Golden Age Home Health

The agency failed to ensure governing body oversite of the conduction of a patient centered QAPI program for calendar year 2023, 2024 and 01/01/25 to 04/03/25 for all patients and employees.

The agency failed to: 1. Educate the patient on potential health outcomes related to refusal of and/or missed visits prior to the patient’s discharge from HHA services for noncompliance.

The agency failed to ensure individualized patient POC included: Pain reporting parameters to report to the physician or pain management goal for three (Patients #1, 5 and #6) of 15 patients.Weight management goal for one (Patient #1) of 15 patients.Wound management goal for one (Patient #2) of 15…

The agency failed to ensure: SN performed a foot assessment for one (Patient #1) of 15 patients.SN performed assessment of patient’s response to the medication for one (Patient #4) of 15 patients.SN monitored patient’s weight and reported weight greater than 125 pounds to the physician for one…

The agency failed to ensure certified home health aide supervisory visits were completed every 14 days for three (Patients #1, 2 and #4) of 15 patients.

The agency failed to ensure clinical visit note documentation was accurate for one (Patients #2) of 15 patients.

The agency failed to ensure completed transfer/discharge summaries were provided to receiving providers for four (Patients #8, 9, 11 and #12) of 15 patients.

The agency failed to ensure a community-based risk assessment (All Hazards Risk Assessment) identified an agency for which the assessment was developed and implemented for all patients and employees.

The agency failed to: 1. Show documentation which impeded the HHA from providing care and services; 2. Educate the patient on potential health outcomes from discontinued HHA care and services; 3. Notify the physician the HHA was unable to provide care and services to meet the patient’s needs and…

The agency failed to ensure a medication profile was reviewed and updated with ordered medications for one (Patient #2) of 13 patients.

The agency failed to ensure individualized patient POC’s included: 1. Pain reporting parameters for two (Patients #2 and #3) of 13 patients; 2. Recurring urinary catheter change intervention treatment due dates were documented for one (Patient #4) of 13 patients and; 3. Recurring medication…

The agency failed to ensure services were provided as ordered on the POC’s: 1. SN to conduct assessment of patient oxygen saturation level, record and report to the physician of change in patient oxygen saturation level outside of reporting parameters for one (Patients #1) of 13 patients; 2. SN to…

The agency failed to ensure SN visit notes were completed for two (Patients #1 and #5) of 13 patients.

The agency failed to ensure certified home health aide supervisory visits were completed every 14 days for two (Patients #8 and #9) of 13 patients.

The agency failed to ensure a completed transfer summary was provided for one (Patients #1) of 13 patients.