State of Iowa: Nursing Home Facility Falsely Portrays Caregiving Abilities
An Iowa nursing home erroneously portrayed itself as an assisted living facility, rather than as a residential care facility, and was caught by the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (DIA).
Emeritus at Silver Pines was slapped with $13,000 fines after an investigation by the DIA revealed that the facility was falsely portraying itself as an assisted living facility rather than as a residential care facility. According to the state, Silver Pines is only licensed to provide personal assistance and supervision, not high levels of medical care required at an assisted living facility. The facility also received 17 other violations for violations involving medical records, training, etc. It received 14 similar violations back in March 2010. The average number of health deficiency violations for an Iowa nursing home facility is 7.
The facility's owners were also ordered to hire a new administrator after the state determined that the current administrator was not qualified to hold that position.
