'The federal government must intervene to prevent abuse and neglect of elderly patients at Woodland,' said the Iowa Republican.
The Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center in Andover, which is under mounting scrutiny in the wake of a highly critical report detailing a multitude of alleged violations.Iowa Sen.
“Evidence suggests that Woodland has subjected its residents to egregious and flagrant conditions that have caused them to suffer serious physical and emotional harm,” wrote Grassley in a letter to the Justice Department, co-signed by Scott and Tillis. “The federal government must intervene to prevent abuse and neglect of elderly patients at Woodland.”
But while the DOJ declined to open broad a Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act or CRIPA investigation into nursing homes in those states, it did launch
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