A Williamsburg County behavioral treatment facility that serves children in foster care and those with special needs faces dozens of complaints alleging sexual assault, physical abuse and neglect.
Newly released state records detail years of neglect allegations at a North Charleston rehabilitation facility, including complaints of residents left in filth, insect infestations, unanswered call bells and chronic understaffing.
Another lawsuit claiming misconduct and inaction has been filed against a Lowcountry nursing home that has previously faced suits filed over the care provided to patients.
A new wrongful death lawsuit is expected to be filed against two Lowcountry nursing homes, alleging that negligence at both facilities caused the death of a resident.
A Lowcountry family’s experience inside a North Charleston skilled nursing facility is sparking renewed concerns about the facility’s troubling history of complaints and investigations and is raising the question of how state and federal agencies regulate and inspect nursing homes.
A place meant to heal is actually a place of pain, suffering and even death, all of which could potentially have been prevented, hundreds of documents uncovered during a monthslong Live 5 Investigation suggest.
