Liberty Home Care

The agency failed to include objectively measurable goals on the plan of care to use in determining the patient's progress towards obtaining the goals throughout the course of care in 5 of 8 (P-3, P-4, P-6, P-7, P-8) records reviewed.

The agency failed to ensure a detailed discharge summary was sent to the physician within 5 business days of discharge for 1 (P-5) of 2 discharge records reviewed, resulting in a lack of information to ensure continuity of care.

The agency failed to maintain a coordinated agency-wide program for the surveillance, identification, and prevention of COVID-19; and failed to develop a method of screening visitors and all 23 staff employed by this agency and those (20 staff) who were granted clinical privileges, resulting in the…

The Agency failed to provide documented evidence that Covid-19 infection control education was provided to all 23 staff employed by the agency staff, 20 of which were granted clinical privileges, resulting in the potential for the development and spread of the Covid-19 infection to staff and all 12…

The agency failed to ensure the plan of care (POC) included measurable outcomes and goals specific to the needs of the patient for 6 of 7 records reviewed (MR#s 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7), resulting in patients not receiving care specific to their individual needs and the potential for poor patient…

The Home Health Agency (HHA)failed to ensure the home health aides completed an annual competency evaluation for 2018, per agency policy for 2 of 2 home health aides (Aide #1 and #2), for a potential of care provided by an unskilled home health aide and unmet care needs.

The Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure the discharge summary was complete, provided the progress toward goals, provided the patient's overall status at the time of discharge, current medications and any continuing care needs in 3 of 3 closed/discharged records, from a total of 7 records…