Category: Nursing Home Abuse

Sadly, a significant number of nursing home residents will suffer neglect and abuse during their stay in a facility. Shocking reports from the World Health Organization say about 17% of those 60 and older experienced abuse in a communal setting,…

Families place enormous trust in nursing homes and healthcare providers. You expect your elderly loved one to receive safe treatment, respectful care, and attention to medical needs. Yet problems arise across the nursing home industry. Some residents suffer neglect, while…

Many South Carolinians entrust the health and happiness of their loved ones to nursing homes or other long-term care facilities when they are no longer able to live independently. Choosing to move a loved one into a nursing home can…

No family places a loved one in a nursing home expecting them to live in fear. Nursing homes are meant to provide comfort, care, and dignity for disabled or aging residents who can no longer live independently. Yet across South…

Pruitthealth in Dillon, South Carolina has been cited after state investigators found that the facility greatly neglected a resident by failing to do the following: Develop a complete care plan within 7 days of comprehensive assessment; Have a team of health professionals…

Commander Nursing Center was cited after “the facility failed to identify and failed to follow physician orders for pressure ulcer [care].” The facility failed two different residents by: Not identifying one resident’s pressure ulcer until it was a Stage 3 Not following…

Commander Nursing Center in Florence, South Carolina was cited after the facility “failed to notify the physician and/or personal representative of significant weight loss” for two residents. The lack of notification resulted in each resident continuing to lose weight in an unhealthy…

A mechanical lift is meant to safely move someone who cannot stand or bear weight on their own. In nursing homes and assisted living centers, staff use a Hoyer lift to transfer residents from a bed to a wheelchair, toilet,…