Care unit changes aimed at compassionate treatment
Linn County care facility administrators move to curb humiliation and improve training after a Gazette led investigation. Policy shifts ban corner time and unapproved seclusion, with psychiatrically trained staff guiding restraint use and potential cross training between units.
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Mary Burke
Linn County
The
Gazette
Augspurger
Johnson
Dunkle
Psychiatric Unit
Elaine
Halsebergs
Complaint to state not substantiated Oxley
The Iowa Department of Health investigated Linn County Care Facility after an anonymous letter on March 30. Nurses interviewed 80 to 90 employees on April 8 and 9. The department normally withholds results unless a public hearing. Linn County Supervisor Oxley says the complaints were not substantiated.
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Louis
Elaine Hulseberg
Hulsebergs
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Citizen Care Review Committee
Jean Oxley
Marion
Toni McGraw
Oxley
American Federation of State
Louis Hubsberg
Gazette
The
Care Review Committee
Linn County
Ken Schriner
Halsebergs
Elaine
Iowa
Linn
the Gazette
Susan Brammer
Health Department
Microwave cooking and food classes at Kirkwood
Kirkwood Community College offers two workshops this week. Carolyn Taylor presents It Looks Delicious, Food for Entertaining at Washington High School Thursday evening. A microwave cooking workshop runs Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Jones Hall kitchens. Tuition ranges from 7 to 15 dollars with pre registration by phone at 398 5412.
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Kirkwood Community College
Washington High School
Carolyn Taylor
Jones Hall
Kirkwood
White House backs Saudi arms sale with AWACS planes
A year ago the White House stated the Reagan administration would approve a controversial arms package to Saudi Arabia valued for five AWACS surveillance aircraft.
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White House
Saudi Arabia
Linn County weighs study on Highway 13 traffic near Squaw Creek Park
Linn County will ask the Iowa Department of Transportation to study traffic problems along Highway 13 near Squaw Creek Park before deciding whether to vacate the road to the park and Cedar Rapids golf course. If vacated, maintenance would shift to Cedar Rapids.
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Fmpu
Er Linn County
Squaw Creek Park
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Transportation
Jerry Nelson
Secrest
Elmer
Joe Rinas
Highway 13
Nelson
Jean Oxley
IDOT
Nelson, Delaney
George Hamilton
County Conservation Commission
ChemLawn Leader in Cedar Rapids Iowa City Area Program
The 1982 Chemlawn Program in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Area offers a full season of lawn care with a trained local specialist supported by a Regional Agronomist. It emphasizes balanced fertilization and broadleaf weed control plus crabgrass and foxtail control across Early Spring to Fall.
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Johnson
Halsebergs
Lorraine Snider
Cedar Rapids
America
Iowa City
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Mental Health Institute of Independence
St. Luke's Hospital
Forbes Johnson
Elaine and
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