Eden Home Health

The agency failed to ensure skilled professional services assured ongoing interdisciplinary assessment, development of a POC to address all patient needs, services provided as ordered by the physician, timely completion of clinical notes, and communication with physicians.

The agency failed to ensure home health aide competency evaluations addressed each of the required subjects for 1 of 1 home health aide (Aide A) whose personnel file was reviewed for initial competency exam.

The agency failed to ensure a skilled professional prepared a complete and accurate aide care plan, and updated the care plan to reflect changes in patients' conditions for 2 of 5 patients (#1 and #10) who received aide services and whose records were reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure SOC comprehensive assessments accurately reflected the patients' current psychosocial status for 4 of 13 patients (#1, #6, #8, and #9) whose records were reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure medications were reconciled at the time of admission and a medication list was kept current and reconciled for 5 of 13 patients (#2, #4, #6, #9, and #10) whose records were reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure patients' recertification assessments were updated and included necessary information for the care of patients for 1 of 1 patient (Patient #10) who was recertified for a second certification period and whose record was reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure the comprehensive assessment was updated and revised for 1 of 2 patients (Patient #13), who were hospitalized and whose records were reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure all verbal orders were recorded in the patient's POC for 1 of 13 patients (Patient #1) whose records were reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure skilled professional staff performed ongoing interdisciplinary assessment of 4 of 13 patients (#1, #2, #4, and #10) whose records were reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure skilled professional staff developed a comprehensive POC for 5 of 13 patients (#1, #2, #6, #8, and #10) whose records were reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure wound care was completed and medications administered as ordered by the physician for 2 of 13 patients (#4 and #10) whose records were reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure Speech Therapists completed clinical notes in a timely manner for 1 of 2 patients (Patient #9) who received ST services and whose records were reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure skilled professionals notified physicians of changes in patients' conditions for 2 of 13 patients (#1 and #10) whose records were reviewed.

The agency failed to maintain responsibility for care and services provided to 2 of 4 patients (#8 and #13) who lived in an ALF and whose records were reviewed.