Complaint Review: Broadview Multi Care Multi-Care Center Parma Ohio Dr Vivian Bochenek D O Parma Solon Ohio - Parma Ohio

In September, 2004 after having a trachea placed in her throat due to gall bladder surgery, my mother was transferred to the most horrendous nursing home in the state of Ohio, Broadview Multi-Care in Parma, Ohio. In addition, she was assigned to the most horrible doctor on staff at this facility named Dr. Vivian Bochenek.

When your loved one is transferred to a nursing home and your personal physician does not have jurisdiction at that facility, the nursing home assigns the doctor of their choice to care for your loved one. That doctor can be an MD, DO, or WD (witch doctor).

Our family physician has always been an MD and believed in medicine, but Dr Vivian Bochanek chose not to give my mother any medicine (including seizure meds) for the entire month my mother was under her care. My mother had been on many meds for the almost 6 1/2 years I had cared for her at home and this doctor chose to remove her cold turkey off all meds. Of course, my mother died. I find out now that Dr Vivian Bochanek is quoted under a "Visionary" site called "Partners In Syzygy" who taught "mind/body work and healing techniques." Dr Vivian Bochanek billed Medicare for this witch doctor care she gave to my mother and Medicare paid her. I was Power of Attorney for my mother and Dr Vivian Bochanek NEVER ONCE contacted me. I asked numerous times to speak with my mother's doctor and was not permitted to, so I had no idea what type of care my mother was receiving. I WOULD HAVE NEVER PERMITTED THIS SELF HEALING TYPE OF CARE THAT DR VIVIAN BOCHANEK GAVE MY MOTHER!

BEFORE ADMITTING YOUR LOVED ONE INTO ANY FACILITY, BEFORE YOUR LOVED ONE IS IN ANY FACILITY .... First, ask for an Admission Agreement to take home with you to read and Second, ask what type of doctor your loved one will be assigned. Go home and look that doctor up. Make sure that the Admission Agreement has no Arbitration Clause (a clause that waives your right to a trial in court even for wrongful death - 80% of nursing homes have this clause).

Here is my story....

My mom was transferred to a nursing home in Parma on Broadview Road to get weaned off of the trachea. I went to visit this facility just a couple of days prior to her arrival. I didnt care for the nursing home, because I felt the nurses were all stressed out. Bells were buzzing all over the halls and I just didnt like it for some reason. When I went to visit, they gave me a pamphlet about their activities they had. What I should have asked for was an Admission Agreement to take home and review, but I was unaware of this at the time. When I went upstairs to my moms room I was upset to find her in a small bed low to the ground with no bedrails, or no air mattress. Her trachea was hanging on the floor; her catheter was lying on the floor as well. There were mats along each side of her bed. This disturbed me greatly. I thought there was some kind of mistake, so I went downstairs and talked about this with the admission coordinator. She told me that bedrails were considered restraints and my mother was not allowed to have them. I was so ticked off, that I told them I never wanted my mother to come there in the first place, but the hospital social worker sent her there, because there were no beds available elsewhere. They tried to call the hospital and talked to the social worker, but the hospital would not take her back. I had nowhere else to take her. The social worker at the hospital mentioned to me about signing a release, so she could get bed rails. I told the nursing facility that I would do that, but they said no, that was not an option. I told them that she had just come from the hospital and had an air mattress along with bedrails, but they told me that nursing home rules were not the same as hospital rules. I thought what kind of crock is that?

The owner of the nursing home was an elderly well-dressed man. I spoke with him and he appeared pleasant, but not concerned about the residents. I told him that my mother could not speak, or move and I worried about the fact that she was in a room all alone without being able to press a call button for help. I also asked him why there were no monitors in the room and he said to me that they were against privacy rules and when the time came for my mother to die, no one would be able to stop him, or her (meaning God) from that happening. I looked at him and said: Its a Him. Now I felt worried, because I knew for sure that this facility was not going to go out of their way to take care of my mother. Little did I know at that time that this facility was one of the worst facilities in Cuyahoga County, but I didnt know how to research them at the time.

They asked me to sign the Admission Agreement and everywhere I signed, I placed a clause along with my name saying; I feel that my mom is in great danger here, because she does not have bed rails and this facility is doing nothing about it. Suddenly, they got real nice to me. They told me that I could sign a release of liability and they would now give my mom bedrails. They told me to go upstairs and the bed would be changed. I signed the release upstairs for the bed rails and asked for copy. The nurse said she would give me a copy, but I never received one and she never returned. The release amazingly disappeared. Her bed was changed right before my eyes. They brought in a hospital bed with bed railsjust the way I wanted. Then I went downstairs again.The admission director looked at me and smiled and asked me if I would sign the Admission Agreement without the clause this time. I said yes, I was happy now that my mom had a decent bed and was protected. So, I resigned the Admission Agreement without the clause.

The next day I went to the facility to find my mother in the very same bed that she was in when she first came to the facility. I was fit to be tied. I was tricked into signing the Admission Agreement without the clause. I went to complain again about how I felt I was tricked and the nursing home got very nasty with me.

I met with the wife of the owner at a meeting and upon entering she looked at me up and down as if to say who do you think you are. I realized my mother was stuck here and there was nothing I could do about it.

One day, I walked into the nursing home to find that my mothers catheter was taken from her and she was soaking in urine. I was already fed up with this nursing home to begin with, but it seemed like they kept doing more and more to her. I walked up to the office and asked again to speak to the doctor. A woman looked at me and said why do you want to speak to the doctor? I began crying and asked her who allowed my mothers catheter to be pulled from her? She said we dont believe in catheters here and if your mother needs a catheter, then she will have to prove to us that she retains water before we put a catheter back in. I said my mother had a catheter for five years. You dont just pull a catheter out on your own after five years. I told her I want that catheter back in! She said she was the nurse practitioner and I didnt need to speak to the doctor. She said that my mother was urinating fine. I said she is soaking in urine, because you dont have enough help to change the residents. I told her the only reason my mother is here is to get weaned off of the trachea, but they were taking it upon themselves to do whatever they wanted to her. They were doing everything but weaning her off of the trachea. I told her I did not want my mother to have skin breakdowns when she returned home. She said she would handle things. Well, she did give the orders to put the catheter back into my mother, but it was not right away. In the meantime, my mother began to swell.