Dependable Home Health, Inc

The Agency failed to individually review two of three sampled home visit patients' (Patient 5 and Patient 6) current medications during the home visit.

The Agency failed to educate one of seven sampled patients (Patient 1) regarding type I, diabetes mellitus (DM is non-preventable in which the body's immune system attacks and destroys the insulin producing cells in the pancreas, resulting in the body's inability to produce insulin causing elevated…

The Agency failed to ensure the Physical Therapist (PT) participated in the monthly interdisciplinary case conference for one of seven sampled patients (Patient 7).

The Agency failed to educate one of seven sampled patients (Patient 5) and her caregiver (FM 1) regarding the need to administer insulin (medication to lower blood sugar levels) as ordered, to perform blood sugar testing as ordered and to not reuse the insulin syringe.

The Agency Registered Nurse failed to accurately document the skilled clinical note to reflect the condition of one of seven sampled patients (Patient 5).