Louisiana Homecare of Miss-Lou

The agency failed to ensure the patient’s written individualized plan of care was followed for 2 (#5 and #6) of 10 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, and #10) sampled patients as evidenced by: 1. No evidence was found that Patient #5 was evaluated by a PT, as ordered in the POC, and 2. No…

The agency failed to ensure the patient’s physician was promptly notified when the patient’s pain level was high and outside of the physician ordered parameters for 1 (#5) of 10 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9 and #10) sampled patients reviewed.

The agency failed to comply with accepted professional standards and principles by failing to have a Registered Nurse assess a patient’s wounds, including the size and stage, weekly for 3 (#2, #4, and #5) of 5 (#1, #2, #3, #4, and #5) sampled patients with wounds out of a total of 141 active…

The agency failed to ensure care was coordinated to meet patients' needs.

The agency failed to ensure nursing services ordered by the physician were provided as indicated in the plan of care for 1 (#3) of 5 (#1, #2, #3, #4, and #5) patient records reviewed for services provided per the plan of care and physician orders.

The agency failed to ensure staff that were not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 implemented additional precautions intended to mitigate the transmission and spread of COVID-19 for 2 (S2 RN and S3 LPN) of 2 staff observed that were not fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Findings: 1. Observation on…

The agency failed to comply with accepted professional standards and principles by failing to have a Registered Nurse assess a patient's wounds, including the size and stage, weekly for 3 (#1, #4, and 6) of 5 (#1, #3, #4, #5, #6 and #7) sampled patients with wounds in a total sample of 10.…