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Though Missouri has been vaccinating seniors for months, nearly half haven't received COVID-19 shots.
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Local health departments and hospitals are relying heavily on online forms to pre-register people for the COVID-19 vaccine, but that leaves out some elderly who need to sign up by phone.
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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.
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Even the quickest scan of statistics related to the coronavirus pandemic makes it painfully obvious the disease has hit some communities and segments of…
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Seniors with disabilities who live alone show faster declines in brain function than those who live with others, according to Washington University…
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May is Older Americans Month, and senior citizens currently make up the fastest-growing age group in the U.S. Expanding along with their numerical ranks…
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A district judge dismissed a lawsuit against a Sunset Hills retirement community today.Mary Walsh and Beverly Nance took Friendship Village to federal…
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Two years ago, St. Louis voters approved a property tax that funds assistance programs for older adults.The St. Louis City Senior Fund, which administers…
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Metro Transit's plan to overhaul bus service would make it difficult for people with disabilities and those with limited mobility to catch the bus,…
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Lobbyist gifts, a tax credit for the elderly, and a bill frowned upon by labor unions are on next week’s tentative agenda for the Missouri General…