Report: Problems continue to plague Alaska Psychiatric Institute.
that have plagued the Alaska Psychiatric Institute for years – including treatment options that do not meet federal standards and an unsafe working environment – were not resolved as of last year, despite previous promises by the Anchorage facility to improve conditions.
The ombudsman’s investigation was initiated after an anonymous complaint was filed in November 2020, with several complaints about the hospital. The ombudsman found many of them credible. However, it did not find evidence to back a complaint about the institute’s COVID-19 policies. “If API was providing the robust array of services as required by federal regulation to meet the standards of active treatment, they would have laid that out. And they didn’t,” she said.The report found that the majority of patients admitted to the institute received the same “cookie cutter” services upon admission – psychiatric nursing and medication – regardless of the reason they were admitted.
In a formal response to the investigation, DHSS Deputy Commissioner Clinton Lasley detailed several ways API was attempting to improve treatment plans, including offering treatment plan writing classes, and conducting internal audits. “There is every reason to be worried that the problems with the work culture at API are continuing, and that’s a matter of disappointment for those of us who represent and work with patients at API,” Dent said. “It’s something that people have been worried about for quite a while.”
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