Brookestone Home Health & Hospice

The agency failed to ensure 3 of 3 staff (Staff B, C, and D), observed during the provision of care for 3 of 3 patients (Patient 1, 2, and 3 respectively), performed proper hand hygiene, cleaning of equipment, bag technique, and standard precautions, according to the agency's policies and…

The agency failed to complete a comprehensive assessment of the patient’s rehabilitative needs within 5 days after the start of care for 3 of 6 patients who had orders for Occupational Therapy included on the plan of care (Patient 1, 5, and 7).

The agency failed to ensure the patient's medication profile (a real-time document used by the agency that lists the patient’s medications, including new and updated orders received between certification periods), included all medication orders as received by the agency, for 3 of 8 patient records…

The agency failed to ensure a transfer summary was sent to the receiving facility for 1 of 1 patient who had a transfer (Patient 3).