For 10 years, Martha Eudaley fought a seemingly never-ending battle with Missouri lawmakers to protect residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities from abuse and neglect.
Eudaley's husband, Tom, was a victim of elder abuse. In 2019, Eudaley told the Missourian she once found Tom alone, slumped over in his wheelchair in a nursing home in Town and Country. The room was hot and he was covered in feces.
Tom was later hospitalized with a high fever and transferred between various hospitals. He died soon after.
That was in July 2010. Eudaley has been advocating for other nursing home residents since then and has supported many unsuccessful bills.
This year, that changed.
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