Camellia Gardens: Staffing Data Reporting Failures - NC
The facility's infection preventionist had held that role for approximately a year and a half. When inspectors interviewed her that morning, she said she had offered the COVID-19 vaccination to residents but that no residents had wanted it since she started. Then she said she couldn't find any documentation that she had made those offers. She also couldn't recall whether any residents had signed declination forms. On the question of staff vaccination records, she said that wasn't her responsibility, and she wasn't sure whose responsibility it was, though she believed department managers tracked their own staff.
The Director of Nursing had been at the facility for about four months. She told inspectors she hadn't focused on COVID-19 vaccinations since taking the position. She confirmed the facility had not offered the vaccine to residents during her tenure and could not locate any documentation that residents had been offered the vaccine in 2025 at all. When asked about staff vaccination records, she said she hadn't managed those logs and wasn't sure who had. She knew the facility had offered the vaccine to staff at some point. She didn't know who received it or who kept the paperwork.
The administrator said the Director of Nursing bore ultimate responsibility for resident vaccine oversight because the infection preventionist reported to her. She also said the infection preventionist was responsible for offering, administering, and documenting the vaccinations. Then she said she had been told by the infection preventionist that vaccinations were being offered, and she wasn't sure why they wouldn't have been. She described a system in which vaccination information was forwarded by email to the corporate office as vaccines were provided. She could not produce any of those emails or any other documentation.
Three people. Three different answers about who was in charge. No records from any of them.
One resident, identified in the inspection report as Resident #44, had been admitted to the facility with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and obstructive sleep apnea. His quarterly assessment showed he was not up to date on the COVID-19 vaccine. His immunization record contained no documentation that he had been offered the vaccine, given it, or refused it. When inspectors spoke with him on the afternoon of January 30, he said he wasn't sure whether anyone had offered him the vaccine in the past year.
A nurse aide interviewed that same day said she did not recall the facility offering information about the COVID-19 vaccine or administering it to staff during the previous year.
The unit manager, when asked about Resident #44's vaccination status that morning, said she was unable to provide any documentation.
What the inspection describes is not a paperwork gap or a filing error. It is a situation in which the person whose job it was to offer vaccines says she did, but has no proof. The person above her says she delegated it, but confirmed it didn't happen. The person above both of them says she was told it was being handled, and cannot show that it was. The resident at the center of the finding spent the past year in a facility where nobody can say with certainty that he was ever given the chance to say yes or no to a vaccine.
The infection preventionist's records, the nursing director's logs, the administrator's emails to corporate — inspectors asked for all of it. None of it was there.
Full Inspection Report
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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.
The facility's infection preventionist had held that role for approximately a year and a half.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.