Purpose
The purpose of the Nursing Home Advisory Committee is to maintain the spirit of the Nursing Home Patients’ Bill of Rights, to improve the quality of care for residents of nursing homes, and to monitor nursing home care and resolve grievances of the residents and their families.

Statutory authority: G.S. 131E-128.

Note: In accordance with legislation, individuals are not permitted to serve if:

• They have a financial interest in a home served by the committee.
• They are employed in a home served by the committee.
• They have an immediate family member in one of the homes. (Immediate family is defined as mother, father, sister, brother, child, grandmother or grandfather, as well as in-laws.)