A staff member at the funeral home witnessed her 'chest moving and she gasped for air' after unzipping her body bag.
The Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals fined the Glen Oaks Alzheimer's Special Care Center $10,000 for violating a resident's dignity after she was sent to a funeral home still alive.
The Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals fined the Glen Oaks Alzheimer's Special Care Center $10,000 for violating a resident's dignity after she was sent to a funeral home still alive.The center's executive director, Lisa Eastman, said the center has been in communication with the family of the affected resident.
According to the report, the resident, suffering from dementia, anxiety and depression, began living in the facility in December 2021. She was transferred into hospice care on Dec. 28, 2022, because of "senile degeneration of the brain." There, staff began administering morphine and alprazolam, also known as Xanax.The report noted that, based on nurse's notes, she "appeared calm and comfortable" on Dec.
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