Articles Tagged: Nursing homes

The federal government’s most recent assessment of health-facility inspections indicates Iowa has failed to meet three key standards.

The Iowa Board of Nursing recently accepted the voluntary surrender of the license of Julie Porter, a licensed practical nurse from Manchester.

In separate case, C.R. assisted living center fined after resident death.

A federal judge in Iowa has blocked key parts of a Biden administration rule mandating minimum staffing levels in nursing homes across the country. The ruling comes after Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird co-led a multi-state lawsuit, joined by 19 other states trying to block the law.

The latest analysis of federal data on nursing home staffing shows the overwhelming majority of nursing homes in Iowa and the United States are operating with less than the recommended staff to meet residents’ needs.

Newly reported federal data shows the overwhelming majority of nursing homes in Iowa and the United States are operating with too few staff to meet residents’ basic needs.

Also, in the Capitol Notebook, Senate Democrats argue for more nursing home protections with four proposed amendments.

While legislation allowing all Iowa nursing home residents to have cameras in their rooms has failed to advance this session, the technology is being successfully used in one Iowa care facility.

A worker’s union has intervened in the state of Iowa’s lawsuit to block nursing home staffing mandates, arguing the new requirements will help ease a national shortage of caregivers.

A Cedar Rapids assisted living center has been fined $7,500 for a resident death that occurred six months ago.

An Iowa nursing home run by an out-of-state company with a long history of regulatory violations has been hit with $64,750 in state fines tied to 28 state and federal violations

For the past three years, the Iowa Long-Term Care Ombudsman’s Office has called for an increase in the “personal needs allowance” that Medicaid beneficiaries receive while in nursing homes. The last increase was 24 years ago.

Congressional leaders are moving to overturn the federal government’s new nursing home staffing mandates as part of a larger effort to cut Medicaid and other forms of government spending.

A West Branch nursing home is being sued over an incident in which an intruder was able to enter the home, undress and climb into bed with a resident.

Cedar Rapids home is fined $1,000 for failing to investigate thefts