IF HE WENT INSIDE.
>> AN ALARMING SCENE I KNOW
SEWED A NURSING HOME.
CATCH IT SHOULD BY A CONCERNED
HUSBAND'S HIDDEN CAMERA.
>> I FELT THAT THIS WAS A WHAT I
NEEDED TO DO.
TONIGHT, THE QUESTION, WAS IT A
MEDICAL MISTAKE OR AN ATTEMPT TO
NULL PAN NECK.
>> SHE IS THE LIVING NIGHTMARE
EVERYBODY WORRIES ABOUT.
>> LOCAL 10 INVESTIGATES.
>> HE WAS SIMPLY WORRIED ABOUT
HIS WIFE AND WHAT HE CAUGHT ON
CAMERA WAS SHOCKING.
>> THAT'S NOW LED TO A LAWSUIT
AND A VETERAN ATTORNEY SAYS HE
HAS NEVER SEEN NEGLECT LEAK IT.
LOCAL 10 NEWS INVESTIGATOR JEFF
WINE HERE SHOWS YOU WHAT CAN
HAPPEN WHEN YOU LEAVE THE ROOM.
>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT PHYLLIS
ROWLAND.
HER ATTORNEY CLAIMS SHE IS
STRUGGLING.
THE BEEPING YOU HEAR IS AN
ALARM, THE TUBE THAT HELPS HER
BREATHE IS NO LONGER CONNECTED.
OUR VIEW IS THAT SHE'S IN THE
PROCESS OF SUFFOCATING.
>> THIS VIDEO AND HER ALLEGED
TREATMENT HAS NOW LED TO A
LAWSUIT.
ASSERTED NURSING ASSISTANT IS IN
THE ROOM.
SHE'S SEEN MOVING THE TUBE WHEN
THE ALARM GOES OFF.
>> THAT'S IT.
SHE POPPED IT OFF.
THAT WAS THE ALARM FROM THE
VENT.
>> ROW LEFT HAND'S ATTORNEY SAYS
THE PROBLEM IS THIS CNA DOESN'T
SPRING INTO ACTION.
>> IT WAS DISCONNECTED FOR
ALMOST SIX AND A HALF MINUTES.
THAT'S A PROBLEM.
>> ATTORNEY DONALD FAN SPEND
OVER 20 YEARS REPRESENTING AND
DEFENDING NURSING HOMES, BUT
HE'S NOW REPRESENTING PHYLLIS
AND HER HUSBAND, GREG.
>> IN ME OPINION, WHAT IS
DETECTED IN THAT VIDEO IS ABUSE.
>> TWO YEARS AGO, A SEVERE
STROKE LEFT FIVE-YEAR-OLD
PHYLLIS ROWLAND BLIND, UNABLE TO
SPEAK AND UNABLE TO MOVE ON HER
OWN.
>> SHE WAS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.
>> HER HUSBAND, GREG, MOVED HER
INTO IVANTE AT BOCA RATON FOR
AROUND THE BLOCK NURSING CARE.
I SEE HER SIX, SEVEN HOURS E
DAY EVERY DAY.
HER CARE IS VERY IMPORTANT IT
ME.
>> ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT,
DURING HER SEVEN-MONTH STAY,
PHYLLIS DEVELOPED ULCERS ON HER
HEELS, INFECTIONS.
THE LAWSUIT SAYS THERE WERE
ISSUES WITH THE CARE OF HER
AIRWAY.
SHE DEVELOPED A BED SORE THAT
WAS SO BEG, YOU COULD PUT YOUR
FIST IN IT.
THE SUIT SAYS FELL HE IS WAS
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOUR
DIFFERENT TIMES FROM IVANTE.
GREG WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT
MIGHT BE HAPPENING WHEN HE LEF
FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
>> -- FOR THE DAY.
>> YOU DECIDED I'M GOING TO PUT
A CAMERA IN HERE.
WHY?
>> WHEN SAW THE CARE WASN'T
GETTING BETTE, I FELT THAT
THAT'S WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO.
>> AND CAUGHT O CAMERA, AT 11:
471 NIGHT, ASSERTED NURSING
ASSISTANT IS SEEN MOVING THE AIR
TUBE.
SHE APPEARS TO ADJUST IT AND THE
ALARM GOES OFF.
WITH THE ALARM BLARING, THE CNA
GOES TO THE BACK OF THE BED,
APPEARS TO PUSH A BUTTON.
SHE THEN GOES OUT OF FRAME AND
APPEARS TO LEAVE THE ROOM FOR A
MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS.
WHEN SHE RETURNS, THE ALARM IS
STILL BLARING.
PHYLLIS HAS NOW BEEN OFF THE
VENT FOR TWO MINUTES.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE WALKED
BACK IN, STOOD THERE, DID
WHATEVER SHE D LOOKED AT HER AND
TURNED AROUND AND LEFT WHILE THE
ALARM WAS ON.
THE VIDEO SHOWS FIVE MINUTES AND
48 SECONDS AFTER THAT ALARM WENT
OFF, A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST
WALKS IN, MAKES THE DISCOVERY,
AND APPEARS TO BE SHOCKED.
THERE'S COMMOTION.
THAT YNA CAUGHT ON CAMERA
TOUCHING THE TUBE IN THE ROOM
WHEN THE ALARM GOES OFF, COMES
INTO FRAME AND SAYS, DON'T BLAME
ME.
NOTHING WAS WRONG.
THE VIDEO SHOWS PHYLLIS APPEARS
TO BE OFF THE VENT FOR SIX
MINUTES AND 21 SECONDS BEFORE
ITS RECONNECTED.
>> THIS PARTICULAR CASE IS THE
WORST, BECAUSE IT IS DOCUMENTED.
>> DOES THAT CERTIFIED NURSING
ASSISTANT STILL WORK HERE?
WAS AN INVESTIGATION DONE
INTERNALLY?
>> MA'AM, IS THERE AN
ADMINISTRATOR THAT CAN COME OUT
AND TALK TO US?
IS THERE AN AD MENSTRUATER THAT
CAN COME OUT AND TALK TO US?
>> NO ONE EVER CAME OUT.
WE WENT TO THE HOLLYWOOD
HEADQUARTERS FOR AVANTE AT BOCA
RATON.
COULD YOU PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR
CAMERA?
>> THE GENERAL COUNSEL WOULDN'T
TALK ABOUT PENDING LITIGATION.
A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST SAYS
THAT ALARM NEVER SHOULD HAVE
BEEN IGNORED.
IF AN EMPLOY HE DOESN'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO, THEY SHOULD
IMMEDIATELY CALL FOR HELP.
IT'S MANDATORY OPERATING
PROCEDURE.
>> WHAT ARE YOU SEEK R.
>> WE'RE SEEKING JUSTICE.
THEY TREAT HER LIKE AN ANIMAL.
IN BOCA RATON, LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> PHYLLIS ROLAND HAS BEEN MOVED
TO ANOTHER FACILITY AND IS STILL
RECOVERING FROM THAT MASSIVE BED
SORE.
WE WE HAVE HER WELL.
AVANTE'S PARENT COMPANY ASKED
THE JUDGE TO PUT THE LAWSUIT ON