Elara Caring

The home health agency (HHA) failed to maintain documentation of training and testing for emergency preparedness for HHA employees.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure individualized plans of care included all pertinent diagnoses for 2 (Patient 4 and Patient 5) of 17 patients reviewed and failed to ensure patient-specific interventions related to the primary diagnoses were included on the plan of care for 2 (Patient 2…

The home health agency (HHA) failed to provide services as ordered by a physician for 1 (Patient 1) of 17 sampled patients.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure the revised plan of care reflected current information regarding medications for 1 (Patient 7) of 17 sampled patients.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure 1 (Patient 16) of 17 sampled patients was discharged from therapy services by the appropriate discipline under supervision of the therapist.

The home health agency failed to ensure therapy staff obtained vital signs during visits for required reporting, if out of parameter to the physician, as written in the individualized plan of care (POC) for one of five patients reviewed (Patient 2).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure proper written notice was provided in advance of the home health agency reducing or terminating on-going care for one of three patients reviewed who had agency services reduced or discontinued (Patient 2).

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure any revisions related to ongoing plans for the patient's discharge were communicated to the patient's representative, physician and caregivers who were responsible for providing care and services to the patient after discharge from the HHA, for one of…