What is Carter Catlett Williams?
'''Carter Catlett Williams''' was a [[social worker]]. She worked to change [[nursing home]]s 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=September 16|last2=2020|date=2020-09-16|title=Carter Catlett Williams|url=https://www.pioneernetwork.net/carter-catlett-williams/|access-date=2020-10-10|website=Pioneer Network|language=en-US}}</ref> She was a leader in creating the [[Nursing Home Reform Act]] in 1987.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Traub|first=Alex|date=2020-10-08|title=Carter Williams, Who Unshackled Nursing Home Residents, Dies at 97|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/health/carter-williams-dead.html|access-date=2020-10-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The [[University of Rochester Medical Center]] keeps her papers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Carter Catlett Williams - Non-Faculty Collections - Archives and Manuscripts - Rare Books and Manuscripts - Edward G. Miner Library - University of Rochester Medical Center|url=https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/libraries/miner/rare-books-and-manuscripts/archives-and-manuscripts/non-faculty-collections/carter-catlett-williams.aspx|access-date=2020-10-10|website=www.urmc.rochester.edu}}</ref> Williams was born on September 2, 1923 in [[Texas]] and died on September 8, 2020 in [[Gloucester, Virginia|Gloucester]], [[Virginia]]. She was 97 years old.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Barnes|first=Bart|title=Carter Williams, early advocate for restraint-free nursing homes, dies at 97|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=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|access-date=2020-10-10|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Carter Catlett}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Gerontology]] [[Category:Americ