According to a story in the Iowa Capital Dispatch, by Clark Kauffman, 6/24/20, titled, “At Iowa nursing home where 11 residents died of COVID-19, employees worked while showing symptoms, inspectors say,” a Dubuque Nursing Home, Dubuque Specialty Care, owned by Care Initiatives, allowed their nursing home employees to continue to care for the elderly despite… [Read More]
Archives for June 2020
Highest Court Prohibits Sexual Orientation Discrimination
In a victory for LGBT workers across the nation, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination are prohibited under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex under federal law. Although a number of states, including Iowa, have long prohibited sexual orientation employment… [Read More]
Nursing Home Injuries and Falls
Iowa Nursing Home Bone Fracture, Bed Rail Entrapment Lawyer As a person gets older, their risk for falls increases. Iowa nursing home injuries and falls attorney Marc Humphrey understands what happens when an inattentive staff member could actually be the single greatest danger that a resident faces each day in a nursing home. Bone Fracture,… [Read More]