Camellia Gardens: COVID Vaccination Failures - NC
That was the picture inspectors found on January 30, when they interviewed the facility's infection preventionist, its director of nursing, its unit manager, and its administrator, one after another, and got the same answer from each of them: no documentation, and no clear owner of the problem.
Resident #44, a man living at the facility with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and obstructive sleep apnea, told inspectors that afternoon that he wasn't sure whether anyone had offered him the COVID-19 vaccine in the past year. His immunization record contained no documentation that he had been offered the shot, received it, or signed a form declining it. The unit manager, interviewed that morning, said she couldn't provide any documentation of his vaccination status either.
The infection preventionist, who had held the role at the facility for about a year and a half, told inspectors she believed she had offered the COVID-19 vaccine to residents. But she could not locate any documentation showing she had done so, and she could not recall whether any residents had signed declination forms. Her explanation: no residents had wanted the vaccine since she took the job.
The director of nursing had been at the facility for approximately four months. She told inspectors she had not focused on COVID-19 vaccinations since taking the position, and she confirmed the facility had been unable to locate any documentation showing residents were offered the vaccine at any point during 2025.
The administrator said she had been told by the infection preventionist that vaccinations were being offered. She said she was not sure why they would not have been. She identified the director of nursing as ultimately responsible for oversight of resident COVID-19 vaccinations, because the infection preventionist reported to the DON. She identified the infection preventionist as the person responsible for offering, administering, and documenting the vaccines.
The infection preventionist said she was not responsible for maintaining staff vaccination records. She was not sure who was. She believed department managers tracked their own staff.
The director of nursing said she had not managed the staff vaccination logs and was not sure who did. She said the facility offered the COVID-19 vaccine to staff, but she did not know who had received it or who kept the records.
The administrator said she and the nursing management team, which included the infection preventionist, the unit manager, and the director of nursing, were working together to track staff vaccinations. She said records were forwarded by email to the corporate office as vaccinations were given. She said she would try to obtain the information. She did not provide any further documentation.
A nurse aide interviewed that morning said she did not recall the facility offering information about the COVID-19 vaccine to staff or administering it during the past year.
The inspection covered both residents and staff, and in both cases the facility's position was the same: the records should exist, someone was responsible for them, but neither the records nor a clear account of who held responsibility could be produced on the day inspectors arrived.
Resident #44, cognitively intact and aware enough to tell inspectors he wasn't sure whether he'd been offered the vaccine, was living at a facility where the people charged with his care could not answer that question either.
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Camellia Gardens Center for Nursing and Rehab in Henderson, NC was cited for violations during a health inspection on January 30, 2026.
His immunization record contained no documentation that he had been offered the shot, received it, or signed a form declining it.
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