Partners Home Health Care, Inc

The home health agency (HHA) failed to ensure the emergency preparedness plan/drill for all office and field staffs are conducted in an annual basis.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to implement Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19, a respiratory viral infection that affects primarily the lungs and results in cough and difficulty breathing) screening policy and procedure.

The home health agency (HHA) failed to maintain a current medication profiles for seven of 17 patients (Patients 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, and 12).

The home health agency (HHA) failed to develop and implement an individualized plan of care (POC) for 3 of 3 patients receiving anticoagulant (blood thinners-to prevent and treat blood clots) medications in a sample of 7 patients (Patients 1, 9 and 12).

The agency failed to update the medication profile to ensure it was an accurate reflection of what medication the patient was taking, for three of 16 patients of the agency, when: 1. For Patient 1, the agency failed to update the medication profile when prednisone and cranberry was not listed on…

The agency failed to ensure a patients' caregiver was educated regarding the plan of care when licensed vocational nurse (LVN) 1 failed to educate the family regarding following the physician's order for aspirin and on how to clean and dress wounds, for one of 16 patients of the agency, (Patient…

The agency failed to follow their policy and procedure for clinical documentation when they failed to ensure the skilled nursing notes were in the clinical record within 7 days after the visit was made, for one of 16 patients of the facility (Patient 1).