Business Office Manager
July 10th, 2012 @ 9:25 am

The Administrator of Woodland Terrace, Sherri Spillman, was true to her word and I just received a call from Sylvia Gray, the Business Office Manager. We spoke for almost thirty minutes and she was very pleasant. We began the conversation by discussing why it was that my mom didn’t have Medicaid (or Medicare), and how […]

Rude Rachel
July 10th, 2012 @ 7:51 am

I called Woodland Terrace this morning to investigate getting a telephone line installed in my mom’s room. A woman named Rachel answered the phone and, incredulously, seemed to be annoyed and suspicious by my cheerful demeanor: “Good morning. Woodland Terrace. This is Rachel.” “Good morning, Rachel! I’m calling to get in touch with the business […]

Trying to Talk to Mom
July 9th, 2012 @ 5:15 pm

I called Woodland Terrace when I left the office tonight in an attempt to get to talk to my mom. Someone answered the phone on the third or fourth ring and I just said, “Hi. My mom was just transferred there from Halifax Hospital on Friday and I haven’t been able to talk to her […]

Another Fall
July 9th, 2012 @ 8:50 am

I received a call from Crystal at Woodland Terrace, who said she was my mom’s nurse today. Crystal was calling to let me know that my mom had “had a fall” this morning, but that she was fine. I asked her what happened and she said that “earlier this morning” an alarm had sounded to […]

A Nurse Who Cares
July 9th, 2012 @ 7:07 am

I just finished a thirty-five minute phone call with Susan Macklefresh, the Director of Nursing at Woodland Terrace. Susan was unbelievably kind, considerate, and caring. She told me that when my mom was transferred from Halifax Hospital on Friday, they had neglected to include in her chart what medications to administer, and that when a […]

Calling Dr. Wafik
July 9th, 2012 @ 7:06 am

I called Volusia Hospitalists at (386) 304-3827 in an attempt to reach Dr. Wafik to determine why the list of medications Woodland Terrace had seemed to be so outdated. The answering service told me they’d give the message to Dr. Wafik and have him call me back “immediately”.

A Message for EveAnn
July 9th, 2012 @ 7:02 am

I called EveAnn at (386) 254-4226 and left her a two-minute message to let her know how disappointed I was in the quality of interactions I’d had with Woodland Terrace over the weekend, and to remind her that I was tremendously upset that none of the several administrators at Halifax Hospital to whom she had […]

A Message for Marie
July 9th, 2012 @ 6:59 am

I called Woodland Terrace at (386) 738-3433 and left a message for Marie. I just quickly explained that I realized it made no sense that they had been so adamant about my name not being listed as a valid contact representative for my mom because they had called me on Saturday morning, so obviously my […]

Called Woodland Terrace
July 8th, 2012 @ 5:30 pm

I called Woodland Terrace at (386) 738-3433 to try to talk to my mom. A receptionist answered and I explained that my mom was Kathleen Gagne, that she had been discharged from Halifax Hospital on Friday, and that I had been unable to talk to her yet even though I’d called there twice already. The […]

Trying to Talk to My Mom
July 8th, 2012 @ 3:50 pm

I called Woodland Terrace to see if I could talk to my mom. A woman named Marty answered the phone. I said I was trying to talk to my mom, who had been transferred there on Friday evening. She put me on hold for about thirty seconds and then returned to tell me that mom […]