An Alzheimer's patient, he died nine days later from transfer trauma.
"We had just paid our fees for that month, we had to find a place and then pay our fees all over again for that month ... we had to outfit another room," said Imthurn, a Maple Hill resident. "So after we had gone through all [that], he died."
Nearly a decade later, Imthurn is still pushing for change. She hopes Kansas House Bill 2004, named Charlie's Bill, will pass this legislative session and put into statute the right for assisted living facility residents to appeal an involuntary discharge.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ron Highland, R-Wamego, had a previous attempt last year but died in a COVID-19-shortened session.