WAUKEE, Iowa — Several families in the metro are left scrambling to find a place for their loved ones to be cared for after a long term care senior facility announced it is closing in November.
Thirty residents, plus staff members, at Independence Village in Waukee were given a 60-day notice last week. They said they have until Nov. 22. They were notified by Independence Village’s national parent company StoryPoint Group.
Lisa Pringle-Chmelka is one of the family members that got this notification. Her 98-year-old father-in-law, Mert, lives in that long term care. Now, he needs a new place to move, after he just moved there in March…