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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 the facility with the sore but was not given an adequate care plan to ensure regular repositioning or proper wound treatment. As a result, the pressure…
Read MoreNursing 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 trapped between the mattress and bed rails. The facility where this happened, Muscatine’s Lutheran Living Senior Campus, was cited in this incident for failing to protect…
Read MoreIowa 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 in Cedar Rapids Earlier this year, management at the Living Center West in Cedar Rapids learned about an alleged relationship involving its activities director and a…
Read MoreDeath 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 an investigation against the facility where the man lived. Events Leading Up to the Resident’s Death In an article by the Iowa Dispatch, the incident reportedly…
Read MoreFor 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 in Lee County. This facility was also evacuated in 2022 after the facility flooded due to a water line break. On August 27th, DIAL inspectors were…
Read MoreNew 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 was interviewed by The New York Times about the dangers of bed rails, as he was representing the family and estate of a resident who died…
Read MoreIowa 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 has a history of violations, is now facing potential federal fines. The fines, which total $30,250, are related to the alleged verbal abuse and physical roughness…
Read MoreFamily 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 Sisamouth’s death back in June 2022. Specifically, the suit alleges staff negligence and delayed emergency response in the final hours of Sisamouth’s life. Sisamouth, a 72-year-old…
Read MoreJournalist 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 August 2022 and early 2023. Table of Contents Job Training Starting to Work Unexplained Bruises Being Exposed to Death Burn Out Among Dedicated Staff Members Anger…
Read MoreIowa 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. Already assessed with serious regulatory violations and fines of over $200,000 since 2022, The Ivy has been assessed with new regulatory violations. Due to its lengthy…
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