Carolinas Home Health

The home health agency failed to provide documentation of contact information for emergency officials within the home health agency's service area.

The home health agency failed to provide documentation of an alternate means of communication for emergency services in its Emergency Preparedness Program.

The home health agency failed to ensure the patient's plan of care developed by the Registered Nurse (RN) and approved by the physician was followed for missed visits for one of seventeen patient records reviewed for care and services (Patient 2), and failed to document a thigh measurement for one…

The home health agency failed to ensure its staff followed accepted principles of infection control in the provision of patient care for 1 of 1 Physical Therapist (PT 1), 1 of 1 Occupational Therapist (OT) 1, and 1 of 1 Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN 1) who when observed failed to perform hand…

The home health agency failed to ensure reconciliation of the patient's home medications with the home health's agency medication profile for 2 of 7 patients observed during home visits.

The home health agency failed to ensure supervisory visits by the Registered Nurse (RN) were completed every fourteen days for one of seven patients receiving home health aide services.