Carter Catlett Williams
Carter Catlett Williams was a social worker. She worked to change nursing homes so that older people living in them had more freedom. She started the Pioneer Network. It is a not-for-profit organization that works to make nursing homes better.[1] She was a leader in creating the Nursing Home Reform Act in 1987.[2] The University of Rochester Medical Center keeps her papers.[3]
Williams was born on September 2, 1923 in Texas and died on September 8, 2020 in Gloucester, Virginia. She was 97 years old.[4]
References
- ↑ September 16. Carter Catlett Williams (in en-US). Pioneer Network (2020-09-16). Retrieved 2020-10-10.
- ↑ Traub, Alex (2020-10-08). "Carter Williams, Who Unshackled Nursing Home Residents, Dies at 97" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/health/carter-williams-dead.html. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
- ↑ Carter Catlett Williams - Non-Faculty Collections - Archives and Manuscripts - Rare Books and Manuscripts - Edward G. Miner Library - University of Rochester Medical Center. www.urmc.rochester.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
- ↑ Barnes, Bart (in en-US). Carter Williams, early advocate for restraint-free nursing homes, dies at 97. . https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/carter-williams-early-advocate-for-restraint-free-nursing-homes-dies-at-97/2020/09/23/d6023d98-f830-11ea-be57-d00bb9bc632d_story.html. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
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