Woman who lost grandmother to COVID advocates for transparency in nursing homes
Pearl Sanders told her family she felt fine after testing positive for COVID-19. She died hours later, leaving the family searching for answers. Author: Kendall Morris, Briana Harper (WCNC) Published: 5:34 PM EST February 9, 2021 Updated: 9:54 AM EST February 11, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. A granddaughter who lost her grandmother to COVID-19 is calling for more transparency in nursing homes.
Shaleiah Sanders said her grandmother, Pearl Sanders, passed at the age of 82 on Jan. 9 after testing positive for COVID-19. She was a pearl. She was a rare gem,” Sanders said. “She was a once-in-a-lifetime gem that you would have had the pleasure of being able to enjoy her company.
Charlotte woman demands transparency from nursing homes after grandmother s sudden COVID-19 death
Pearl Sanders told her family she felt fine after testing positive for COVID-19. She died hours later, leaving the family searching for answers. Author: Kendall Morris, Briana Harper (WCNC) Published: 5:34 PM EST February 9, 2021 Updated: 9:54 AM EST February 11, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. A granddaughter who lost her grandmother to COVID-19 is calling for more transparency in nursing homes.
Shaleiah Sanders said her grandmother, Pearl Sanders, passed at the age of 82 on Jan. 9 after testing positive for COVID-19. She was a pearl. She was a rare gem,” Sanders said. “She was a once-in-a-lifetime gem that you would have had the pleasure of being able to enjoy her company.
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Residents and staff at nursing homes in North Carolina are now in line to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
However, a woman said it was too late for her mother, who died on Jan. 9 from the coronavirus after contracting it at White Oak Manor Charlotte.
Andrea Grier has questions about whether conditions inside the nursing home may have contributed to her 82-year-old mother’s death.
“They said she was gone. I was like, ‘What do you mean she’s gone? I just talked to her,’” Grier said.