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Lake City Care Facility Fined After Resident Dies From Choking Incident

A 45-year-old man with an intellectual disability tragically died after choking on a piece of McDonald’s cheeseburger just one day after being admitted to...

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Resident’s Death Raises Concerns About Private Equity in Long-Term Care

A recent incident involving the choking death of a resident at Harmony House Health Care Center in Waterloo underscores critical safety concerns of nursing...

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Nurse Faces Sentencing for Neglect Case That Led to Death of Nursing Home Resident

A 70-year-old Iowa licensed practical nurse, Becky Sue Manning, has entered an Alford plea in connection with the death of a nursing home resident...

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What To Do If You Suspect Dehydration in a Nursing Home?

If you have a loved one in a Milwaukee nursing home, dehydration should never be a concern you have to face. Long-term care facilities...

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Iowa Facility Fined in Connection With Resident’s Death

Iowa’s Elkader Care Center is facing a $9,000 fine after a resident’s untreated bed sore led to her death. The woman was admitted to...

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Nursing Home Cited in Resident’s Death Fined Again in New Incident

On February 11 a female resident was found dead in an Iowa nursing home. She was face down on the bed, with her head...

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Iowa Nursing Home Cited: Failure to Protect Residents From Abuse

Multiple nursing homes in Iowa have recently been fined for failing to protect residents from alleged sexual exploitation and physical abuse. Living Center West...

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Death of an Iowa Nursing Home Resident Sparks Investigation

A Mason City nursing home resident who sustained multiple injuries died August. The nature of these injuries has been deemed suspicious by doctors, sparking...

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The Hidden Crisis in Nursing Homes: A Daughter’s Heartbreaking Documentary Reveals Systemic Abuse

In what should have been a safe haven for her elderly mother, multi-award-winning filmmaker and advocate Susie Singer Carter discovered a horrifying reality that...

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For Second Time in Two Years, Iowa Orders Emergency Evacuation of Aspire of Donnellson

Last month, the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing (DIAL) ordered an emergency evacuation of residents from Aspire of Donnellson, a nursing home...

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New York Times Quotes Jeff Pitman About Dangers of Bed Rails in Nursing Homes

PKSD partner Jeff Pitman has been representing nursing home neglect victims and their families for decades, securing millions in compensation. Back in 2010, he...

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Iowa Nursing Home Faces Allegations of Abuse by Teen Caregiver

Caring Acres Nursing and Rehabilitation in Anita, Iowa is once again under scrutiny for failing to protect its residents from abuse. The facility, which...

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Family of Deceased Resident Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Pleasant Hill Nursing Home

Neuang Boun Sisamouth’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Parkridge Specialty Care and Rehabilitation. The lawsuit cites elder abuse and negligence in...

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Journalist Reviews Her Experiences Working at Memory Care Center for 691 Hours

Journalist Cleo Krejci has written a series of articles for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel documenting her experiences working at a memory care center between...

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Iowa Nursing Home Among Nation’s Worst Cited for New Violations

A nursing home in Scott County, Iowa that is already on the list of the nation’s worst nursing homes, has been cited yet again....