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Group Home for Adults With Disabilities Fined $10,000 Over Resident’s Drug-Related Death

The October 2022 death of a female resident of the Flora Adult Group Home in Dubuque, Iowa has led to a $10,000 fine from...

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Nursing Home Administrator Facing Charges For Locking Resident Out Overnight

In another shocking Iowa nursing home incident, a resident was locked out of the facility where he lived and left overnight. Iowa state officials...

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Iowa DIA Fines Nursing Home Following Death of Veteran

The death of a resident of the Fonda Care Center in Pocahontas County resulted in a $6,500 fine assessed by the Iowa Department of...

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Iowa Facilities on Federal Watch List Due to Serious Care Issues

The federal government maintains a list of “Special-Focus Facilities” for nursing homes with serious prior and recurring quality of care issues. These nursing homes...

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$1.8 Million in COVID-19 Stimulus Money May Have Been Diverted From Sioux City Nursing Home

A Sioux City, Iowa nursing home facility, Touchstone Healthcare Community, shut down last summer and declared bankruptcy amid a legal battle. The owners of...

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Iowa Long-Term Care Facility Under Criminal Investigation

A nursing home in southern Iowa is the subject of a criminal investigation into the treatment of residents living at the facility. This inspection...

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Nursing Home Faces Over $900,000 in Fines for Alleged Abuse

An Iowa nursing home in Taylor County was issued over $900,000 in fines for the abuse of one of its residents. The Centers for...

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USA Today Investigation Finds Thousands of Nursing Homes Routinely Violate Staffing Rules

An investigation by USA Today has revealed the scope of the problem of understaffing at U.S. nursing homes – in 2021, more than 75...

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Worker Fired After Talking to State Investigator

Earlier this year, a nursing home caregiver was terminated after she spoke to a state investigator. According to state records, the inspector was investigating...

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Resident of Iowa Nursing Home Dies After Being Suspended Upside Down Over Bed

State investigators have cited Iowa’s Clarion Wellness and Rehabilitation Center for placing a resident in immediate jeopardy. The resident died on March 19 after...

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Nurse Charged for Allegedly Amputating a Dying Man’s Foot

A nurse in western Wisconsin faces two felony charges in Pierce County for the physical abuse of an elderly person. Mary K. Brown is...

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Violations Found at the Six Care Initiatives Nursing Homes

Several Iowa nursing home facilities were recently cited for serious violations. State inspectors investigated the original complaints, many of which were substantiated. In all,...

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Nursing Home Resident Dies After Being Fed Dishwashing Liquid

An elderly woman living in a California nursing home died after being fed dishwashing liquid instead of juice. Two other residents at the home...

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Are Nursing Homes Liable if One Resident Attacks Another?

Abuse in nursing homes is often perpetrated by staff members and caregivers who work in the facility. There are also situations where residents are...

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How Nursing Homes Hide Evidence of Abuse

Families research a lot of nursing homes to find one they feel they can trust to take care of a loved one. Yet far...