Chapter 16 - Derek’s Responsibility
Derek Sloan was not charged with abusing my mother.
Evidence did not show he knew what Chloe was actually doing.
Still, his professional choices mattered.
He installed an exterior-controlled lock on an elderly resident’s bedroom based solely on a spouse’s verbal claim of dementia.
No clinical documentation.
No consultation with the actual occupant.
No discussion with me, the property owner named on his original vendor file.
He also created notification suppression rules.
He thought:
Customer preference.
After the case became public, his employer’s insurer and licensing body reviewed the work.
He accepted professional discipline.
Completed additional training.
Changed his own company policy:
No bedroom confinement functionality for vulnerable residents without documented lawful authority and safety review.
He later testified.
Not hero.
May you like
Not villain.
A professional who had followed a client request farther than judgment should have allowed.
