Articles Tagged: Nursing homes

Two Iowa nursing home patients froze to death outside this past winter. A nurse at one home faces no criminal charges, but a worker at another faces a second-degree murder charge.

QHC Facilities, which owns eight nursing homes and two assisted living facilities in Iowa, has been cited for at least 184 regulatory violations in the past 20 months while neglecting to pay fines for poor quality care and fees that would have boosted the pay of front-line workers.

The 125-bed Touchstone Healthcare Community in Sioux City was added July 27 to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ list of care facilities eligible for designation as a Special-Focus Facility List.

QHC moves to close three of the 10 facilities and the federal government seeks payment of $2.1 million owed to taxpayers.

Industry leaders say better government reimbursement rates are needed in order to better pay workers

As of last month, there were 410 complaints pending against Iowa nursing homes that were at least 30 days old. Of them, 24 were over a year old.

An Iowa nursing home worker who admitted stealing a resident’s painkillers says the stress of watching more than a dozen COVID-19 patients die alone contributed to her use of cocaine and other drugs.

QHC Facilities, which owns eight skilled-nursing facilities and two assisted-living centers in Iowa including in Marion, filed for bankruptcy protection in late December.

An Iowa nursing home where a resident was found dead in a pool of blood last summer after a series of falls has been fined $18,000 by the state.

QHC Facilities, which owns eight skilled-nursing facilities and two assisted-living centers in Iowa, including Crestview Acres in Marion, filed for bankruptcy protection in late December.

QHC Facilities, which owns eight skilled-nursing facilities — including Crestview Acres in Marion — and two assisted-living centers in Iowa, filed for bankruptcy protection in late December.

QHC Facilities, based in Clive, operates eight skilled nursing facilities including Crestview Acres in Marion as well as in Tama, Madison, Humboldt, Jackson, Webster and Polk counties and two assisted living centers.

Kris Hansen, CEO of Western Home Services, discusses the “household-like” care model behind the joint project with UnityPoint Health-Cedar Rapids. The senior living community is expected to open in 2023.

Nursing home leaders across the state have been working to increase the number of staff fully immunized against COVID-19. A federal mandate expected this month also aims to do the same thing -- but many across Iowa’s industry say the new rule could have a detrimental effect.

One of the first residential dogs in decades, Hope brings joy and calm to residents who have had to leave their pets behind.