My Father has dementia & was a patient of Dr Casanova.
I have Power of Attorney, as well as being his healthcare proxy.
After a fall, my 83 yr old father developed a brain bleed.
How serious? Your guess is as good as mine, because 3 months later, I still have not been given any of his test results I have repeatedly requested from Casanova's office
I have called & submitted the official request for medical records & been completely ignored, until I left a message letting them know I'd be writing a review. ONLY then did I get a call back letting me know that I don't have the authority to get my dad's medical records.
WRONG! I do, they just had to tell me what they needed. Just like the folks at the hospital that knew they had to call me for consent to put my father under general anesthesia to perform surgery.
After a Friday afternoon appointment with Dr Casanova ended with Casanova advising my father's helper to rush him straight to the hospital
He was dumped there for the weekend & I was told that there would be some procedure performed on Monday
Hospital staff called to ask-Would I be around to give consent?
NO ONE would/could tell me anything more than that.
General Anesthesia can accelerate the mental decline of Dementia patients. I learned this when my dad needed Prostate surgery & his Urologist & I decided that an Epidural would be used for his procedure.
After dumping him in the hospital all weekend, I refused to give uninformed consent to putting him under general anesthesia for the mystery procedure that was finally presented to me, Monday morning.
After all of this, I called Casanova's office, very upset at the lack of communication, & was informed by Linda the office assistant that none of the was the Dr's fault, since Dr Casanova had "left for vacation right after the Friday appointment" This was the weekend that was both Superbowl & Valentine's Day, So you really can't blame the Dr for not bothering to check in about a patient that she dumped in the ER Friday afternoon.
Seriously? She was busy having fun!
Having an elderly parent with dementia is difficult. My Dad has some terrific people helping him/us.
Dr Casanova is not one of them. read more