Iowa Nursing Home Owners: Reveal Their Names!
Recently, there was an interesting idea posed by a concerned citizen in Des Moines, Iowa: expose the names of nursing home owners to elicit improved standards of care at the facilities. This citizen is correct that we might be surprised to learn that the owners of some nursing homes are considered who "outstanding citizens" actually operate below average facilities, making substantial money at the expense of the elderly. The names of these individuals in our community should be known.
Nursing home owners often hide under the cloak of an elaborate corporate scheme designed to siphon money from the nursing home facility into the owners' pockets. This is done by creating a myriad of corporations all owned by the same people that do business with each other. All the while their residents suffer in facilities underfunded. State fines are obviously not working as abuse and neglect continue. Let's expose owners' names in newspapers every time their business is cited by the state. Possibly then they will take an active interest in their business and quit ignoring and excusing poor care.
