Care facility says it’s ‘diligently working’ to correct medication issues

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: April 22, 2026

Words: 474

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The administrator of a state-sanctioned Iowa care facility for intellectually disabled adults says “immediate steps” are being taken to address recurring issues involving hundreds of medication errors.

Since January 2025, New Hope Village in Carroll has been repeatedly cited for failing to properly handle or administer residents’ medications and failing to properly document the medication errors by the staff.

Specific violations have included a failure to provide one of the home’s 42 residents with …

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