Home Care Solutions II

The agency failed to ensure the registered nurse included safety precautions on the home health aide (HHa) care plan.

The agency failed to ensure the initial assessment occurred within 48 hours of referral in 3 of 7 (MR # 2, 5 and 6) records reviewed potentially resulting in initial unmet patient health or safety needs and failed to ensure that a registered nurse conducted the initial assessment to determine…

The agency failed to ensure the registered nurse conducted a review of the patient's medications for any potential adverse effects such as: side effects, drug interactions, and duplicate drug therapy for 1 of 7 (MR# 3) records reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure the plan of care included objectively measurable goals specific to the needs of the patient for 7 (MR's #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7) records, and failed to include reportable parameters for 2 (MR#s 1 and2) records from a total of 7 sampled records reviewed, resulting in the…

The agency failed to ensure the patient's wound was measured to determine the status of wound healing in 1 of 7 (MR#2) records reviewed, and failed to assess the patient's blood sugar results while providing care, resulting in the inability to ensure the wound was healing and the patient's blood…

The agency failed to ensure the comprehensive assessment accurately reflected the patient's current baseline health status in 2 (MR#1 and 2) of a total of 7 records reviewed, resulting in the inability to determine the patient's current health status and needs, and the inability to determine if the…

The Agency failed to advise their patients of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of federally funded and state-funded entities that serve the area where the patient resides, resulting in the potential for unmet patient care needs for all 17 patients currently serviced by this agency.

The agency failed to ensure the plan of care covered all pertinent interventions with reportable parameters, safety precautions and objectively measurable goals specific to the needs of the patient for 4 (MR's #1, 2, 3, 6) records, from a total of 7 sampled records reviewed, resulting in patients…

The Agency failed to include contact information for the Home Health Agency's Clinical Manager in the Patient Admission/Orientation Packet, resulting in the potential for unaddressed patient concerns.

The Agency failed to ensure Occupational and Physical Therapy services were provided for 1 (MR #4) records with therapy services ordered, from a total of 7 records reviewed, resulting in the potential for physical decline, and unmet care needs.

The Agency failed to ensure on-site supervisory visits to the patient's home were made in order to supervise the care provided by the Home Health Aide for 2 records with Home Health Aide services ordered, from a total of 7 sampled records reviewed (MR #1, 4) resulting in the potential for the…

The agency failed to ensure that a discharge summary was completed and sent to the physician within 5 business days of the patient's discharge for 2 of 2 (MR's #1, 2) records in which the patient was discharged from skilled services, resulting in the physician not having knowledge of the patient's…