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Nursing HomesAssisted Living/Board & Care Home and Community Based ServicesVideos are a great way to raise awareness and share a story or experience. They are also a cost-effective way to connect with your supporters, volunteers, and donors. Videos can be a powerful way to show your organization's impact and needs.
YouTube allows individuals and organizations to share and watch videos. It is a forum to distribute your organization's videos for free. Additionally, YouTube currently runs a nonprofit program - the YouTube Nonprofit Program - that allows organizations branding capabilities and increased uploading capacity, the option to drive fundraising through a Google Checkout "Donate" button, listing on the nonprofit channels and the nonprofit videos pages and the ability to add a call-to-action overlay on videos. Nonprofits must apply to be part of the YouTube Nonprofit Program. Below are examples of how some Ombudsmen have used YouTube to share videos.
Kayla Curry, Assistant State Ombudsman
Created by Terry Cardillino, Upper Shore Aging of Maryland
Watch this video of a Pennsylvania Empowered Expert Resident (PEER) graduation. It is an event that is supported in partnership with the State LTC Ombudsman Office, the local Area Agency on Aging, elected officials, community-based organizations and a long-term care facility, which provides refreshments.
Listen to Kentucky Ombudsmen talk about their interactions with nursing home residents and the important role of the long-term care Ombudsman program.
The purpose of Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is to protect and promote the rights of people who live in long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes, adult family homes and assisted living. The LTC Ombudsman aims to empower residents to become self-advocates and assure that resident rights as guaranteed by the state and federal law are upheld.
View additional videos from the Florida Ombudsman program here.