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Charlene Hunter James

President, AARP Texas

Charlene Hunter James is a long-time volunteer and community advocate in Houston who serves as the current AARP Texas state president. She worked for the Houston Health Department for much of her career, and prior to her retirement, she served as director of the Harris County Area Agency on Aging.

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Stop drugging Texas nursing home residents who have dementia

By Charlene Hunter James, April 17, 2019

Today, the law says that nursing home residents must give consent for antipsychotics to be administered. And yet, all too often, family members of nursing home residents still report a lack of awareness of these drugs being administered.