Care facilities fined $500 each for abuse, death and use of physical restraints

The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing oversees nursing homes in the state of Iowa. (Photo via Getty Images; logo courtesy of the State of Iowa)

An Iowa nursing home where gift cards for residents were stolen has been fined $500 by the state.

State inspectors allege that in September, a Walmart gift card belonging to a resident of REM Iowa’s care facility on 33rd Avenue in Cedar Rapids was found to have been “spent fraudulently and no receipts could be located.”…

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