Review of the Community Residential Care Facilities Program, Department of Health and Environmental Control
Subject
Long-term care facilities--South Carolina--Auditing; Life care communities--South Carolina--AuditingAbstract
This review was predicated on a credible complaint alleging substantial health and safety deficiencies in the care of a resident placed in a Community Residential Care Facility (CRCF) in Kershaw County, South Carolina. Initial investigation with subject matter experts, non-profit advocacy groups, and CRCF inspection reports revealed this single incident might be a symptom of systemic health and safety deficiencies throughout DHEC’s CRCF Program, which regulates 471 CRCFs with the approximately 17,000 vulnerable clients, primarily elderly and disabled. This review’s scope and objectives were: Assess the risk of a vulnerable population of elderly and disabled citizens residing in CRCFs living in unsatisfactory health and safety conditions; Evaluate DHEC’s CRCF Program inspection process capabilities to identify and address CRCFs with unsatisfactory health and safety living conditions; Recommend opportunities to improve the CRCF Program.
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Date
2016-03Metadata
Show full item record| Creator | South Carolina Office of Inspector General | |
| Date Accessioned | 2016-09-16T16:45:58Z | |
| Date Available | 2016-09-16T16:45:58Z | |
| Date of Issue | 2016-03 | |
| Identifier (URI) | http://hdl.handle.net/10827/22286 | |
| Description | This review was predicated on a credible complaint alleging substantial health and safety deficiencies in the care of a resident placed in a Community Residential Care Facility (CRCF) in Kershaw County, South Carolina. Initial investigation with subject matter experts, non-profit advocacy groups, and CRCF inspection reports revealed this single incident might be a symptom of systemic health and safety deficiencies throughout DHEC’s CRCF Program, which regulates 471 CRCFs with the approximately 17,000 vulnerable clients, primarily elderly and disabled. This review’s scope and objectives were: Assess the risk of a vulnerable population of elderly and disabled citizens residing in CRCFs living in unsatisfactory health and safety conditions; Evaluate DHEC’s CRCF Program inspection process capabilities to identify and address CRCFs with unsatisfactory health and safety living conditions; Recommend opportunities to improve the CRCF Program. | |
| Item Format | application/pdf | |
| Media Type | Document | |
| Item Language | English | |
| Publisher | South Carolina State Library | |
| Digital Collection | South Carolina State Documents Depository | |
| Rights | Copyright status undetermined. For more information contact, South Carolina State Library, 1500 Senate Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201. | |
| Subject | Long-term care facilities--South Carolina--Auditing | |
| Subject | Life care communities--South Carolina--Auditing | |
| Title | Review of the Community Residential Care Facilities Program, Department of Health and Environmental Control | |
| Type | Text | |
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