Iowa’s nursing home residents deserve better from state lawmakers

Iowa’s nursing home residents deserve better from state lawmakers

Cropped shot of a senior man at home (Photo via Getty Images)The late newspaper columnist Bill Wundram of the Quad-City Times in Davenport wrote seven days a week for 31 years. Many of his columns, highlighting a wide variety of concerns in his home community, included the refrain, “Is anybody there? Does anybody care?” That plaintive question came to mind Tuesday as I listened to Iowa senators debate what is likely to be the lone bill this year…

Senate passes bill on nursing home reviews, rejects Democrats’ calls for more oversight

(Des Moines, Iowa) – The Iowa Senate passed a bill clarifying some parts of the process for the state’s review of “immediate jeopardy” violations at Iowa nursing homes, but did not approve changes suggested by Democratic senators to increase oversight and regulation over care facilities in the state. According to the Iowa Capital Dispatch, House File 309, passed 39-9 Tuesday, was described by the bill’s floor manager Sen. Kara Warme, R-Ames, as …