New Jersey Senate Democratic Office

February 26, 2007 - 7:07pm
PRESS RELEASE

State Senator Ellen Karcher

KARCHER BILL TO ENSURE SENIOR REPRESENTATION IN RETIREMENT COMMUNITY TRENTON - A bill sponsored by Senator Ellen Karcher which would require the inclusion of a senior resident of a continuing care retirement community on the facility's local governing board was approved by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee by a vote of 9-0. "Seniors' rights to representative government do not end at the retirement home door," said Senator Karcher, D-Monmouth and Mercer, the Vice Chair of the health panel. "However, in the cases of residential care facilities, boards of directors often operate with quasi-governmental powers, establishing rules and regulations for the seniors who live there. The residents of these facilities should have a voice in the decision-making process, and be afforded the same right to representation as guaranteed by our nation's Constitution."

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