Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, a SanStone property has lost one of their stars on Medicare.gov. There is nothing on the website to explain, why they lost the star. According to Medicare.gov, they haven't had an inspection or complaint since November 2012.
Two out of five stars, "below average" according to the people who inspect them.
That sure is a far cry from what they advertise on WLOS channel 13. In their ads they have people saying how great they are treated. Then some staff member telling how they treat you like family, and how much they care.
Two out of five stars, is that what you would want for your family? I have read many stories about the terrible things that happen at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, and all the SanStone properties. All I can say is I'm glad I'm not a member of that family.
If you need a place for an elderly family member, do some research. Look on Medicare.gov, whatever star rating they have is more than they should have. The government agencies really don't care much about how our elderly are treated.
If the people who handle animal abuse cases were in charge of regulating nursing homes, people would be going to jail. If you don't feed your dog, horse or cat, you get in trouble. If you have too many animal's in one place you get in trouble. If you chain a dog to a tree you get in trouble.
Now lets look at nursing homes. I have read, and seen in person, where the elderly are not being fed, they are being crowded into small spaces, and they are being physically and pharmaceutically restrained to their beds and wheel chairs.
If there is a complaint against a nursing home, here is what happens. The NCDHHS sends out a team to investigate the allegations. When the team arrives at the facility, it is acceptable for them to announce over the intercom, that they are there. I have reason to suspect that they are actually informed that the inspectors are coming in advance. Then they "randomly" survey certain residents ( probably the same ones from the commercials). Then they find nothing to substantiate the complaint, and business goes on as usual.
If I call and report my neighbor for animal abuse, they will send law enforcement to the house. They don't call and warn my neighbor that they are coming. Then if they find a skinny dog, tied to a tree, with skin sores, someone is going to jail. Not only that, but they are going to be on the news for two or three days for all the terrible things they did to that poor dog.
Somehow this seems a little twisted to me. What if WLOS and the Henderson County Sheriffs office showed up when someone complained about the way their mom was being treated at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation or any SanStone facility. I would guess that the treatment would improve considerably! It would only be for a short period of time though. These people have plenty of money to buy a sheriff , or a local tv station. They already own plenty of politicians and government officials, like the NCDHHS.
Here is the link to Medicare.gov., see for yourself what we are all paying for!
www.medicare.gov/

Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, Mom's last days

Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, Christopher Sprenger, Michael Deloach and Dr. Larry Joe Russell, Lara Mooney, Susan Habel, Gail Maloney and Maude "Cookie" Romeo. This would be my letter to all of you.
To Whom It May Concern,
My name is Chris, My Mother Patricia was trusted to your care for a couple of weeks in October  and
November 2011. (wow 2011, it doesn't seem that it has been that long ago). She died in your care on November 3,2011 around 5:10 am. She was supposed to come home that day.
I cant tell you how much I loved my Mom. She was the one person in the world that never found any fault in me. Believe me there was plenty of it in me, but not in Moms eyes. I only wish I had the same capacity to see past peoples faults, that she had to see past mine.
 Mom loved her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mom knew what it was like to be in the middle of a situation where one of her kids did not see past the faults of one of the other. But Mom never saw any of those faults. She was wise in many ways, and all of her children called her at least once a week for advice.We are all lost, and faced with the reality that we have to use our own judgement, and without her input, that's scary!
The reality is that Mom and Pop are both gone. I like to think, they instilled in me the desire to do right. I know they tried, but I was still a work in progress. I hope to do my parents proud with the way I raise my children.
I miss the connection I had with my sisters, Mom made sure that we always made time to be a family. Even if you were feuding with someone in the family, you didn't feud at Moms house. Sooner or later you would forget the feud, because Mom wouldn't stick up for either one.
I don't know exactly what happened that morning at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, but I think I know more than Dr. Larry Joe Russell. I know that if Mom never had never been in your facility  things would be different now. Mom spent the last night of her life in your care.The research I've done shows that Mom was not the only one to spend her last day in your home. There are an alarming number of people who don't survive your care.
I sure do love my Mom! I will survive without her, but I miss her and will think of her every day. I wish peace to all the others that lost their loved ones to your "care".

CC: NCDHHS

SanStone , or Sprenger Inc.

Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation used to belong to Margret  Pardee Hospital, in Hendersonville NC. I have read several articles on blueridgenow.com, the online edition of the Times News, concerning the sale. From what I have read, the hospital was losing money operating the facility. The place sold for 8.45 million dollars, with the county commissioners deciding to give the money to the hospital.
I don't know much about investing, but I have done enough research to know, there is big money in nursing homes. If not why would the Sprenger family come all the way from Ohio to buy Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation?
 If you read the articles relating to the sale, you might think a group of local physicians were the buyers. Lead by Dr. Larry Joe Russell, who supposedly orchestrated the deal. According to Medicare.gov, the majority of owners are members of the Sprenger family. They came all the way from Ohio to buy a facility that was losing money?
From what I can tell the Henderson County Commissioners must be total idiots, or there's more to the story than meets the eye. Maybe a little of both. I guess they didn't have the financial knowledge to know that Nursing and Rehabilitation centers are a huge source of profit.
 Large groups of investors are buying these types of facilities all over the country. Big companies, like G.E., and some state employee retirement plans are investing in them. I guess the Henderson County commissioners didn't do their homework!
Who owns what and who is in who's pocket. I'm betting that the Henderson County commissioners, were not looking out for the needs of the community they serve. I would be willing to bet that they benefitted from this sale on a personal level.
Who is SanStone? Where did the Sprenger family come from? Why is DR. Larry Joe Russell not listed as an owner? I guess we the people, don't have a right to know.

SanStone ???

