Dr. Larry Joe Russell, of Hendersonville NC. According to the Hendersonville Times News, was the one who orchestrated the purchase of The Pardee care Center. The facility was owned by Henderson County and Margret Pardee Hospital. According to the Times News, Pardee got the money, ( over eight milloin dollars) for the sale. According to the paper, Pardee could not run the facility without losing money.
The paper said that Hendersonville Physicians and Associates were the buyers. This in itself is not totally true. There are plenty of other people who have their hands in the cookie jar. Most of them are not even local. According to the reviews, and what the locals say, the level of care is no where near what it was before.
I have been researching Dr. Russell for some time now, and I am alarmed at how many patients he must see in one day. He is, or was the medical director at The Laurels, in Hendersonville. He is also the main provider of " care " to many of the patients at most of the local nursing homes. According to what I can find, Dr Russell is a provider at : Pine Park, Beystone, The Laurels, Mountain Home Health and Rehab, Universal Healthcare, The Brian Center, Carolina Village, and most of the nursing homes in Henderson County. If a patient comes in to one of these facilities for rehab, or does not have an admitting Doctor, seems like you get Dr. Russell.
I have been doing research at the Henderson County Courthouse, and have copies of many death certificates signed by Larry Joe. Apparently, according to what I can tell, a good percentage of Larry Joe's patients die from " Failure To Thrive ". I looked that up, and it is most commonly used in pediatric instances of death. It also seems to be a sufficient reason to die, if you are older than sixty, and have Dr. Russell as your doctor!
 My guess is that when a patient of Dr. Russells dies, he just pulls that out of his hat. If he actually saw his " patients " he may have more knowledge of their cause of death. But as you know, "old people die ". Most people dont even question the cause, they just take for granted that the doctors are honest. I question the real cause of death, and find it alarming, that the people who file these death certificates dont see anything unusual. The books of death certificates that I looked at, appeared to be written by Larry Joe Russell, with some entries by other authors.
If someone you love is in a nursing home, or dies, ask questions, review records, make tham accountable for what they do. If you or anyone you know, has any suspicions that someone they care about, was mistreated or died of something other than what they say, message me and I can tell you what to do. Lets stop them from just letting people die!!!