Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) is a sponsor of a bipartisan effort to beef up the national nursing home ombudsman program. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) have introduced a bill to strengthen and ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) introduced the Ombudsman Program on April 6, 2010 with the ostensible goal of advancing patent applications that have stalled during the ...

AARP New York is advocating for a $15 million dollar increase in the state budget for an ombudsman program for nursing homes More than half of the long-term care facilities in New York state did not ...

To sign up for the next round of ombudsman training or to learn more about the program, call (800) 660-7133 or (509) 456-7133 More than 6,000 people live in assisted living communities, nursing homes ...

SNAP said there is a dire need for long-term care ombudsman volunteers. Training will be held May 1-5, but people must register, do an interview and have a background check beforehand. The training ...

The Washington Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is urgently seeking volunteers to investigate violations and advocate for ...

I hadn’t known what the word meant at that time. Ombudsman. It’s not a word we have in Spanish. An ombudsman is an advocate, but it means something different to everyone. To volunteers like me, being ...

For the first time since March, seniors living in long-term care facilities will be visited by officials in the state’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. New guidance from Centers for Medicare and ...

Nearly 40 employees connected to North Carolina’s Medicaid Ombudsman program, including nine at Pisgah Legal Services, will lose their jobs by the end of the year because of a $33 million shortfall in ...

Residents at Nevada’s nursing homes have a way of airing their concerns; that is the role Nevada’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is supposed to play. While some leaders in the industry say the ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Moving to a long-term care facility can be hard. Residents ...