In November, Washington State voters defeated a ballot measure that would have significantly undermined the nation’s first social insurance program for long-term care by a surprisingly comfortable 55 ...

A COUNCIL has agreed to make a symbolic payment of £250 to a vulnerable man to recognise injustice caused to him by some ...

SANBORN—Kids Express Daycare and Prairie View Campus in Sanborn have caught the attention of several bigwig Iowa names for a ...

Resident fears of retaliation from staff members for voicing concerns about care and services are common but preventable in ...

As the legislative session begins in Jefferson City, a local organization is pushing for improvements for nursing home ...

Nursing homes face the looming roll out of minimum staffing mandates that industry trade groups have said they aren’t equipped to integrate, while advocates for older Americans say those mandates ...

The 2025 session gets underway the following week, on Jan. 21, and must end on June 29. Democratic leadership has said they ...

The Connecticut long term care ombudsman funded a project speaking to her colleagues in all 50 states about fear of ...

Becky Foster, a former teacher for the deaf, has found a new calling as a volunteer ombudsman, advocating for residents in ...

You need to be demanding high-quality care,” said Brooks. Since 1972 each state has had a place where people can bring concerns about nursing homes: an Ombudsman. Iowa’s long-term care ...

The assessment follows a report released in April by Oregon’s long-term care ombudsman in the wake of the death of a memory care resident who eloped undetected from a community. The report prompted ...

According to an Aging and Long-Term Services Department spokesperson, the Long-Term Care Division became inactive after the ... s budget request includes funding for five full-time ombudsman, Aging ...