Carole Sherman, President of the Arkadelphia HDC Family & Friends Association, talks about her son's experience at at State Human Development Centers in the state during a discussion of nursing vacancies at the development centers in a joint meeting of the Senate and House Committees on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor at the State Capitol on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Stephen Swofford)
A shortage of nurses at three of the state's five centers for people with severe developmental disabilities has disrupted residents' care and hurt morale, parents of residents at one of the centers told legislators on Tuesday.
