New policy conceals identities of abusers
Sunday, May 18th, 2008.
Des Moines, IA - A disabled Iowan dies after his wheelchair rolls out of a parked van at a care center and tips over.
An elderly woman slips on a pool of urine in a nursing home and breaks her leg.
A medication aide takes $1,000 from two elderly residents of an Iowa nursing home.
In each case, the state found that abuse had taken place in a state-licensed care center. And in each case, an administrative law judge sealed the recordings of public hearings in the cases and ordered the names of the abusers and the care facilities to be kept secret.
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