I have been going through the records of the investigation of Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, regarding the complaint I filed against them with NCDHHS. I have been finding so many conflicts in their own records, that I called them. I spoke to Todd Davis, the current Western Regional Director of Department of Health Service Regulations. I called him to ask if he would meet with me to discuss the discrepancies in their report.
He immediately took a defensive position, and even chuckled at the fact that I would call and question their investigation. Then I realized that he was the lead investigator. It was his report that I was calling about! He said that since the investigation was done so long ago, that he would have to consult with his supervisor. I told him that I only wanted clarification on some of the key points of the report.
Today I received a letter from Beverly Speroff, the Nursing Home Licensing and Certification Section Chief. Her letter stated that since the investigation was done on January 18 - 19 2012, and Physician Advisor reviews were done in March 2012, They would not be able to honor my request.
Ms. Speroff goes on to say that since that time, they have completed two recertification reviews on Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. After a recertification survey has been completed, they are not able to cite deficiencies prior to the date of the survey.
It took almost an act of Congress to get the survey from the Freedom of Information Act. I did not receive them till late in the year 2013. How convenient is it that it takes so long to get the information, that after you get it, it is to late to do anything. the system is definitely on the side of the wealthy nursing home owners. What a surprise!
All this may not seem very important, till you realize that the other agencies I contacted, relied on the NCDHHS report to decide whether anything went wrong or not. The NCDHHS report kept the NC State Medical Examiners office from doing an autopsy. It also kept all the other agencies from looking any further.
The most important document is a late entry nurses note filed by Lara Mooney LPN. It concerns the night Mom fell. I have a sworn statement from Moms roommate at the time that tells a different story than nurse Money. I have been going through these papers for over two years. The other night I noticed that nurse Mooneys, report was faxed somewhere on December 2, 2011. The date of the late entry was Dec. 1, 2011. The investigation states that the date is wrong, because they would not wait a month to do a late entry. There is nothing to prove when the late entry was actually done, except the date on the actual form. December 1, 2011.
Being suspicious of the NCDHHS, I looked through my hand written notes. I had contacted the NC State Medical examiners office several times with no satisfaction. Then I mentioned the fall, to a Hillary Sheaves with the NC State Medical Examiners Office, she stopped me and asked if I said fall. Ms. Sheaves then proceed to tell me that they would get the report of the fall, and consider an autopsy. The date of that call was November 30, 2011, I remember where I was when I made that call, and it was late in the afternoon.
Is it a coincidence, that the nurses late entry was dated December 1. Is it also a coincidence, that the same report says that Mom, pulled her alarm off and slid to the floor, before nurse Mooney could get to her. I can assure you, that if nurse Mooney had been in the doorway as she stated, all she would have had to do was speak to Mom, and she wouldn't have gotten out of bed.
This bogus nurses note, fraudulently written by nurse Mooney, was what kept the State Medical Examiner from doing an autopsy. The same late entry nurses note, was simply dismissed by the NCDHHS, simply because " they wouldn't wait a month to do a late entry ". Nothing to prove when the note was written, just an opinion. The opinion of one Todd Davis, now the Western Regional Director of the NCDHHS. I guess if you look the other way, you get a nice promotion, like Todd Davis did.
The NCDHHS is no stranger to corruption, and this case is no exception. It sure looks like corruption to me, if not, why would they not explain their investigation? That is what I asked them to do.
I guess if I had quit my job, and spent every waking hour, trying to get this information, things would be different. Fortunately for Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, and the NCDHHS, I could not afford to do so. I will continue to pursue the truth, regardless of being shot down at every turn by the NCDHHS.
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