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ANTI‐COAGULANT INFORMATION Your physician may prescribed an anti‐coagulant therapy for you. The amount of vitamin K that you eat can interact with this medication, please consider the following diet recommendations: Maintain a normal,  consistent diet. The foods listed below, when ingested in inconsistent amounts, may effect you clotting  therapy. Eating more of these foods than you normally do may make your medication less effective. Eat your  normal diet so that your medication needs do not change.  FOODS VERY HIGH IN VITAMIN K: Canola Oil Foods containing, Olestra may have fat soluble vitamins added, which may include vitamin K. Please consider these food a source of vitamin if you include them in your diet. Garbanzo beans (chickpeas), Green tea Leafy vegetables, including spinach, turnip greens, collard greens,  endive mustard greens, kale, parsley. Lentils Nettle leaves Seaweed. FOODS HIGH IN VITAMIN K: Bean  Sprouts, Beef liver, Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Lettuce, Mayonnaise, Soybeans, Soybean  oil. FOODS/BEVERAGES TO AVOID Alcohol: Alcohol may change the manner in which your body responds to medication. Avoid consuming  alcohol while you are taking any blood thinning medication Herbs: Some herbs may interact with your blood  thinning medication and cause undesirable effects. Please inform your physician, pharmacist or dietitian if  you are consuming any herbal preparations, herbal teas or other herbal products. If you have questions  regarding information in this pamphlet, contact your Physician, Pharmacist or Registered Nurse or Dietitian at  our Agency. 1. Any person, who believes he or she has been subjected to discrimination, or otherwise denied equitable and fair treatment, may file a grievance under these procedures. The Agency will not retaliate against anyone solely for filing a grievance or cooperation in the investigation of a grievance. 2. Grievances must be submitted to the Agency within thirty (30) days of the date the person filing the grievance becomes aware of the action. 3. A complaint should be in writing/phone, containing the name and address of the person filing it. The complaint must state the problem or action alleged to have occurred and the remedy or relief sought by the grievant. 4. The Director of Nursing or Administrator shall conduct an investigation of the complaint to determine its validity. This investigation may be informal, but it has to be thorough, affording all interested persons the ability to submit evidence relevant to the complaint 5. The Director of Nursing will maintain the files and records of the Agency relating to such grievance. 6. The Director of Nursing will issue a written decision on the grievance no later than thirty (30) days after its filing. 7. The grievant may appeal the decision of the Director of Nursing by filing an appeal in writing to the Administrator of the Home Health Agency within fifteen (15) days of receiving the Director of Nursing's decision. 8. The Administrator shall issue a written decision in response to the appeal no later than thirty (30) days after filing. 9. The availability and use of the grievance procedure does not preclude a person pursuing other remedies accorded by local, State and Federal laws and regulations.  page 1 5 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES Agency Investigation of complaints: 1. Care is furnished inconsistently, or inappropriately 2. Mistreatment, neglect, or verbal, mental, sexual, and physical abuse, including misappropriation of patient property by anyone furnishing services on behalf of the Agency 3. We will document complaint and resolution 4. We will take action to prevent further potential violations 5. Any staff mandated reported ample