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Nursing HomesAssisted Living/Board & Care Home and Community Based ServicesDecember 13, 2023
The Washington State Ombudsman, Patricia Hunter, wrote an Op-Ed on discharge appeal rights for residents living in community-based settings.
November 20, 2023
Teresa Teeple, Tennessee State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, discusses the role of the Ombudsman program in facility closures and working with the resident transfer team. Teresa discusses transfer trauma and how the transition teams know the process well to stay on top of things as families and residents grapple with the situation of a nursing home closing.
September 07, 2023
Kathy discusses how declining health resulting in being forced to relocate to a nursing facility can be traumatic and result in feelings of loneliness and isolation, especially when the individual has never lived in a conjugated setting before.