Hospice of the Prairie

Agency (HHA) failed to review and update the EPP at least every 2 years.

Agency (HHA) failed to develop and maintain an emergency preparedness plan (EPP) that is based on and includes a documented, facility-based and community-based risk assessment, utilizing an all-hazards approach and include strategies for addressing emergency events identified by the risk assessment.

The agency’s Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP) the above-named home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure emergency preparedness policies and procedures included the use of volunteers during an emergency.

The agency failed to ensure home health aides (HHAs) completed 12 hours of HHA in-service training during each 12-month period for 2 (HHA 4 and 8) of 4 HHA personnel files reviewed.

Staff interview the skilled professional nurse failed to assume responsibility to ensure each patient's plan of care was complete, including: 1. Patient-specific vital signs parameters, for three of five current sampled patients, (Patient 1, 2 and 3); 2. All patient-specific goals for five of five…

The agency failed to ensure each patient's plan of care was completed to include: 1. Patient-specific vital sign parameters for three of five current sampled patients (Patient 1, 2 and 3); 2. All Patient-specific goals for five of five current sampled patients, (Patient 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) and two…