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SAGAMORE HILLS, Ohio (AP) — A northeastern Ohio assisted living facility where a 94-year-old woman wandered outside and died of hypothermia has submitted a plan to state regulators to address problems that investigators said contributed to the woman's death.
The body of Martha Jendrix was found January 19 by a snow plow driver outside Elmcroft of Sagamore Hills, about 20 miles south of Cleveland. Police said Jendrix wandered outside and collapsed. A coroner later ruled she died of hypothermia caused by exposure to the cold.
The facility's plan includes a new door alert system, reassessment of patients' risk of wandering, retraining on missing patient procedure and informal rounds by management.
The Northeast Ohio Media Group and WEWS -TV report Elmcroft also suspended one employee who had falsely documented that she had checked on Jendrix.
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