Mark Walker

mwalker@argusleader.com

A South Dakota nursing home is facing a civil lawsuit after a nursing aide who took nude photos of a resident and posted them on social media.

The lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of the victim and her estate, seeks unspecified damages from Golden Living Center in Pierre.

The victim was a resident at Golden Living Center from Feb. 6, 2015, to June 25, 2015. She died on Aug. 5, 2015.

According to a lawsuit, an employee at the nursing home, Callie Jones, undressed the victim, took nude photos of her and published them on social media.

This allegedly caused the victim emotional and physical injury.

Jones was charged in June 2015 with a misdemeanor for photographing the victim at the nursing home. She pleaded guilty to secretly recording the body of a person and was sentenced to three days in jail.

The lawsuit says the Golden Living Center was negligent in hiring, training and supervising Jones; failed to attain and maintain the victim’s well-being; and failed to promote the victim’s quality of life.

A call to the victim’s lawyer was not immediately returned.

The director of the Golden Living Center declined to comment on the allegation being made in the lawsuit and whether the employee named in the suit still works at the facility.

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