Q. How do nursing homes balance the need to reopen during the pandemic with the fear of being sued? As a front-line long-term care nurs...

In April, news media reported that 100 residents and staff in a Cedar Rapids nursing home tested positive for COVID-19. Seventeen residen...

Iowa governor signs horrible bill Senate File 2338 was an appalling piece of legislation passed in the waning days of the recent legislat...

Senate File 2338 is an appalling piece of legislation that was passed by the Iowa Legislature on June 10th. The bill rewards those long-t...

Iowa Senate File 2338 is an appalling piece of legislation that should not be passed. If it is passed, the Governor should quickly veto i...

The Des Moines Register & The Cedar Rapids Gazette The coronavirus has brought important attention to nursing homes and the challenges th...

The Des Moines Register & The Cedar Rapids Gazette The coronavirus has upset the apple cart. The lives we used to know no longer exist. W...

The Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman (OSLTCO) – the state office with the mission to advocate for and support the tens of tho...

It’s not right. It costs Iowa taxpayers and consumers more, and it produces results they don’t want. What is it? It’s the growing use of ...

This guest opinion appeared in the Cedar Rapids Gazette There are 55 million Americans 65 and over today. In 2040, that number will reach...

As more than 20 Democratic candidates for president scurry around Iowa looking for a way to stand out from the crowd, here is a suggestio...

We are angry with the Republican-controlled House and Senate in Iowa, and deeply disappointed in our governor. House and Senate Republica...

It’s one of the most important conversations that none of us want to have. It’s the conversation with loved ones about growing older, and...

A recent Register editorial ("Trump should support chain migration," Aug. 15) gave important attention to one of the most significant wor...

One of baseball Hall-of-Famer Yogi Berra’s great quotes was “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” Yogi’s turn of the phrase implied that so...

Reposted from the DesMoines Register Last month, we learned what was important to Iowa’s elected leaders as they kicked off the new legis...

A former Iowan now living out of state emailed me about a recent column I had written titled "Iowans Agree – Older Iowans Are Not a Prior...

You’ve probably heard this saying: The first step in solving any problem is recognizing that there is one. When it comes to the challenge...