Another Iowa Assisted Living Facility Chooses To Abandon Its License
Right on the heels of Dubuque Retirement Community, formerly Iowa's largest assisted living center, Jefferson Point Assisted Living Center has announced it will no longer operate as an 'assisted living facility'. Operators of Jefferson Point will now operate the facility as an apartment complex. Residents who require medical assistance may elect to remain in the building and pay for 24-hour medical care. Jefferson Point has a history of failing to meet minimum standards of care and has received multiple fines from Iowa regulators. Ann Martin of the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals believes these assisted living centers' actions legal...
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Pesky Government Regulations No Problem For Assisted Living Facility In Iowa
Dubuque Retirement Community was the largest assisted living center in Iowa. It was run by Assisted Living Concepts, a Wisconsin for-profit-corporation that operates 216 care facilities in twenty states. Now, Assisted Living Concepts has given up its assisted-living license on the troubled 116-resident facility. In its short two-year history as an assisted living center, Dubuque Retirement Community amassed several fines for failure to meet minimum government standards with respect to providing adequate resident care. For example: A $500 fine for having no hot water for three days in February 2008; A $2,000 fine in October 2008 for problems including staffing,...
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