Senior Care

Willowcreek shut down because of financial issues, according to Steve Miller, the owner and operator of the two nursing homes under the Helia Healthcare company.

Cousins Jodie Finney and Alicia Christopher each have a parent dealing with dementia. They want to equip caregivers for their work.

Missouri’s only senior center devoted to immigrants and refugees resumed its popular senior groups last month.

For residents of Arrow Senior Living communities, writing a mystery novel together proved to be the perfect pandemic project.

The state should focus on home and community based services more than institutions for eldercare.

According to data collected by HFS between March and July 2020, 60% of COVID-related deaths of nursing home residents on Medicaid occurred at facilities where at least 10% of residents lived in rooms with three-plus people.

Missouri lawmakers are considering legislation that would shield nursing homes and other businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits. Some advocates worry the proposal will prevent nursing home residents from holding facilities legally responsible for abuse and neglect.

St. Louis County officials are providing the COVID-19 vaccine to residents of independent living facilities who don’t qualify for vaccines made available for nursing home residents.

Nursing homes across the U.S. have long struggled with staff shortages, but families and workers in St. Louis say the crisis has worsened in recent months, as the pandemic has pushed some facilities to a breaking point.

The debate in a west St. Louis County suburb over the proposed expansion of a senior living community could be over early in the new year. That's when the…