Resident Medical Records Allegedly Altered at Pennsylvania Nursing Home
Seventy-seven year-old Gene Cable was admitted to Scottsdale Manor nursing home in November 2008 and died six days later. His daughter, Rita Wilson, requested copies of his medical records and was shocked at what she found.
After reviewing the records, Wilson found a Medicaid reimbursement form that purported to have her signature on it. Wilson did not sign the document. According to Wilson, also found nurse's notes that showed that her father got up to use the restroom "when he was dead. And he was continent. That means he physically got up and went to the bathroom when he was dead."
After she took her complaints to the facility administrator, Brian Bazylak, the facility investigated and took disciplinary action against the employee who forged Wilson's name and against the employee who entered inaccurate nursing notes.
