by admin | Oct 21, 2002 | Health / Medicine
Governor Bob Holden and Attorney General Jay Nixon are asking the Legislature for major reforms in state nursing home laws. Their recommendations come after a week-long series of stories in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. They say it should be easier for prosecutors to...
by admin | Jun 10, 2002 | Crime / Courts
Ex-nurse Richard Williams has already been charged in a string of deaths at the Veterans Administration hospital in Columbia. Now, his name is at the center of a probe into what authorities are calling suspicious deaths at a nursing home in Ashland in the 1990’s...
by admin | Nov 26, 2001 | Health / Medicine
The old adage, “You get what you pay for,” turns out to be true in many cases. but it is not always true when what you’re paying for is nursing home care. An aging population means more and more Missourians are searching for quality nursing home...
by admin | Apr 11, 2001 | News
Nursing homes would come under increased state scrutiny and suffer more severe punmishments for violations under a bill moving forward in the House. A similar bill died on the last day of the session last year. It would require suspected elder abuse and suspicious...
by admin | Feb 16, 2001 | Health / Medicine
A proposed Missouri law could help protect the elderly from abuse in nursing homes. Attorney General Jay Nixon says the bill is needed because there is inadequate training and background checks for nursing home workers. To make matters worse, Nixon complains about low...