Reliable Personal Care Servcies

The agency failed to ensure the home health aide [HHA] signed documentation of home visits in 5 of 5 records, or that documentation was accurate for 1 of 5 patients with home health aide services in a sample of 7 records reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure the medication profile identified all medications listed in the comprehensive assessment for 1 of 7 records reviewed.

The plan of care [POC] failed to include all medications and pertinent diagnoses in 2 of 7 records reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure the physician signed the plan of care [POC] within the 60-day episode for 1 of 3 records reviewed in a sample of 7. (#3) Findings included: 1. An agency policy, revised 3/15/16, titled, "Physician Orders/Plan of Care", stated that the physician and appropriate…

The home health aide [HHA] failed to follow the frequency or duration of visits ordered in the plan of care [POC] for 3 of 5 active patients receiving HHA services and 2 of 2 discharged patients in a sample of 7 records reviewed.