Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, SanStone Health and Rehabilitation, Dr. Larry Joe Russell, Jennifer Thomas, Susan Habel RN, Tammy Mace RN, Lara Mooney LPN, "Cookie" Maude Romeo, Mike Deloach, Christopher Sprenger, Gail Maloney RN and NCDHHS.
If this is the first time that you have seen this blog, you probably wonder what's up with the list of names above. I will start with Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, Mom was sent there for occupational and physical therapy following surgery. After fifteen days, she was supposed to discharge on November 3, 2011, she died that morning.
Next SanStone Health and Rehabilitation, they are the company that operates six nursing and rehabilitation centers in North Carolina. They do not even exist on the NC Secretary of State corporations page, and their office address is a Fed Ex office.
Dr. Larry Joe Russell, was supposed to be Mom's doctor while at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, there is no indication that he ever even saw her. He is also one of the owners of Hendersonville Physicians and Associates, the company that bought Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation from Pardee Hospital. Dr. Russell is also the medical director at The Laurels of Hendersonville, and the staff doctor at all the nursing homes in Henderson County. His name is associated with several other doctors offices and medical facilities in Hendersonville. Dr. Russell has a whole lot of patients.
Jennifer Thomas was the records clerk that I originally requested Mom's records from. After copying the records, and telling me to come get them, she was told to destroy them, and they would send copies from the SanStone office. Jennifer Thomas left Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation within two weeks of speaking to me. I have not been able to locate her.
Susan Habel RN, was the director of nursing at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. She was the first person I spoke to about what happened to Mom. I am not sure what her role was in the events that took place, but I know she knows the truth.. She is no longer at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation.
Tammy Mace RN, according to the records, was the nurse that discovered Moms body that morning. She was working the 7 PM to 7 AM shift, it was the first time she had ever worked on Mom's hall.
Lara Mooney LPN, according to records, she was the nurse that administered the Ativan on the afternoon before Mom fell. Lara Mooney was also the nurse that created a fraudulent nurses note concerning the fall. Her account of the fall was different than the roommate Mom had that night. Her account of the fall was a " late entry " and is dated December 1, 2011, a month after Moms death. Lara Mooney has been disciplined by the NC Board of nursing before, for practicing nursing without a license. At the last I know, she was working at Fleishers Fairview Health Care. She was terminated from Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation.
" Cookie " Maude Romeo, was the administrator at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation during Mom's stay. When I started asking Susan Habel RN questions that she didn't want to answer, I was taken to Ms. Romeo. She was not a very nice person. She asked me if I was accusing them of something. She also told me that the NCDHHS had told her that I had filed a complaint against Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. That information is supposed to be confidential. Ms. Romeo is also no longer at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation.
Mike Deloach and Christopher Sprenger, together these two own SanStone Health and Rehabilitation, and are listed as managing employees at all of the SanStone facilities. They and their companies are major sponsors of the yearly Pardee Hospital Golf Tournament. The Sprenger family owns and operates many nursing and rehabilitation facilities in Ohio. Their names appear on corporate documents of several companies as well, some with Dr. Larry Joe Russell, and others.
The last name on the list is Gail Maloney RN, and the NCDHHS. Ms. Maloney was the Western Regional director of the NCDHHS that inspects and certifies nursing and rehabilitation facilities.
Several members of my family and I met with Ms Maloney at the Western Regional Office in Black Mountain. We presented her with documents and questions that were direct violations of NCDHHS regulations. Of all the violations we could prove, she found no problems with a single one . The medical records does not indicate what happened to the Ativan that Mom had been prescribed. When I asked her what happened to the Ativan tablets , she replied " they probably just gave them back to the pharmacy. NCDHHS regulations state that any such medication must be destroyed, and there has to be a witness to the destruction. Ms. Maloney is no longer the Western Regional director of the NCDHHS, shortly after our meeting, she retired.
The NCDHHS is the State agency that licenses nursing homes. They are responsible for inspections and complaint investigations. Their results determine whether the homes are eligible to participate in Medicare and Medicaid.
If you consider all the information above, it is hard not to doubt the entire story I was told. It gets worse than this. More to come!
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