Avalon in Home Nursing and Rehabilitation LLC

The agency failed to immediately remove a staff member from patient care due to allegations of misconduct related to abuse.

The agency Staff Member #3 failed to provide accepted professional standards of practice in one (1) of six (6) clinical records in the survey sample (Clinical record for Patient #1).

The agency staff failed to follow infection control guidelines when performing wound care for one (1) of four (4) patients who had wound care observed during home visits (clinical record #6).

Agency staff failed to ensure each patient participated in and was informed of the care in advance of treatment being furnished to include the visit frequency for all disciplines in nine (9) of seventeen (17) clinical records reviewed in the survey sample (clinical records #1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14…

The agency failed to ensure each patient was advised in advance of providing care the extent to which payment for HHA (home health agency) services may be expected from Medicare, Medicaid, or any other federally-funded or federal aid program known to the HHA, the charges for services that may not…

The agency's staff failed to ensure plans of care contained all required elements.