Caregivers of former Red Wings defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov, who suffered severe brain injuries in a 1997 limousine crash and requires round-the-clock supervision, fear he could be forced to leave his metro Detroit home and enter a nursing home unless state lawmakers make changes to Michigan's recently overhauled auto insurance system.
Konstantinov, 54, appeared in a wheelchair Tuesday afternoon and spoke very little during a news conference for his benefit held in the Birmingham office of Arcadia Home Care & Staffing, which provides the retired NHL star with 24/7, in-home care and physical therapy at his condo in West Bloomfield.