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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)– On Wednesday, The New York State Assembly held a hearing on the state’s Long Term Care Ombudsman Program. The program helps to make sure residents in nursing homes, assisted ...

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 ...

ALBANY — With state budget negotiations extended at least an extra week, advocates are hopeful the $230 billion spending plan might include money to revive the state’s troubled ombudsman program for ...

With all the bad news about COVID-19 and long-term care facilities, I wanted to write about an organization that deserves more positive attention. Founded in 1975 as a result of the Older Americans ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Nursing homes across Southeast Texas are in need of advocates to make sure the residents are getting the care they need. The Texas Long Term Care Ombudsman Program is looking for ...