SanStone Health and Rehabilitation, Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, Dr. Larry Joe Russell, Christopher Sprenger and Michael Deloach, Paul Shogren.
I have been writing about all the bad things that happen at nursing homes. Medication errors, patients falling, pressure ulcers, lack of assistance with hygiene and even unexplained deaths. All of these things are common at almost all nursing homes. They happen during the day, but more often late at night. How can a business that is making so much money, be plagued by so many problems?
I suggest that it is the way the owners take so much out of the kitty. They are owners, managing partners, owners of other, companies that own their own companies, as well as businesses that support there other businesses. Drug stores, durable medical supplies, testing labs, home health, and oxygen. Each entity taking money from the other.
Most of the staff levels, are below the State average. The staff is so overworked that they cant keep up with the workload. The CNA's are paid so little and they are the bottom of the food chain. They are doing things that should be done by actual nurses. They are who actually take care of the patients. The RN's and LPN's are completing the paper work, and signing what they have to sign. I'm not saying that there are no bad nurses, or CNA's working in the business. I am saying that the greedy owners of these places take so much money that there is none left for the help. The result is that the patients become a source of aggravation and resentment, and the circle begins.
SanStone , owns or operates, Sanford Health and Rehab, Oak Forest Health and Rehab, Madison Health and Rehab, Beystone Health and Rehab, Stone Creek Health and Rehab, Hendersonville Health and Rehab, and just broke ground on The Lodge at Mills River.
The Lodge at Mills River, is actually being built to replace Beystone. The Hendersonville Times News says that SanStone health and Fletcher Academy are partners in the new facility. They are most likely changing the name, due to the one star rating that Beystone has at Medicare.gov. Why is a private school a partner in a nursing home? Money, money, money. I have actually seen State pention plans invested in nursing homes.. Why else would SanStone own or operate six facilities.
They are so profitable due to the fact that there is no minimum staff requirement. They are not required to maintain any staff to patient ratio. This is why quality of care is so poor. There are simply not enough nurses and CNA's to care for all the patients. There are highly paid administrators and other non essential staff, but the nursing staff is not adequate. My point is, this is an extremely profitable business. They could maintain higher staff levels, and still make a profit!
This may not matter to you right now, but if you find yourself needing a nursing home or rehabilitation center, it will matter then. The local, State and Federal level politicians don't care. They can afford to go to the country club style homes that cost more than the average person can afford. Human life is less important to the operators of the average nursing home than al that money. A large portion of the money comes from yours and my tax dollars. I read where around 65% of BeyStone residents were on Medicare, or Medicaid. They are getting rich on our tax dollars.
More to come.
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