Now there are 111 assisted-living communities in the state, up from 16 in 1994, according to the state's Department of Health and Senior Services.

The campaign is being run by the state Department of Health and Senior Services, financed with a $1 million Federal grant for smoking prevention.

The Department of Health and Senior Services oversees the process.

Personal check or money order should be made payable to Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

The guidelines also call for each procedure to be reported to the State Department of Health and Senior Services.

In 1996, the latter was renamed the Department of Health and Senior Services.

The state Department of Health and Senior Services said the man was recovering at home.

The elderly are winning their arguments, too, to judge from the hearings last week on the Department of Health and Senior Services.

The state Department of Health and Senior Services said the savings would not affect the $72 million in heating subsidies it provides annually.

Under the restructuring, the council will serve in an advisory role to the state Department of Health and Senior Services.