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Caswell Developmental Center
2415 West Vernon Ave.
Kinston, N.C. 28504
252-208-4222

Caswell Developmental Center provides specialized residential, programmatic and support services for people with developmental disabilities. The center, which opened in 1914, has 529 beds. In addition, it will deliver support services to individuals who are discharged to lesser restrictive settings in the community. Caswell Developmental Center provides quality services to individuals with mental retardation and to their families who reside within the Eastern Region. To be eligible for admission to the center a person must have a diagnosis of profound, severe or moderate mental retardation or a related developmental disability. No one is denied admission because of inability to pay.

Significant Events

If any deaths occur in the center, or if there are any significant patient injuries or significant events involving staff, these will be reported on this page (beginning in January 2008).

Death Reporting: Caswell Center
Date of Death Gender Expected/Unexpected

6-7-09 Male Expected

4-29-09 Female Expected

4-11-09 Male Expected

4-5-09 Female Expected

1-30-09 Male Expected

1-8-09 Female Expected

10-15-08 Female Expected

9-14-08 Female Expected

9-10-08 Female Expected

4-18-08 Female Expected

3-17-08 Male Expected

3-16-08 Male Expected

3-11-08 Female Expected

2-25-08 Male Expected

1-24-08 Female Expected

1-16-08 Female Expected

1-10-08 Female Expected

1-6-08 Female Expected

Patient Injury Reporting: Caswell Center
Date of Injury Gender
Follow-up Action
(Clinical Review, Safety Review, Abuse/Neglect Investigation, or Criminal Investigation)

4-21-09 Female Clinical Review and Safety Review

12-2-08 Female Clinical Review and Safety Review

11-23-08 Male Clinical Review

9-26-08 Female Safety Review

9-08-08 Female Clinical Review

9-02-08 Male Clinical Review

6-28-08 Female Safety Review

3-24-08 Female Clinical Review

Staff Injury Reporting: Caswell Center
Date of Injury Staff Position Location

7-27-09 Youth Program Assistant I Vernon Woods/ Dewey

7-1-09 Developmental Tech. I 110 Kendell/Sunset Village

6-24-09 Developmental Tech. I 10 Sprucewood/Harmony Court

6-16-09 Developmental Tech. I 103 Byrum, West End Villas

6-9-09 Youth Program Assistant 101 Dewey/Vernon Woods

5-6-09 Mental Retardation Habilitation Coordinator II 201 Birchwood / Vernon Woods

3-31-09 Developmental Tech. I 101 Tapp / Tapestry Grove

3-27-09 Education Development Asst 204 Tapp / Tapestry Grove

3-7-09 Developmental Tech. I Sunset Village, 101 Kendall

2-21-09 Youth Program Asst. Vernon Woods/Dewey

2-17-09 Licensed Practical Nurse Vernon Woods/Dewey

12-12-08 Developmental Technician I 103 Kendall/Sunset Village

10-1-08 Developmental Technician I 203 Tapp/Tapestry Grove

8-12-08 Youth Program Asst. I Dewey/Vernon Woods

8-7-08
Developmental Technician II

Johnson 1/Sunset Village

8-1-08 Developmental Technician I Alpha/Rolling Hills

7-25-08 Teacher Tapestry Grove/204 Tapp

7-25-08 Trainer Tapestry Grove/204 Tapp

7-17-08 Teacher
Tapestry Grove/204 Tapp

7-17-08 EDA
Tapestry Grove/204 Tapp

7-17-08 Housekeeper
Tapestry Grove/204 Tapp

7-7-08 Licensed Practical Nurse Tapestry Grove

4-6-08 Youth Program Assistant I Dewey/Vernon Woods

4-1-08 Developmental Technician I 101 Oakwood/Vernon Woods

3-28-08 Developmental Technician 101 Sprucewood/Harmony Court

Weekly Admissions and Discharges

Weekly Admissions and Discharges for Caswell Developmental Center
Date Total Admissions Total Discharges

8-8-09
to
8-14-09 0 2

8-1-09
to
8-7-09 0 1

7-25-09
to
7-31-09 0 1

7-18-09
to
7-24-09 0 1

7-11-09
to
7-17-09 1 0

7-4-09
to
7-10-09 1 0

6-27-09
to
7-03-09 1 0

6-20-09
to
6-26-09 1 0

6-13-09
to
6-19-09 1 1

6-6-09
to
6-12-09 0 1

5-30-09
to
6-5-09 0 0

5-23-09
to
5-29-09 0 0

5-16-09
to
5-22-09 0 0

5-9-09
to
5-15-09 0 0

5-2-09
to
5-8-09 0 0

4-25-09
to
5-1-09
0 0

4-18-09
to
4-24-09 0 0

4-11-09
to
4-17-09 0 0

4-4-09
to
4-10-09 1 0

3-28-09
to
4-3-09 0 0

3-21-09
to
3-27-09 0 0

3-14-09
to
3-20-09 0 0

3-7-09
to
3-13-09 1 0

2-28-09
to
3-6-09 0 0

2-21-09
to
2-27-09 0 0

2-14-09
to
2-20-09 0 1

2-7-09
to
2-13-09 0 1

1-31-09
to
2-6-09 1 0

Press Releases

Gov. Easley Announces 2008 Dr. John R. Larkins Award winner, January 18, 2008

Facility News

Caswell Developmental Center Employee to Receive Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public Service, August 28, 2008
Caswell Employee Receives Larkins Award – James Harris Jr. received the 2008 John R. Larkins Award for his contributions in human and race relations in the workplace and community. Harris, who works at Caswell Developmental Center in Kinston, received the award from Governor Mike Easley at the 27th annual State Employees’ Martin Luther King Jr. Day Observance Program in Raleigh. Harris is Director of Standards Management and an Equal Employment Opportunity representative as well as an instructor at the facility. In 1997, Harris was instrumental in forming the North Carolina Guardianship Association (NCGA). This organization trains and supports court-appointed guardians for those who are not able to make sound personal and business decisions and who have no family members or friends to serve in that capacity. NCGA, a private, nonprofit organization, is dedicated to promoting the protection, dignity, and value of persons through guardianship. The John R. Larkins Award was created in 1998 as one of North Carolina’s highest honors in public service. (reported Feb. 27, 2008)

Updated: July 31, 2009