Adoration Home Health

Staff interview the agency failed to have an emergency preparedness plan and the required elements of: develop and maintain an emergency preparedness program, maintain and annual updates to the program, emergency preparedness patient population, process for emergency preparedness collaboration…

The agency failed to provide care in accordance with the condition of skilled professional services for 6 of 10 patients reviewed (#8, 4, 5, 9, 2, and 6).

The agency failed to adhere to infection prevention techniques during 1 of 4 home visits (#8).

The agency failed to include the psychosocial status and the risk for emergency department visit/hospitalization risk on the Plan of Care for 10 of 10 records reviewed (8, 1, 3, 5, 4, 7, 9, 10, 2, 6); and failed to include all medications for 1 of 2 patients with oxygen (#6).

Client record review and staff interview the agency failed to follow the physician's order related to providing wound care and assessing wounds for 1 of 3 patients with wounds (#8), PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter) line measurements for 1 of 1 clients with a PICC line (#5).

Staff interview the agency failed to provide patient and caregiver education for wound care for 1 of 3 patients with a wound (#8).

Agency policy review and interviews with the staff the agency failed to provide home health aide visit 3 times per week as ordered by the physician for 1 of 3 patients [#9]. The findings included: Patient # 9 had a Start of Care [SOC] date of 9/7/19 and diagnoses of Unsteadiness on Feet and Muscle…