Continuum Home Health Care

The agency failed to follow standards of practice to prevent the transmission of infections and communicable diseases.

The agency failed to ensure care was provided according to the plan of care for eight (8) of seventeen (17) medical records reviewed in the survey sample.

The agency failed to ensure that Home health aides were providing care according to the written patient care instructions for two of three patient's receiving home health aide services.

The agency failed to inform the patient in advance of being discharged from the agency in two (2) of two (2) medical records reviewed.

The agency failed to complete the initial assessment visit to the patient within 48 hours of referral or return home in two (2) of seventeen (17) medical records reviewed in the survey sample.

The agency failed to ensure all equipment required was included on the patient's plan of care in three (3) of seventeen (17) medical records reviewed in the survey sample.

The agency failed to ensure the written patient care instructions for the home health aide contained duties appropriate for the aide to perform for three of three patient's receiving home health aide services.