The Iowa Board of Nursing Home Administrators Tuesday (June 19th), ordered a hearing on a Statement of Charges against a former Tabor Nursing Home Administrator, to be delayed by one-week. 52-year old Mitchell Worcester was set to stand before the Board on October 11th, but his hearing was continued instead, until October 18th at 9-a.m. Worcester faces charges of professional incompetence, negligence, and violation of a regulation, rule or law of the state, in connection with a series of alleged sexual assaults by a resident at the Tabor Manor Care facility, which he oversaw in Tabor from October 2007 through July 2011.

In a Statement of Charges issued on April 12th, 2012, the Board said on Worcester’s watch, a patient at the Tabor Manor repeatedly abused his peers at the facility.  State inspectors confirmed at least five incidents over a 16 week span in 2008 when the patient repeatedly violated others at the facility. The Board also said under Worcester’s administration, the facility lacked adequate policies and procedures to guide staff in the performance of their duties, in several areas including: Completion of Incident Reports; Ensuring proper physician and family notifications regarding residents; Investigating allegations or suspicions of resident abuse, and handling those incidents.

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To view additional information on the case visit: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/IdphPLActions/Archive.aspx On the drop-down menu, select Nursing Home Administrators Board, and click on the link to a pdf file on the IBNHA’s Notice of Hearing and Statement of Charges pertaining to Worcester.