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Iowa
| October 19 2003 |
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Care-site companies avoid abuse charges |
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Lengthy article details multiple nursing home abuse cases, lack of strong enforcement on the part of Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals. |
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Des Moines Register
www.dmregister.com
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| Author: |
Clark Kauffman
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| October 19 2003 |
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| Title: |
Some state prosecutors are cracking down |
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Article briefly discusses nursing home prosecutions in seven states. |
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Des Moines Register
www.dmregister.com
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| Author: |
Clark Kauffman
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| October 21 2003 |
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Editorial: Protect Iowa's elderly -- not their abusers; Law rules on nursing homes reward skimping on care |
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Editorial notes that the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that "Iowa leads the nation in the number of nursing home violations that have been downgraded or deleted from inspection reports," calls for minimum staff/patient ratios, more aggressive enforcement of standards. |
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Des Moines Register
http://desmoinesregister.com
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| January 15 2004 |
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Grant to hellp protect elderly from scams |
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The Iowa Attorney General's Office has been awarded $447,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice to undertake an Elderly Fraud Prevention project focusing on predatory lending, health care fraud, phony charity schemes and home improvement scams. |
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The Daily Nonpareil
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10812347&BRD=2554&PAG=461&dept_id=507134&rfi=6
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Courtney Brummer
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| February 25 2004 |
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| Title: |
Tax on pornographic materials may be raised |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Legislation
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Newly-introduced HF 2242, Adult Enterprises Excise Tax Act, would impose a 25% tax on all sales and rentals at adult bookstores in the state. The proceeds would be earmarked "to provide grants to care providers providing services to victims of domestic abuse, rape and sexual assault." |
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Iowa State Daily
http://www.iowastatedaily.com/vnews/display.v?TARGET=printable&article_id=403c20c29c771
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Alicia Ebaugh
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| June 24 2004 |
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Care centers spur more complaints; One state official attributes the spike to a few nursing homes with troubled pasts |
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In 2003, the long-term care ombudsman office received 977 complaints about Iowa nursing home care, up 19% from 2002. Complaints to the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals went up 15% from 2002, to 1,218 complaints. 36% of those complaints were related to allegations of resident abuse. |
| Source: |
Des Moines Register
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040624/LIFE02/406240380/1039/LIFE
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| Author: |
Clark Kauffman
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| July 09 2004 |
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Editorial: Toughen up the watchdog; State regulators should take a stronger approach to nursing-home violations |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Nursing Home
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Editorial says in talking about the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals, "[S]ometimes the watchdog needs a watchdog, too. That's certainly the case in Iowa….The impression that state regulators are more a friend to industry than a protector of vulnerable Iowans has just been given another boost." |
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Des Moines Register
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040709/OPINION03/407090305/1035/OPINION
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| July 09 2004 |
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Nursing home regulators accused; Federal group says inspection reports sanitized |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Nursing Home
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Article gives two specific examples where final inspection reports did not reflect what an inspector had found, and 3 cases in which employees were fired for abuses witnessed by multiple people, but the Dept. of Inspections and Appeals never published anything on the incidents. |
| Source: |
Des Moines Register
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040709/NEWS10/407090351/1001/NEWS&lead=1
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| Author: |
Clark Kauffman
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| July 10 2004 |
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Advocates tell Vilsack: Check home inspections; A federal agency accuses Iowa's nursing home regulators of downgrading reports of violations |
- Vulnerable Adult Abuse
- Nursing Home
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Echoing last year's findings by the U.S. General Accounting Office and the Dept. of Health and Human Services' Inspector General's Office, the Iowa Protection and Advocacy organization has issued a new report "that alleges the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals is downgrading health and safety violations found in nursing homes." The Department of Inspections and Appeals denies the charges. |
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Des Moines Register
http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040710/NEWS10/407100341/1001&lead=1
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| Author: |
Clark Kauffman
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| July 20 2004 |
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Nursing home residents at risk; Report finds widespread fire-safety problems in Iowa |
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A Government Accountability Office study says Iowa ranks 11th-highest among states with fire-safety deficiencies in nursing homes. "Of 474 Iowa homes, 80 percent were cited for at least one fire-safety violation." |
| Source: |
Des Moines Register
http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040720/LIFE02/407200364/1011/NEWS10
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| Author: |
Clark Kauffman
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