Katara Jordan adjusts her cellphone against her ear with one hand while the other dances across her laptop’s keyboard. She’s seated at a small circular table in a downtown Seattle ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Ombuds Program at Bates provides assistance to staff and faculty seeking appropriate paths to resolving workplace concerns. An ombudsperson is an impartial and confidential resource available to ...

I am writing to express my appreciation for The Herald’s recent editorial on the critical role played by the long‐term care ombuds program in advocating for residents of nursing homes. (“Nursing home ...

Shortly after the county supervisors pressed Sheriff’s personnel about shortcomings of health care in the jail last week, the Ombuds program was temporarily suspended until Sheriff personnel meets ...

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 ...

If Maryland residents calls her phone number and needs help, Stevanne Ellis makes sure they get it. Ellis has been a long-term care ombudsman at the local and then the state level for a combined 14 ...