Category: Nursing Home Abuse

Video evidence from the Veterans Victory House in Walterboro, South Carolina, shows an extended altercation between two residents while nursing home staff looked on, constituting abuse. The nursing home’s report claimed that a resident swung at another resident during mealtime and…

Blue Ridge of Georgetown in South Carolina has been cited for placing residents in immediate jeopardy after a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) verbally abused a resident while providing care. According to the report, the resident immediately created a scene, cursing at the…

Commander Nursing Center in Florence, South Carolina, has been cited for the abuse of a resident by a nursing assistant. According to this citation, a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) taped the resident’s left hand into their adult diaper briefs, possibly as a…

A nationwide investigation of nursing homes has uncovered thousands of food safety violations of the type that could lead to deadly foodborne illness among nursing home residents. The investigation by FairWarning, a nonprofit news organization based in Southern California, focuses on…

Nursing homes are a primary source of a deadly drug-resistant fungal infection that is spreading in hospitals across the country, according to a recent report. Seriously ill nursing home patients with the fungus tend to take multiple antibiotics, which increases…

South Carolina residents in search of a nursing home for a loved one should know that the federal government provides a variety of data about local nursing homes online. It identifies a Columbia nursing home and another in Charleston as among the…

Many nursing homes in South Carolina face the problem of understaffing. For some of these nursing homes, the problem reflects a national shortage of qualified nurses – one that is “on the cusp of becoming a crisis,” according to The Atlantic….

Everything seems like it’s going fine. Your loved one appears to be happy and comfortable in the nursing home, and from what you have observed, the staff provides professional and compassionate care. Then, one day, your loved one gets a…