Caregivers America SE

The agency failed to base the emergency preparedness plan on and to include a documented, facility-based and community-based risk assessment, utilizing an all-hazards approach.

The agency failed to establish and maintain an emergency preparedness communication plan that included contact information for local/regional/state/federal emergency preparedness staff.

The agency failed to develop and maintain an emergency preparedness plan training and testing program that was reviewed and updated at least every two (2) years, which includes the time period prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The agency failed to conduct exercises to test the emergency plan at least annually and failed to conduct a full-scale community-based or facility-based functional exercise annually.

The agency failed to adhere to agency policy by not ensuring that the appropriate job description was contained within the PF for four (4) of ten (10) PF reviewed (PF #1, 7, 9, and 10); failed to ensure job description qualifications for CPR certification were followed for three (3) of ten (10) PF…