Robbins v. Iowa Department of Inspections & Appeals

NEUMAN, Justice.

A nursing home resident who challenged his involuntary discharge from a care facility appeals the district court order upholding an administrative review of his discharge. We affirm.

Plaintiff Charles Robbins, in his late fifties at the time of these proceedings, suffers from multiple sclerosis and blindness. He has also been diagnosed as having a personality disorder,' perhaps organic in origin, featuring explosive and aggressive outbursts. For seventeen years he resided at Heritage -Acres, an intermediate care facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Robbins is a Title XIX 1 and…