State: With no ambulance, family drove nursing home resident to hospital

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: July 6, 2026

Words: 499

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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A western Iowa nursing home has been fined $6,750, in part for refusing to summon an ambulance for a resident, forcing the man’s family to take her to the hospital in their car.

The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing has cited the Spencer Post Acute Rehabilitation Center in Clay County for failing to provide adequate nursing services for residents and imposed a state fine of $6,750.

State inspectors allege a female resident who …

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