Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, SanStone Health and Rehabilitation, Dr. Larry Joe Russell, Mike Deloach, Christopher Sprenger, and NCDHHS.
Two years ago, today would have beeb a Wednedsay. I would have been up getting ready for work now. It was an exciting day for the family, Mom was coming home tomorrow. Finally this long journey was finally going to be over. There would be challenges, but they would be handled by people who loved and cared for her. Everything was falling into place, all the necessary equipment was at my sisters house, where Mom was going to complete her healing.
I went into work, and got breakfast started, then when my cashier arrived I took Mom her red grapefruit, and a cup of coffee. I was going to miss my morning visits, and having her so close to my work. We sat and talked for a while. Mom was a little nervous, not about going home, but about upsetting one of her children about where she would stay. She agreed that the choice she had made was the most practical. Mom's physical condition had improved considerably in the last month, and she knew that she would be back in her own house soon. She talked about what she had been through since the surgery, and she joked about getting out of the "haunted house" as she called Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation.
Her roommate and friend Marsha, had been discharged a day or so before, and she had a new roommate that morning. Marsha had been great, all of us had gotten to know her pretty well. She would do what she was able to help Mom, and to get the nurses, when they didn't come for the call bells. She and Mom had exchanged contact information, and become friends.
I went back to work, after assisting Mom to the bathroom, and waiting for someone to come help her out, just like I did every day. That afternoon, I did not visit with Mom like I usually did. My wife and son came and picked Mom up to run errands. The first stop was her bank, where she went in and got her account straitened out, and withdrew a little money to go shopping. From there they went to Wal Mart, she wanted to have a new pair of jeans, and a top to wear home tomorrow . This was not the first time she had been out. My sister had taken her to Church a couple of times, she had been to at least one doctors appointment . One night that week my wife, son, and I had taken and her to her grandsons band concert, followed by a trip to Sonic for a treat! She was so proud of all of her grandchildren and would never miss something like a concert, ballgame, or birthday party. That's what mattered to her, she lived for her family.
It's strange looking back, that there was not one employee at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, who Mom would miss. You would think after fifteen days of being "cared for" by them, she would have gotten close to at least one of them. I guess if they ever spent any time with her, they would have bonded some. The people she had spent the most time with were the occupational, and physical therapists. There was one young physical therapist, that she would joke with, and he seemed to really care about her. I regret not getting his name, as he would be the one positive element at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. Just so happens that the therapists are not employees of Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation.
I would bet that since two years ago, that there is probably very few of the same employees at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. I know that the records clerk I spoke to is gone, along with several nurses, the director of nursing, and the administrator. This is very common in most of these places. The employees are overworked, and understaffed all the time. If they stay, they are desperate for a job, and they become very resentful towards the residents. I have said before that I know there are good people working at these places, but the bad ones overshadow the good ones.
There is no reason for them not to have enough staff. The profits they are making are ridiculous, if they would reinvest in the employees, the care would be much better.
SanStone, somehow got approval to build a new facility in Mills River NC. They are partners with Fletcher Academy, a private school? I cant seem to figure that one out, other than the fact that Beystone is on the same property as the school is now. The new facility is being built to replace Beystone, and was going to be named as such. That has changed to The Lodge at Mills River, I am guessing that is due to the low one star rating that Beystone has.
It also has a warm comfortable feeling to it. Take away the health and rehabilitation from the name , and it seems like a vacation! I guess we'll have to wait and see. My bet is that Mills River will regret letting them move there, no matter how many jobs it creates. People in Mills River, will hold the minority of those jobs there. And expect to hear a lot of ambulances, for the unfortunate residents that don't live through their stay at the Lodge.
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