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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Director Of Nursing Cleared Of Charges Alleging That She Interfered With Nursing Home Inspection
I was frankly disturbed when I came across an article in the Press-Citizen by Clark Kauffman regarding a director of nursing at an Iowa nursing home who obviously bullied her employees into keeping quiet regarding poor care they may have witnessed at the facility. Karen Etter, the former director of nursing at Windmill Manor Nursing Home, was charged with attempting to impede or interfere with state inspections at the nursing home she was responsible for overseeing. Despite Ms. Etter's admission that she told employees at the facility that they would be fired if they reported dangerous conditions to state nursing...
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Nursing Home Inspectors To Seek New Jobs Following Discovery Of Dangerous Living Conditions
Cincinnati City Council members are requesting that the city get out of the nursing home inspection business following the discovery of 'crack house' conditions at Westside Health Center and Terrace Assisted Living Facility. The council members suggest the investigatory responsibilities be turned over to the Ohio Department of Public Health to improve the quality of resident care at the facilities. Safety concerns were discovered at the facilities during a police raid on March 13th. About time!! Nursing home inspectors have an important job to protect the safety and welfare of the facilities residents. If the the inspectors fail to discover...
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