Five nursing homes face fines for inadequate care

Five Iowa nursing homes face stiff fines from state regulators on various violations revolving around the inadequate care of residents. The Odebolt Nursing and Rehab Center allegedly failed to prevent a resident from wandering away in November. Pleasant Park Estates in Oskaloosa and Mitchell Village Care Center in Mitchellville had similar situations. Each of the three were fined two-thousand dollars. Riverview Care Center in Des Moines was also fined two-thousand dollars for not preventing a resident to be seriously burned by a heating vent. Crestview Manor in Webster City faces nearly five-thousand dollars in fines for allegations regarding scalding water, falsification of records and the wandering away of a resident.