by admin | Jan 8, 2007 | Uncategorized
The state senate decides to put special focus on the safety of nursing homes and long-term residential care facilities. A commission headed by the Lieutenant Governor made some recommendations last year. The state mental health commission has issued separate...
by admin | Jan 1, 2007 | Uncategorized
The tragic Anderson Guest House fire in November that killed 11 people has spawned a series of recommendations for safer long-term residential care facilities. But the recommendations raise some nagging questions. Suppose the Anderson Guest House had a high-quality...
by admin | Dec 29, 2006 | Uncategorized
The Departments of Health and Mental Health have given Governor Blunt ten recommendations growing out of last month’s fire at the Anderson Guest House. Eleven people were killed November 27th in a fire that apparently started in the wiring in the attic of the...
by admin | Dec 29, 2006 | Politics / Govt
A series of recommendations has been made to improve safety in Missouri’s long-term care facilities. A month-long survey, since the Anderson Guest House fire, by the Department of Health and Senior Services and the Department of Mental Health has produced a...
by admin | Dec 20, 2006 | Uncategorized
The state mental health department gets a new leader who says the department must focus on keeping promises and keeping clients safe. He’s been there before but the mental health department Keith Schafer will inherit is much different from the mental health...
