Specialized Information for:
Nursing HomesAssisted Living/Board & Care Home and Community Based Services
June 30, 2020
Ohio State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Beverley Laubert, is featured in a Cleveland 19 News article on her appointment to the National Coronavirus Commission.
June 26, 2020
Several expert witnesses called for the federal government to address inadequate staffing at nursing homes and long-term care facilities in wake of the coronavirus pandemic and its fatal toll on residents and workers.
June 25, 2020
During times when Ombudsman are not visiting residents in person, programs are finding creative ways to communicate with residents. Alabama Ombudsman program representative, Jona Burklow and A.K. House (Alabama Tombigbee Area Agency on Aging Office), are delivering watermelons to all their nursing homes to celebrate the Fourth of July. The watermelons have stickers with Ombudsman information on them.