Who is SanStone, and what do they actually do. You see their advertising on WLOS tv in Asheville. I have been looking at these people for a long time. The Hendersonville Times News says Pardee Hospital sold Pardee Care Center to Hendersonville Physicians and Associates. The associates part is the Sprenger family from Ohio.
 According to Medicare.gov, the operating company is Ardent Health and Rehabilitation. The Ownership is a long list of Sprengers , Flat Rock Management Company , BSH , Bluesky Healthcare , Hendersonville Physicians and associates, and a long list of names , some of them recognizable as local doctors. So who is SanStone? There is no mention of SanStone on the Medicare.gov website.
From what I can find, SanStone has nothing to with Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. Yet they spend all that money advertising for them? There is nothing listed on the NC Secretary of State website about SanStone health and Rehabilitation. There is a SanStone aviation and a SanStone hosiery. I'm somewhat confused as to why they are advertising for something that doesn't even exist.
 In their ads, they tell you how great their facilities are, and how they treat you like family. I guess that means you get partial ownership interest in the facility?
If they are so great, how come no one admits to ownership? How come Christopher Sprenger and Michael Deloach are listed as managing employees? My guess would be that they are drawing a salary from each of the SanStone facilities. But wait who is SanStone?

President Obama expressed concern about the future of Medicare last night in his State of The Union Address. The problems that plague Medicare are some of the very same issues I have been writing about.
The nursing home business is a cesspool of thieves taking advantage of Medicare. I have written to Congressman Mark Meadows, and comically received a response to gun control issues. I have written twice to the White House, I received two generic answers.
I know there are committees involved in Medicare issues. I am trying to get an audience with those people. I need your stories, and your help.
In order to have any security in our old age we must take action. How many of you have witnessed the horrors of what happens in a nursing home? How many have just chosen to let it go. They are counting on your believing that old people die They are confident that you will find peace in letting it go. Help me prove they are wrong. You can contact me at 828-697-6823 or at jaemark7@bellsouth.net. Please help me make a difference.
Maybe you know about something that can help. Maybe you have worked at one of these places and have witnessed the horror first hand. It has to stop. Please help change the system, before we enter into it. I have contacts that will listen, but people have to get involved. If you know me, talk to me. It takes more than one to make a difference.

Christopher Sprenger, Michael Deloach, Larry Joe Russel, Sanstone.
Today would have been Mom's 78th birthday, all of the children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, would have been at her house later today for a celebration of her birth. Mom loved being surrounded by her family, and she sure loved cake!
The house now sits empty, supposed to be auctioned on the courthouse steps Thursday, January 31.
The house was spared for now, given until March.
Mom was not so lucky, her life ended early the morning November 3, 2011, at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. She was supposedly found slumped over in her bed . There was nothing to indicate that she was in any distress before that morning.
The story is that she was assisted to the bathroom and back to bed. The nurse on duty that morning said she passed by the room and Mom was laying in a strange position. The nurse said she called Mom from the door, and Mom did not respond. The nurse then entered the room and found her without a pulse and not breathing.
Mom was a fighter, she had been through a lot since her surgery in September. She was determined to go home. Her worst fear was to die in a nursing home. There is not a day since her death, that I have not thought about that. Mom was supposed to be discharged on the day of her death.
Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation became her worst nightmare. There are some people that know what really happened that morning . They have all been replaced by people willing to lie for money. There is no doubt in my mind, that at least one of those people is not sleeping well at night.
My mission is to expose the horror of life and death in one of these horrible places. I would welcome the truth from anyone who actually knows what happened.
I am tired, I am sad and I am really angry. I will not stop until the truth is known. People are still dying at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, and the other SanStone properties. Larry Joe Russell is still signing a whole bunch of death certificates. They can be stopped, it will take more than this blog to make that happen. Get involved. Together we can make a difference!!! 

SanStone, Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation ,Michael Deloach, Christopher Sprenger,  Dr. Larry Joe Russell, Susan Habel RN, Lara Mooney LPN, Cookie Romeo, and NCDHHS. It has become obvious to me that the people in your "care", are nothing more than billing codes and case numbers. I am writing this to let you know that they are more than that to their families and loved ones. They are Grandmothers, Grandfathers, Mothers, Fathers, Aunts, Uncles, Husbands, Wives and friends.
Yesterday I went by my Mothers house, that is being foreclosed on by the bank. The house is empty, due to a fire last January 21. As the administrator of Mom's estate, I am coordinating the repairs, and went by to see what progress was done. The house is completely empty, the contents thrown in a dumpster out front, due to smoke damage. In one bedroom it was strange to see that someone had placed a one piece Nativity on the empty book shelf.
The rest of  the house was cold and empty. My wife and son and I walked from room to room surveying the progress and the existing damage. I cant tell you what was going through their minds, but I was overcome by sadness.
 Then I went into what was the dining room, where we had gathered with the entire family for Christmas, Easter, and other special days over the years. There on the wall, were all the names of the kids in the family, with a line and a date to see how they had grown over the years. It was all I could do to keep it together as I saw my sons name and date by a line that was maybe three feet high, and I looked at him now at close to five feet. I took several pictures of that wall. To all those names Mom was much more than a billing code. She was the center of all of those lives.
All the grandchildren, and great grandchildren , Kenzie was the highest name on the wall, and Clancy was the lowest. Daniel, Aiden, Bradley, Erin, Adam, Kaylee, Lily, each had multiple lines on the wall. Those are the ones that were local, then there is Lee, Ben and Nick in Georgia, and Julia, and Brianna both grown up by the time the wall began.
I'm sure that your nursing homes and staff are responsible for ending more family walls than I can imagine. I hope that all of the people listed in the first line, dream of walls full of names and dates with the little lines, telling the family histories of the people that died in their care. If that were the case, Dr. Larry Joe Russell would never sleep!!