More Than 250 Missouri Nursing Home Residents Died From COVID-19
St. Louis on the Air · St. Louis Public Radio
June 9, 202016m 18s
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Show Notes
Data from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shows that, as of May 31, 253 Missouri nursing home residents had died of COVID-19. That’s about a third of the state’s 771 deaths. Marjorie Moore, executive director of VOYCE, an advocacy group for those in assisted living or nursing homes, joins to talk about what that figure says to her and the changes she would like to see moving forward.