Staff 1 worked a double shift (working at other homes within agency) prior to arriving at 11pm and then came to work the overnight shift at the location of the incident.  Staff 2 stated this was the first shift of the day for them.  The provider’s shift are from 11p-7am; 7am-3pm; 3pm-11pm.  Both staff were float staff for several homes throughout the agency, however they had worked in this home prior to the event.  Staff 1 worked for the provider for over a year and Staff 2 had worked for the provider since February.  Each of the staff works approximately 40-48 hours per week.  Provider has a policy for a 2:4 staffing ratio at the home and both staff remain awake.  

Provider’s policy is to go into the office and count medications upon arriving for a shift.  While in the office they are to also read the daily log notes on the people supported in the home.  The 11pm staff arrived for their shift, neither staff person had reviewed the notes from the previous shift or counted the medications.  This had been the pattern that staff did not typically check meds and/or notes when they arrived to the home because the norm was the individuals were awake and needed support.  The staff started interacting with the individuals in the home because many of them were awake on this evening and required the staff’s attention. Individual 1 typically was not awake and in the common area of the home, however they were on this evening.  

Individual 2 (with alone time) from the residence called and stated he needed a ride home.  Staff 1 left to go get individual 2.  Staff 1 did not take the office keys with them when they left the home.  Staff 1 did not know if the office was locked at this time.  


When both staff arrive Individual 1 was typically in their room and this night the individual was awake more during the night and was talking to Staff 2 about videos games and film animation.  Individual 1 has no alone time.  Individual 1 is very planful, smart, he works at a department store, likes animation or playing videos games, funny, jokester, and typically calm.  

At 5am Individual 1 came to Staff 1 for a PRN and staff was watching YouTube videos.  The office is locked at all times per policy from the provider and staff carry the keys on a lanyard (on their person at all times).  One set of keys per two staff.  If keys are locked inside of the office there is another set in a lockbox (with a key code to get in).  Once in the office, the medications are set up per person in a “file cabinet like’ with another set of keys required to get into the medications.  When staff 1 went into the office for the medications the office and the medications were all locked.  Staff 1 gave individual 1 medications and went back to watching youtube from 5am-6am.  Staff 1 was unable recall if they had fallen asleep.   Staff 1 was very tired due to the length of time they had worked during their shift and the previous two shifts at another home.  
