Lagniappe Homecare Northern Louisiana

The agency failed to meet the Condition of Participation for Patient's Rights as evidenced by: Findings: The agency failed to ensure a patient was free from verbal and mental abuse in her home environment.

The agency failed to ensure a patient was free from verbal and mental abuse in her home environment.

The agency failed to ensure the plan of care included patient-specific interventions related to the identified safety concerns with the use of oxygen, and with concerns related to the medication regimen (#6), for 1 of 7 sampled patients.

The agency failed to ensure orders from the referring physician were integrated into the plan of care, and care was coordinated to meet the patient's needs.

The agency failed to ensure staff who provide care communicated patient concerns to others involved in care as evidenced by failure of the therapist to notify the nursing staff that a patient had reported falling to the therapist (#6) for 1 of 7 sampled patients.

The agency failed to ensure the patient's care was coordinated to meet the patient's needs as evidenced by failure of nursing to further evaluate concerns related to the patient's medication regimen, and to communicate the patient's identified concerns to the physician to clarify and coordinate the…