Terrebonne Homecare, Inc.

The agency failed to ensure the skilled nurse: 1. Obtained an abdominal girth and/or ankle measurement to monitor for weight fluctuations on a patient who was unable to stand for weights (Patient #5); and, 2. Monitored and assessed a patient’s capillary blood glucose for abnormal findings (Patient…

The agency failed to ensure wounds were measured weekly for 2 (Patient #9 and Patient #10) of 4 (Patient #5, Patient #7, Patient #9, and Patient #10) sampled patients reviewed with wounds.

The agency failed to ensure an accurate medication reconciliation was completed for 1 (Patient #1) of 5 (Patient #1, Patient #2, Patient #3, Patient #4, and Patient #5) sampled patients whose medication reconciliation was reviewed during in person home visit observations.

The agency failed to ensure staff followed accepted standards of practice to prevent the transmission of infections for 1 of 4 patients observed during home visits (Patient #1) as evidenced by the agency failing to ensure S3RN (Registered Nurse) used appropriate hand hygiene, standard precautions…