Monday, March 7, 2011

Attorneys who handled nursing home abuse cases laid off

The state agency that inspects Iowa nursing homes has eliminated two of the four prosecutors who respond to allegations of abuse in care facilities. A department spokesperson says it was strictly a budgetary decision. The lawyers who were laid off investigated complaints of abuse and represented the state in abuse hearings. Their departure leaves four full-time workers in the unit, only two of whom are attorneys.


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