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Nursing HomesAssisted Living/Board & Care Home and Community Based ServicesMay 09, 2019
Beverley Laubert, Ohio State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, offers a special message for Older Americans Month.
May 08, 2019
Recognizing the vulnerability of residents in long-term care facilities, the federal government requires states to provide an independent ombudsman program tasked with advocating on behalf of residents, investigating complaints made by or on behalf of a resident, and assisting them in exercising their civil rights.
April 16, 2019
Last summer the government changed how it grades nursing homes on staffing and as a result the number of area facilities that received the government’s lowest rating for staffing — one-star, or ‘much below average’ — jumped.