State moves toward separately housing violent SNF residents
By
John Hall
Feb 17, 2015
Iowa moved one step closer to a plan that would transfer violent public nursing home residents to a segregated government- or private agency-managed facility using state money.
Iowa governor-elect nominates nursing home regulator with ties to industry
Dec 13, 2010
Iowa Gov.-elect Terry Branstad (R) has nominated Rod Roberts to head Iowa’s Department of Inspections. This, despite critics’ allegations that Roberts has conflicts of interest, The Des Moines...
Iowa politicians clash with nursing home inspectors
Nov 12, 2010
Iowa politicians, including Governor-elect Terry Branstad (R) and state legislators from both parties, have publicly criticized Dean Lerner, the head of Iowa’s Department of Inspections and Appeals,...