Lack of Home Care for Elderly Highlighted by Four States
Des Moines AP report notes health officials from Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Iowa say elderly people are denied needed health care. They blame Social Security Medicare funding biases toward curative services and neglect preventative home care such as nursing homemaker aid and nutritional help. Two thirds of counties and 40 percent of elderly lack home health programs. Medicare pays hospital bills but is reluctant to fund home services, discouraging agencies from offering extensive home care.
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DES Moines
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
E. D. Lyman
Kansas State Department of Health
Domke
Man changes plea to drunk driving in Tama County court
Robert Terry Lee Christopherson, 49, of Cedar Rapids, admitted guilt to a first offense drunk driving charge in Tama county district court after an earlier plea of innocent. He received a $300 fine plus costs, with installments and jail time in lieu of unpaid amount, and a 120 day license revocation following a March 10 crash on highway 30 east of Tama near Gladstone.
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Toledo
Robert Terry Lee Christopherson
Cedar Rapids
Tama
Harold Vietor
Christopherson
Gladstone
Expanded Role for Nurses Is Charted in Iowa City
A $62 640 federal grant to the University of Iowa funds a program to train pediatric nurse practitioners under physician supervision to extend preventive child health care. Co directors Heather L Hull and Dr Sidney S Kripke oversee two tracks to earn a certificate or master s degree, preparing nurses for public well child clinics private pediatric offices and Head Start health programs serving Iowa s rural to urban communities.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
State Board of Regents
U. of S. College of Nursing
Department of Pediatrics
College of Medicine
Heather L. Hull
Sidney S. Kripke
U. of I. Health
Iowa
U. of S
Regents
Regents urge cheaper paths to more Iowa family doctors
Iowa Regent Ralph McCartney urged a forceful plan to recruit family practitioners, backing deferred or free tuition for doctors who stay in Iowa. Dr Robert Rakel defended expanding rural family practice residencies, aiming for 64 graduates annually within ten years, tied to quality education.
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Iowa City
UPI
State Board of Regents
Ralph McCartney
Charles City
House
University of Iowa
McCartney
Regents
Rakel
Iowa
Landmark Tag Sought in Independence by Donna Jones
A Buchanan County Historical Society letter favors preserving the Independence library building as a historical landmark. The library board seeks 50 percent funding, architectural cost estimates, and permission to apply for Kinney-Lindstrom Foundation grants. The city council has not yet acted on these preservation plans.
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Independence
Buchanan County Historical Society
Independence Library
Library Board
Kinney-Lindstrom Foundation
Senior trumpet recital by Cedar Rapids student at UI Harper Hall
John Bouse, a Cedar Rapids senior, will perform a trumpet recital on Saturday at 6 30 p m in Harper hall at the University of Iowa music building He is the son of Mr and Mrs Jack L Bouse of 2017 Adirondack drive NE Cedar Rapids Iowa
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Iowa City
John Bouse
Cedar Rapids
Harper Hall
University of Iowa Music
Jack L. Bouse
Adirondack Drive
Changes Plea To Charges in Tama Court
Jerry Dean Beck of Bangor faced driving with no license charges in Tama Justice Court. He failed to appear, prompting a warrant. Beck requested a jury trial but couldn’t post 50 dollars bond and spent hours in jail before pleading guilty. He received fines and jail terms totaling several days in county custody.
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TAMA
Jerry Dean Beck
Bangor
Court of Justice
Terry Wheeler
Beck
Marshall
Justice Wheeler
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