Caregiving

The state is moving forward to change how it calculates payment rates for its Self-Directed Supports program — a situation families say took them by surprise and that they fear could mean rates for caretakers are frozen at low levels or become unpredictable.

What does it mean to live with Alzheimer's? Patients, caregivers and doctors discuss the disease.

Calvin Davis became very ill in late March and was diagnosed with COVID-19 shortly after. He spent 76 days in the hospital after being admitted on April 9, then two weeks more in a care facility as he battled the coronavirus. For much of that time, he was on a ventilator.His daughter Melynie Blackshear now spends about 62 hours a week caring for her dad. In this St. Louis on the Air episode, she details the intensive recovery process that they are still dealing with, weeks later.

Just a few months ago, LuAnn Cooper and her client Margie went on lots of outings together — exercising at the gym, grocery shopping, getting ice cream.…

Controversial changes to Missouri's home health-services program by former Gov. Eric Greitens and the Republican-controlled legislature saved one fourth…

When Martha Wade spells a word, it sounds like a song.Her daughter, Sharon Wade, sits with her on a plush couch and tries to come up with new words to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 3, 2012 - Cynthia Wilson was about to leave journalism and begin a career as a financial…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 11, 2012 - Midday on a bright, hot Tuesday, Eunice Spratt kneels in the dirt of her momma’s…