Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Southeast Georgia Health System Senior Care Cited for Substandard Patient Care

  Pete Strom | February 09, 2010 5:57 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Placing a loved one in a nursing home is always emotional. You want the best for a loved one and your primary concern when placing a loved one in a senior care center is on their safety and...

• Nursing Home Visited by Jurors During Death Trial

  Shannon Weidemann | January 24, 2007 10:49 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Jurors in the Mabel Taylor neglect of a care dependent person, involuntary manslaughter, and reckless endangerment trial will visit the scene of the nursing home on Monday. The former Ronald Reagan Atrium I Nursing, Research, and Rehabilitation Center was closed in 2004 and replaced with a diabetes treatment facility. Mrs. Taylor, age 88, died after being left in an outdoor, fenced courtyard...

• Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Filed

  Staff Writer | September 28, 2006 4:54 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  The daughters of a woman who died in a California nursing home are suing the facility after the state found it failed to monitor the woman while she was on medication. Maria Tirado dies while on the anti-coagulant Coumadin, and the state fined the nursing home $94,000 for failing to monitor Tirado despite orders from her physician. Tirado died Jan. 18, after suffering from massive bleeding on...