Wayne Memorial Hospital Department of Home Health

The agency failed to ensure written instructions regarding updated visit frequencies were provided to two (2) of two (2) patients for whom the admission folder/booklet was available for review during a home visit.

The agency failed to ensure the progress toward wound healing goals were assessed by the skilled nurse (SN) for three (3) of three (3) patients for whom wound care orders and goals were included on the "Home Health Certification and Plan of Care".

The agency failed to ensure written information/instructions regarding the means to access auxiliary aids (accessible web sites, assistive aids identified in the American's with Disabilities Act) and language services were provided to three (3) of three (3) patients whose admission folder was…

The agency failed to ensure the "Home Health Certification and Plan of Care" included advance directive information and/or physician orders for tracheostomy (surgically created airway in the front of the neck) maintenance/care for ten (10) of ten (10) patients whose initial certification period was…

The agency failed to ensure documentation was maintained in the personnel file which provided evidence that a hands-on skills competency demonstration was completed prior to the assignment of two (2) of two (2) nursing staff members who assessed, monitored or provided oversight of tracheostomy…