Nursing Home Patients Would Be at Greater Risk Under NC Senate Bill
Relatives of two patients who died as a result of nursing home negligence are asking lawmakers to walk away from a bill that makes such facilities even less safe.
Martha Walden’s mother died of hypothermia – in a nursing home. In another nursing home, Jo Ann Pfirman’s husband died of strangulation.
A state investigation of Ms. Walden’s mother death found the nursing home had “violated simple safety measures.” Such safety measures would erode if the
Now, Walden and Pfirman are joining the NCAJ in asking Senators
Ms. Walden wrote State Senator,
Martha Walden’s letter to Senator Brunstetter and Jo Ann Pfirman’s letter to Senator
“If Senate Bill 33 passes, legislators will have voted to let corporate nursing home owners avoid responsibility when their negligent care harms patients like Ms. Walden’s mother and Ms Pfirman’s husband,” said Taylor. “As a result, vulnerable nursing home residents will be at greater risk of harm.”
SB 33 receives its first public hearing at a meeting of the
Read the letters from
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