Nursing home resident dies after being ejected from wheelchair inside a van

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: May 7, 2026

Words: 390

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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An Iowa nursing home resident died last month after being catapulted out of her wheelchair while riding in one of the facility’s vans with no seatbelt in place.

State inspection records indicate Cottage Grove Place in Cedar Rapids failed to provide a resident in a wheelchair with a lap-and-shoulder seatbelt before attempting to drive her from a cardiology appointment back to Cottage Grove Place on April 2, 2026.

While the resident’s wheelchair was securely locked …

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