Senior Care

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…

Dr. John Morley, a SLUCare geriatrician and director of geriatrics at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, joined St. Louis on the Air host Don…

Think of the night sky when you look up through the smog of the city. Then, think of that same sky on a clear night in a rural area.That’s the difference…

After nearly 150 years of ministering in St. Louis, the Little Sisters of the Poor will stop operating its residence for low-income elderly individuals in…

On Thursday’s St. Louis on the Air, Aarya Locker, the director of Cardinal Ritter Senior Services’ Foster Grandparents program joined host Don Marsh to…

Adrienne Holden has seen hard deaths and easier deaths. Long ones and short ones. Times when the deceased left their families with precise instructions…

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…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 24, 2011 - At age 85, Bess Garland believes that lots of varied activities are the key to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 8, 2011 - A new federal report on elder abuse misstates the money and services that Missouri…

This post first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: August 13, 2008 - They call them "meal holidays" or "dark days."As costs have risen faster than funding,…