Woman with Brain Injury Wandered From Coralville Facility Before Ending up in Nebraska

Woman with brain injury wandered from Coralville facility before ending up in Nebraska

The Iowa Capital Dispatch reports a woman with a brain injury wandered from a Coralville facility - and was found hundreds of miles away in Nebraska.

Brain-injured woman wandered from Coralville facility, found in Nebraska

(Radio Iowa) – The state has fined a Coralville care facility three-thousand dollars after a brain-injured woman wandered away in January and was later found at a truck stop in suburban Omaha. The Iowa Capital Dispatch reports the woman had previously been diagnosed with dementia and psychological issues as well as a traumatic brain injury. A state report indicates the woman walked over two miles through the snow and then hitched a ride with a s…

Coralville care center fined after patient wanders off and ends up in Nebraska

Coralville care center fined after patient wanders off and ends up in Nebraska Hunter 06/09/25 A Coralville care center was fined after a female patient wandered off and was found at a Nebraska truck stop. Iowa Capital Dispatch reports the incident occurred at the beginning of the year at NeuroRehab’s Glen Oaks facility, a five-bed residential care facility for people with mental or developmental disabilities. A worker at the facility told state…