Sioux City nursing home fined by state over food service

SIOUX CITY — A nursing home on Sioux City’s northside plans to challenge a $5,000 fine and the potential loss of its federal funding after a negative report from the state over the quality of its dietary program was released.

At the end of August, Touchstone Healthcare Community, 1800 Indian Hills Drive, was issued the citation after a survey report from the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals Health Facilities Division found multiple violations with its food services program and two unrelated infractions.

Touchstone was issued a Class I violation meaning the issue "presents an imminent danger or a substantial probability of resultant death or physical harm to the residents of the facility," according to Iowa Code.

“It’s something we are working with DIA (Department of Inspections and Appeals) on,” said Kaitlin Thomas, administrator of Touchstone. “We have several quality improvement measures in place. This is, however, a citation we do plan to dispute with the state because we don’t necessarily agree with it.”

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