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Missouri officials declare nursing homes safe

September 29, 2003
By: Ann M. Hynek
State Capital Bureau

After the recent fire at a Nashville, Tennessee nursing home, state officials are confident in Missouri's elderly care facilities. Ann Hynek has the story.

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The nursing home in Nashville did not have indoor sprinklers, while most Missouri nursing homes do.

Darrell Hendrickson, Missouri's nursing home Director says that only a small number of homes do not have sprinklers.

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Contents: Hendrickson says that Missouri requires all nursing homes to have sprinkler systems, a law put into effect twenty years ago.

Hendrickson says today most nursing homes have sprinklers.

From the state capitol, I'm Ann Hynek.

Date:09/29/2003

By: Ann M. Hynek

State Capital Bureau

After a fire at a Nashville, Tennessee, nursing home, state officials are confident in Missouri's nursing home safety.

Ann Hynek has the story.

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The facility that caught fire in Nashville did not have an indoor sprinkler system. Most Missouri nursing homes do.

Darrell Hendrickson, the state nursing home director, says Missouri's nursing homes are safe.

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Contents: Federal standards require nursing home inspections once a year. Missouri holds inspections twice a year.

Hendrickson says that Missouri has not had a fatal fire in any nursing home for a number of years.

From the state capitol, I'm Ann Hynek...Date:09/29/2003

By: Ann M. Hynek

State Capital Bureau

The recent fire at a Nashville, Tennessee nursing home leaves state officials confident in Missouri's nursing home safety.

Ann Hynek has the story...

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Nashville's nursing home did not have a sprinkler system. Most Missouri nursing homes do.

Earl Carlson, the director of Missouri's Health Care Association, says that Missouri nursing home safety is right on track.

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Contents: Carlson says the deparment of health and senior services sets and achieves high standards when it comes to nursing home safety.

Missouri's nursing home director Darrell Hendrickson says Missouri has high safety standards.

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Contents: Federal standards require inspection once a year, but Missouri holds inspections twice a year.

Missouri nursing homes built after 1985 are required to have sprinkler systems.

Hendrickson says there aren't many nursing homes in the state that don't have them.

From the state capitol, I'm Ann Hynek.