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July 21, 2009: REPORT RELEASED!

No Place to Call Home: How South Carolina Has Failed Residents of Community Residential Care Facilities

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Report

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Links to CRCF Media Coverage:

  • July 21, 2009: Report: Conditions poor at facilities for disabled Katrina Goggins. Associated Press printed in The State newspaper, Columbia, SC

  • July 22, 2009: Problems found in care centers. The Post and Courier. Tony Bartelme: Charleston, SC

  • July 22, 2009:Report Facilities poor for disabled. The State Newspaper. Metro Section Front Page. Columbia, SC.

  • July 21, 2009:Report: Conditions poor at disabled facilities: WIS TV WEBSITE, Columbia, South Carolina.

  • WIS Interview

  • November 8, 2008: Three Dead in South Carolina Group Home. Minnesota Nursing Home Blog.

  • December 15, 2008: Brother still seeking closure The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.

  • November 18, 2008: Three dead in group homes DHEC oversees. The State Newspaper, Columbia, S.C.

  • July 17, 2008: Fire at Chapin facility unravels 7 fragile lives. The State Newspaper, Columbia, S.C.

  • May, 2008: Owner of elderly care facility charged in death of patient. Strom Thurmond Law Firm, Columbia, S.C.

  • May 16, 2008: Lax nursing home enforcement endangers seniors of all incomes [Editorial]. The State Newspaper, Columbia, S.C.

  • April 3, 2008: Judge's ruling will keep Peachtree Manor closed. The State Newspaper, Columbia, S.C.

  • April 1, 2008: Complaints dogged adult care facility, Violations, fines are detailed as residents settle elsewhere. The State Newspaper, Columbia, S.C.

  • March 28, 2008: Senior care patients taken into protective custody . Midlands Connection, WACH Website, Columbia, S.C.

  • October 31, 2006: Pickup strikes, kills man in wheelchair. The State Newspaper, Columbia, S.C.

  • November 1, 2006: Retirement facility fined . The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.