Sue Scheible: Savoring 30 years of sharing stories with readers Oct 14, 2009
Into this picture comes Ashie Jordan, 76, of Weymouth, a volunteer in the state's nursing home ombudsman program. Her role is to make regular visits to assigned nursing homes, to check in with the residents to see if she can help them. (Wakefield Observer, MA)
Capital Profile Aug 31, 2009
Coordinator for Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program ... Sennett coordinates the American Red Cross' Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, which is authorized through the state Office for the Aging ... If there is ever a need for volunteers, it's in the ombudsman program. (Albany Times Union)
Clubs and organizations, 8-13 Aug 14, 2009
A new contact person for the state MHAofIN has been named for its ombudsman program. The MHAofKC annual dinner is at 6 p.m. Oct. 28 in the day treatment area of the Samaritan Center. (Vincennes Sun Commercial, IN)
At your service Jul 13, 2009
Department of Elder Affairs -- Florida's Long-term Care Ombudsman Program needs volunteers to identify, investigate and resolve elderly residents concerns. Special training and certification is provided. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Transportation challenge: Find ways to keep seniors moving May 30, 2009
Three years ago, Fenner helped launch an ombudsman program for the DMV.. We are the only DMV in the country that has an ombudsman program of people strictly dedicated to seniors, Fenner said ... The ombudsman program works with seniors to be sure they re treated fairly by the DMV. The ombudsman staff finds seniors alternative forms of transportation, and in some cases helps them arrange to keep driving on a limited basis, such as to the doctor s office. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Commission on Aging hosts legal workshop April 28 Apr 8, 2009
The guest speaker will be Brad Geller, assistant ombudsman Michigan Long Term Care Ombudsman Program. Panelists will be The Honorable Michael K. Cooper, Otsego County Probate Judge, Loretta Miller, Advocacy Coordinator with Otsego County Commission on Aging, and David P. Leonardson, Attorney at Law. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
• Somebody needs you Feb 13, 2009
Volunteers - Long Term Care Ombudsman Program needs volunteers to visit residents in skilled nursing and residential care facilities. Volunteers can be advocates for residents and improve elderly care. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
REGION: County faces grim fiscal year ahead Feb 11, 2009
Lourdes Contreras, who supervises an ombudsman program for elderly people in nursing homes and whose job was eliminated, said she was offered a job as a case worker in the Health and Human Services Department. The positions that were eliminated included five building inspectors, three building enforcement supervisors and one civil engineer in the countys building department. (North County Times)
Complaints over nursing home evictions on the rise Feb 8, 2009
The Washington Long-Term Care Ombudsman program handled more than 700 such complaints last year, nearly a 50 percent increase over the year before. Nationally, discharge-related complaints have more than doubled in a decade to 12,000 in 2007, according to the U.S. Administration on Aging. (Longview Daily News, WA)
SeniorCare News: Feb. 5-11 Feb 8, 2009
Long Term Care Ombudsman Program volunteers receive extensive training, certification and supervision ... For information on the next local three-day training class for the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, call SeniorCare mornings at 1-866-927-1050, ext. (Hamilton Wenham Chronicle, MA)
