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.