JEFFERSON CITY â A just-released investigative report on Missouri veterans nursing homes sheds new light on how top government officials first reacted â and didnât react â to information about the spreading danger of COVID-19 at the state-run facilities.
According to the report, released Thursday evening, Michele Renkemeyer, operational excellence leader with the Department of Social Services, said members of the stateâs âFusion Cellâ virus hub were âwell aware of positives and deaths as early as mid-August well into the beginning of September.â
Her statement appears to contradict those made by other top state officials coordinating Missouriâs response to the coronavirus. They told investigators they didnât recognize a problem at the Missouri Veterans Commissionâs seven homes until late September at the earliest.
By JACK SUNTRUP | The St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Published: January 1, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Tribune News Service) A just-released investigative report on Missouri veterans nursing homes sheds new light on how top government officials first reacted and didn t react to information about the spreading danger of COVID-19 at the state-run facilities. According to the report, released Thursday evening, Michele Renkemeyer, operational excellence leader with the Department of Social Services, said members of the state s Fusion Cell virus hub were well aware of positives and deaths as early as mid-August well into the beginning of September.
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MVC announces launch of Essential Caregiver Program in homes
Essential caregivers program in Mo. veterans home By Jessica Ladd | December 22, 2020 at 2:46 PM CST - Updated December 22 at 11:04 PM
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) - The Missouri Veterans Commission announced the launch of its Essential Caregiver Program at its seven Veterans Homes.
The program enables Veterans to have direct contact in the homes with a designated family member to help ensure the Veterans’ health and wellbeing are provided for while COVID-19 restrictions are in place.
While planned earlier, the program is also responsive to recommendations to the recent MVC Veterans Homes independent external review.
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Veterans Commission says homes need transformation: “We have to assume we’ll be hit like this again
The chairman of the Missouri Veterans Commission has met and held town halls with the staff of its seven homes and headquarters in the aftermath of a report critical of leadership’s lack of planning and policy. According to the commission website, Chairman Tim Noonan reviewed the root cause and corrective actions from the report and received candid and constructive feedback. Noonan also said they discussed plans on how to move forward as an organization to provide the best care for veterans.