Home Health Care 2000-Lake Charles

The agency failed to ensure the patient's written individualized POC (plan of care) was followed as evidenced by the PT (Physical Therapy) failing to make visits as ordered per POC for patient (#1), the SN (Skilled Nurse) failing to follow the physician’s wound care/treatment orders for patient…

The agency failed to ensure the physician was informed of patient’s complaint of pain of 8 on pain scale 0-10 for 1 (#4) out of 7 sampled patients.

The agency failed to ensure the patient's written individualized plan of care was followed as evidenced by: 1. No evidence found for Patient #2 that an OT (Occupational Therapy) evaluation was done as ordered per the POC (Plan of Care) and; 2. No evidence found for Patient #3 that the physician was…

The agency failed to provide evidence of coordination between ST (Speech Therapy) and the nursing staff to inform the physician concerning the patient's drooling for 1 (patient #2) out of 8 sampled patients.