Visiting Nurse Association of Indian River County Inc

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure care follows the written plan of care for 1 of 15 active sampled patients as evidenced by the failure to complete the Occupational Therapy (OT) evaluation as physician ordered (Patient #3).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure tube feeding amounts for 1 of 1 sampled patients was provided only as the physician ordered (Patient #15).

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure verbal physician's orders for 2 of 15 active sampled patients were complete and written by the nurse (Patient #6 and #7).

The Social Worker failed to coordinate and provide requested information for housekeeping services to meet the needs for 1 of 4 sampled patients requiring Medical Social Worker (MSW) assistance (Patient #2).