On this day three years ago, mom was getting ready to go home. The staff at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation had determined that she had "reached her goals". In other words her Medicare would no longer cover her stay. She died early that morning.
It had been decided that she would stay at my sisters house for a while till she was strong enough to return home. The decision was ultimately Mom's to make and most of the family supported her. There were things to do and everyone was making sure Mom would have everything she needed when she was discharged.
During her stay at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, Mom had been participating in physical therapy and gaining strength every day. This would not have been necessary had she not been forced out of Memorial Mission Hospital before she was ready. Care Partners was a waste of valuable Medicare dollars, with no benefit to Mom's health from her stay there.
In the afternoon on November, 2 2011, my wife and son picked Mom up at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. The afternoon was spent going to the bank and then to Wal Mart, for a new pair of jeans to wear home. After shopping, Mom returned to Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation for her final night. Everything was going according to schedule.
Thursday November 3, 2011, at 5:07 am my cell phone rang. I was up and getting ready for work. I answered the phone and the voice on the other end told me that my Mother was not breathing and they were trying to resuscitate her, that's all she knew. I told my wife what was going on and drove over to Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. When I arrived I had to ring the bell to get in the door, it was like a ghost town, there was one girl that let me in and then I found Tammy Mace RN behind the desk on Mom's hall. She had no more information and told me they had taken Mom to Pardee Hospital by ambulance.
I drove straight to Pardee and pulled up just as they were wheeling a patient in from the ambulance, I'm sure it was Mom. I went into the emergency room and was told to wait out front. After five minutes or so they came and took me to the family room, where I waited for the Dr. to come. Another five minutes and DR. Boleman, and a nurse came in to tell me Mom never recovered consciousness and had died. Everything just stopped and I couldn't say anything. My wife and younger son arrived soon after and we all cried together. That was the beginning of this story, since that day I have been searching for the truth.
After all the documents and records I have been through and all the people I've spoken to, I still cant say for sure what actually happened. I believe that the fall Mom had sustained in the early morning hours of October 30 was the cause of her death. I have many reasons for my suspicions. I have documents that conflict witness statements, a " late entry " in the nurses notes concerning the fall. The same " late entry " on a separate page from all the other nurses notes was faxed somewhere the day before the NC State Medical examiners office refused to authorize an autopsy. Their decision was based on the review of Moms medical records they had obtained from Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation.
I believe that if Dr. Larry Joe Russell had examined her after the fall, she would still be alive. Lara Mooney Rn is the one who wrote the late entry concerning the fall. It was apparently her that decided Mom did not need to see a doctor. Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation is guilty of lying to protect their reputation. And the NCDHSR has allowed them to do so and refused to even look at the proof that I have. Three years and still no answers.
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