Nursing home resident dies after family calls 911 to get medical help

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: May 4, 2026

Words: 604

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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State regulators have ordered additional training for a nursing home worker accused of failing to intervene when a resident was in respiratory distress.

The resident’s family allegedly had to call 911 to obtain medical assistance, and the resident subsequently died, according to state records.

The Iowa Board of Nursing alleges that in July 2024, 55-year-old licensed practical nurse Ursella Minnea Washington of Perry began working at Edgewater Active-Life Community, a skilled nursing facility located in …

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