Brushy Creek Post Acute: Immediate Jeopardy Abuse - SC
The citation was tagged at Immediate Jeopardy, the most serious level of harm federal inspectors can assign. It means inspectors concluded the deficiency had already caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury or death to residents. A few residents were identified as affected.
The inspection, conducted as a complaint survey, also turned up a separate but related problem: resident care plans contained inaccurate code status information. Code status is the documented decision about whether a resident wants resuscitation attempted if their heart or breathing stops. If that information is wrong, staff responding to an emergency may attempt CPR on someone who explicitly refused it, or stand back from someone who wanted every effort made.
The Director of Nursing launched an audit of code status accuracy and advance directives across all resident care plans after inspectors arrived. The facility's plan called for weekly audits over four weeks, then monthly audits for two months after that, to confirm the records were corrected.
Staff who had not completed the Code Blue education by the close of the remediation deadline were barred from working until they finished it. That applied to agency staff as well.
The facility submitted an Allegation of Compliance, indicating it believed the Immediate Jeopardy had been abated. Whether the corrective actions hold, and whether the care plans now accurately reflect what each resident actually wants done when their heart stops, remains to be seen.
Full Inspection Report
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Brushy Creek Post Acute in Greer, SC was cited for abuse-related violations during a health inspection on December 23, 2025.
The citation was tagged at Immediate Jeopardy, the most serious level of harm federal inspectors can assign.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.