(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing took over responsibility for many of Iowa’s licensing boards in July 2023. (Photo illustration via Getty Images; logo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing)
A Cass County assisted living center is one of several care facilities recently fined by the state in the wake of medication errors, injuries, and a death.
State records indicate that on July 8, a male resident of Allen Place, an assisted living center in Atlantic, was left unattended in the shower where he slipped and fell, suffering a head injury. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he died a short time later…