The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing has fined a Coralville care facility after learning of a female resident who wandered from the home and was later found at a Nebraska truck stop 265 miles away.
The incident occurred in January at Community NeuroRehab’s Glen Oaks facility in Coralville, a state-licensed, five-bed residential care facility for people with mental or developmental disabilities.
Newly disclosed state records show that a worker at the facility told state inspectors on May 14 that she was working the morning shift at 9:40 a.m. on Jan. 2 when she checked on a resident who was due for her medication…