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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not sure how valuable this item is from a dollar amount but I would recommend you file a police report. You need to also send letter to the director of facility and the regional supervisor in addition to the corporate office. If you just complain to the facility it will not get addressed. If you raise this issue to multiple parties within the corporation, you will get their attention and they will have to respond. I would also let them know that you filed a police report.

Unfortunately, assisted living facilities and nursing homes have a lot of turnover and they employ staff that often times will take money or valuables b/c there is very little oversight. These facilities have employees that come and go from rooms all day long and it is VERY hard to catch someone slipping money or jewelry into their pocket or bag, etc.

Most of the staff at these places will not steal and are honest but the small percentage that does often gets away with a lot before they get caught. There are also other people who come into the facilities that are not regular staff but they come in for private care or to run tests or do repairs, etc. and they also have access to patient/resident rooms and are often not monitored.

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Did you even read this post? The OP stated she had NO IDEA which of 3 different locations/care facilities it was nor when exactly it might have happened. Do you really think that the police are going to go do a shakedown at 3 different care facilities to look for a watch that went missing at an unknown time, at an unknown place, and there is no evidence an actual theft occurred? Even filing a report at this stage is nothing but a waste of police time and taxpayer money. [/quote]

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