The 66-year-old patient was declared dead around 6:30 a.m., 90 minutes after the first staffer raised suspicions.
A funeral home employee and a second nurse practitioner — neither of whom noticed signs of life on the woman — placed her into a body bag and transported her to the Ankeny Funeral Home & Crematory, where workers noticed she was very much alive.
“At approximately 8:26 a.m. funeral home staff unzipped the bag and observed Resident #1’s chest was moving and she was gasping for air,” the report said.The funeral home called 911 and she was transported to a nearby hospital, where she was found to be breathing, but unresponsive.
Lisa Eastman, executive director of the Glen Oaks Alzheimer’s Special Care Center, said that the center’s staff cares “deeply for our residents and remain fully committed to supporting their end-of-life care.” “All of our employees are given regular training in how best to support end-of-life care and the death transition for our residents,” Eastman said.
The fine is not the first bestowed on the Glen Oaks center. The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported last February that it was fined $500 for failing to perform the required background checks on employees. It found five workers had not received the required training to work in a memory-care facility.
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