Last time I wrote about a page I couldn't find, well I found it. It is the results of NCDHHS investigations of nursing homes. When I looked at Hendersonville Health and Rehab, there was a complaint that was not there the last time I had looked.
Basically someone complained because they or their loved one had been given the wrong medication. This resulted in the patients pulse dropping to 46 and them being sent to the hospital for observation. The procedure for administering medication was not followed. According to records they need two out of four ways of identifying the patient. The nurse in this case just went up to this patient in the physical therapy room and asked if he was the patient ( name not given). From what the report says, there was no lasting harm.
You would think they would be fined or penalized for such a serious mistake, but they were not. There are other facilities that get fined for less serious offenses. Take a look at some of what goes on at these places. It is almost criminal what they are allowed to get away with.
If my memory is correct, there was one facility that let one of their residents wander off , resulting in her being hit by a car that was backing up .According to the report, she died from the accident.
They were only fined $6000.00. It's hard to believe, thats what a life is worth to the NCDHHS?
Go down the page below and look at Hendersonville Health and Rehab. It's not quite the paradise they make it out to be in the commercials on WLOS! Nor is Beystone, Stone Creek or Mountain Home Health and Rehab ( one of Larry Joes many intrests). This stuff really happens. These people have only one concern, and rest assured it is not the well being of their residents. It is MONEY plain and simple! When you read the reports it sure does look like NCDHHS is looking the other way. And the cost of that is human lives!
http://www.ncdhhs.gov/dhsr/facilities/results.asp
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