by admin | Apr 10, 2000 | News
It gets unanimous approval, yet doesn’t receive unanimous praise as the House approves the Protection of the Elderly Act and sends it to the Senate. The act would require suspected elder abuse and suspicious deaths at nursing homes be reported to police. The...
by admin | Apr 4, 2000 | News
Older Missourians would find it easier to pay for nursing home care and problems within homes would be easier to prosecute under a bill moving forward in the House.The sponsor of the Elderly Protection Act doesn’t like all the changes the House made to his bill....
by admin | Mar 28, 2000 | Crime / Courts
Oder Missourians would find it easier to pay for nursing home care and problems within homes would be easier to prosecute under a bill moving forward in the House.The sponsor of the Elderly Protection Act doesn’t like all the changes the House made to his bill,...
by admin | Mar 28, 2000 | Health / Medicine
A St. Charles County nursing home employee is charged with abusing a patient. The patient later died. The nursing home staff and the home’s management company also are charged with failing to report the abuse. A medical examination of the body of 78 year old...
by admin | Mar 20, 2000 | News
Just how far should civil liberties be weakened to protect the elderly? It’s a question being asked in the Missouri House. Springfield Representative Craig Hosmer defends the portion of his bill to protect the elderly that lessens evidentiary standards at trial....
