Golden Acres Home Health

The agency failed to ensure that a Registered Nurse (RN) conducted an initial assessment visit to determine the immediate care and support needs of the patient within 48 hours of referral from a physician for 3 (# 1, #2 and #4) of 7 patients whose records were reviewed, in that: The clinical…

#7) of 7 records reviewed did not include a description of the patient's risk for emergency department visits and hospital re-admission, and all necessary interventions to address the underlying risk factors.

The agency failed to communicate with the physicians involved in the patient's care for 3 of 7 (#1, #2 and #4) patients whose records were reviewed, in that: The clinical records for patients #1, #2 and #4 did not contain documentation to show that their physician was notified that the patient was…

The administrator failed to be responsible for all the day to day operations of the agency, in that: 1) The administrator failed to enforce it policy on admission to ensure that a Registered Nurse (RN) conducted an initial assessment visit to determine the immediate care and support needs of…

The agency failed to ensure all interventions including treatments, and services, and responses to those interventions were documented in the 1 of 5 (# 7) Diabetic patient's records reviewed, in that: Patient #7's clinical record did not contain documentation of blood sugars for 5 visits.