Wall says Armourdene refused to provide the relevant information including the man s clinical records.
She says as a result, it breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers Rights.
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