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32 | Hospital records dated August 14, 2022, revealed directly prior to R1’s admission to the facility they lived alone at their own place of residence and R1 sustained a fall while on a walk, resulting in a hospital admission. Hospital records revealed R1 sustained no injuries from the fall however revealed other health conditions, including the following diagnosis: Major Depressive Disorder, Diabetes Mellitus II with Chronic Kidney Disease at stage 3A and Dyslipidemia, Hypertension, Hypoglycemia, severe sepsis with acute organ dysfunction, generalized weakness, depression with Suicidal Ideation (SI), and general self-neglect. R1 also had a history of Brain Cancer, severe sepsis with organ dysfunction and a non-traumatic Kidney injury.
Additional review of hospital records and an interview with Outside Source 1 (OS1) revealed an agreement that upon R1’s hospital discharge on August 19, 2022, they would be relocated to a Board and Care Facility. Further review of R1’s hospital records dated their day of discharge, August 19, 2022, revealed R1 had a skin assessment and was educated on skin care precautions including but not limited to; position change, screening for skin injury risk, such as pressure or moisture associated skin damage, keeping areas clean and dry, redistribution of pressure, floating heels off bed to avoid pressure on Achilles Tendon, encouraged ambulation, and to maintain hand hygiene and skin mucous membrane.
On that same day, August 19, 2022, R1 was discharged from the hospital and transported to the facility. On August 22, 2022, R1 was assessed by a Home Health Agency (HHA) with services starting on August 30, 2022. A review of HHA records dated August 30, 2022, revealed they were assigned to, but not limited to, assist with the treatment of R1’s Diabetes and maintenance of R1’s Foley Catheter, provide Physical Therapy, educate staff on infection prevention and control, fall-risk prevention, how to monitor for pressure injuries on lower extremities, provide understanding and intervention for Diabetic foot care, instruction of pressure injury care per physician’s orders, signs and symptoms of a pressure injury and when to notify the physician. The HHA records dated August 30, 2022, also notated that R1 presented an unstageable pressure injury to their left heel. HHA records dated September 27, 2022, revealed R1 had developed a new pressure injury to their left ear, facility staff was educated on how to care for the pressure injuries during non-HHA nursing days.
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