Wednesday, October 23, 2013

True colors?

Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, SanStone Health and Rehabilitation, Dr. Larry Joe Russell, Mike Deloach, Christopher Sprenger, and NCDHHS.
If you have read any of my post's, you've probably figured out that I am not happy about what happened to my Mom at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. This would have been her fourth day, two years ago. By this time, things were looking up, as far as Mom's recovery. She was finally able to start participating in rehabilitation, and was starting to eat more. There was another woman in the room, and we became friends quickly. She quickly became friends with Mom, and would help watch out for her.
On another note, Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, was starting to show their true colors. There were some friendly nurses, and cna's but they were the exception to the rule. For the most part, they seemed to be annoyed that they had to help Mom to the bathroom. Getting a shower, became a real task, and there was only so much we could do. There was nothing serious yet, but it was becoming apparent that they didn't have enough staff.
One of us would be there almost all the time. Mom was getting more and more active in her therapy. Although this was not the ideal place, it would have to do. After all, twenty days was the maximum Medicare would pay. The family took up the slack for the lack of staff, and Mom was not left alone except at night. She would make jokes about how creepy it was at night.
When you are in this situation, what matters is that the person you love, is getting better. You do not see the mixed up medical records. You don't know what happens at night, you just know they are getting better. We had spent the last month watching Mom struggle, to get better. Now she was starting to really improve, that's what we noticed. At this point two years ago, the whole family was relieved to see her improve.
As I said before, things were going better. The problems with Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, seemed manageable. The family was more than happy to provide the care that we were able to. This was just the first week, and nothing major had gone wrong yet. We were starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
More to come.

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