Nursing Home Injury Laws: Iowa
Number of nursing homes in Iowa: 445 Patients living in Iowa nursing homes: 25,676 Occupancy rates of Iowa nursing homes: 80.3% Average number of deficiencies at each Iowa nursing home: 9.0 Percent of Iowa nursing homes with serious deficiencies for actual harm to patient: 20.9% Most common deficiencies at Iowa nursing homes: Professional Standards, Accident Environment, Food Sanitation Distribution of ownership of Iowa nursing homes: 53% for profit, 43% non profit, 4 % government Most populated cities in Iowa: Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Deavenport, Sioux City, Iowa City Staffing levels at Iowa nursing homes (daily hours):Above average, 3.5 total staff,...
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Registered Sex Offender Attacks Fellow Resident in Iowa Nursing Home
A registered sex offender living at an Iowa nursing home is now under extremely strict watch, after an eight-year-old girl witnessed him sexually assaulting a female resident. The attack took place on August 21 at the Pomeroy Care Center in Pomeroy. The girl, who was visiting relatives, says she witnessed 83-year-old William Cubbage standing over a woman’s bed with his hands between the woman’s legs. According to state Health Department records, the woman was consistently saying “No!” After the attack, the woman was in tears, and begged a staff member not to leave her alone. Cubbage has a history...
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Nursing Home Patients Take Backseat In Priorities For Iowa Legislators
Recent budget cuts imposed by Iowa's Governor Terry Branstad have almost immediately cut the number of nursing home inspectors in the state by 25%. Now, just 28 inspectors will be responsible for investigating patient complaints and facility compliance with federal and state regulations at the state's 442 facilities. Axing the ten nursing home inspectors will save the state and estimated $125,000 as the bulk of the inspectors salaries is derived from federal funding. While there are other employees in the state's Department of Inspection and Appeals that are technically licensed to conduct the work of the terminated employees, I...
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Fall From Bed Results In Death Of Newly Admitted Nursing Home Patient
I've noticed a trend amongst many nursing home negligence cases-- injuries occur at a disproportionately high rate within the initial admission period. The most reasonable explanation for the heightened rate of nursing home injuries in during the initial admission period is most likely related with both the facilities unfamiliarity with the patient and vice versa. Nonetheless, a facility that claims they were 'simply unfamiliar' with a patient is probably a poor defense if a negligence claim were pursued. Even before a care plan is developed, nursing homes must take reasonable steps to provide the highest feasible level of care for...
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Fall In Nursing Home Claims The Life Patient-- Less Than 24-Hours After Admission
On June 13, 2009, a nursing home patient fell out of bed and died at Fejervary Health Care Center in Davenport, Iowa. This fall occurred within 24 hours of the resident being admitted to the nursing home. This was not an isolated event at Fejervary. Fejervary Health Care Center has a history of safety problems and has been fined several times by the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals. Last year, the nursing home was fined $7,500 for failing to ensure that each resident received adequate supervision to ensure against hazards from self, others, or environmental elements, and allowing a...
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Caregiver Fired For Reporting Abuse In Nursing Home
After witnessing a co-worker verbally abuse of a handicapped resident at Montrose Health Care Center in Montrose, IA, Lora Washburn, did the correct thing and reported the incident to the facility's administrator. Or did she? Not satisfied with the nursing home administrator's failure to respond to the situation, Washburn filed a complaint with the state documenting the abuse. Days after the complaint was made to state authorities, Washburn was accused of trying to intimidate co-workers and was fired from her position. In another incident involving an Iowa nursing home employee, Janice Rardin, the Director of Nursing at the Evangelical Free...
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Iowa Nursing Home Cited For Inadequate Care Of Pressure Sores
The Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals has imposed $3,500 in fines against Country View Nursing Home. The fines follow a December visit to the facility where investigators determined the facility failed to provide proper care to residents with pressure sores and errors with administration of medication. A follow-up inspection revealed the initial findings had been substantially corrected, but revealed new problems such as problems with housekeeping, disrepair of wheelchairs, failure of staff to protocol related to the cleaning and feeding of residents, and failure to provide sufficient care to incontinent residents. As a result of the findings cited in...
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