The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program: Report on a Survey of State and Local Programs : a Report |
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AARP addition Administration on Aging advocacy Agencies on Aging Area Agencies area of board board and care care homes care ombudsman programs care residents Category complaint-handling complaints received coordination expand expansion and improvement factors full-time equivalent funding increased INVOLVEMENT IN BOARD issues and problems legislation licensed long term long term care long-term care facilities Long-Term Care Ombudsman mandate moderate NASUA needs Number of Board number of complaints Number of nursing number of paid Older Americans Act ombudsman activities OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM INVOLVEMENT Ombudsman Resources ombudsman services outreach paid programs paid staff percent programs reported Protect & Advocacy rated their impact RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXPANSION recruitment regulations regulatory residents of board responsibility SERVICES IN BOARD services to residents survey term care facilities term care ombudsman Title III-B total number Units on Aging unlawfully unlicensed unlicensed board volunteer ombudsmen volunteer programs volunteer staff
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Page 79 - State or local authorities which shall establish, maintain, and insure the enforcement of standards for any category of institutions, foster homes, or group living arrangements in which (as determined by the State) a significant number of recipients of supplemental security income benefits is residing or is likely to reside.
Page 47 - ... elsewhere in the State human services governmental structure. In all jurisdictions, however, the State Agency on Aging is responsible for assuring that all requirements under the Act are met. Title III-B and State funds are the major resources for ombudsman activities at the State level. In...
Page 143 - ... establish a statewide uniform reporting system to collect and analyze data relating to complaints and conditions in long-term care facilities for the purpose of identifying and resolving significant problems, with provision for submission of such data to the agency of the State responsible for licensing or certifying long-term care facilities in the State and to the Commissioner on a regular basis...
Page 147 - ... analyze and monitor the development and implementation of Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and policies with respect to long-term care facilities and services in that State, and recommend any changes in such laws, regulations, and policies deemed by the Office to be appropriate; (iii) provide information to public agencies, legislators, and others, as deemed necessary by the Office, regarding the problems and concerns, including recommendations related to such problems and concerns,...
Page 141 - Office') and shall carry out through the Office a long-term care ombudsman program which provides an individual who will on a full-time basis— (i) investigate and resolve complaints made by or on behalf of older individuals who are residents of long-term care facilities relating to action, inaction, or decisions of providers, or their representatives, of long-term care services, of public agencies, or of social service agencies, which may adversely affect the health, safety, welfare, or rights...
Page 150 - Office; (6) coordinate ombudsman services with the protection and advocacy systems for individuals with developmental disabilities and mental illnesses established under— (A) part A of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 USC 6001 et seq.); and (B) the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally 111 Individuals Act of 1986...
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Page 150 - Sec. 307 (v) coordinate ombudsman services with the protection and advocacy systems for individuals with developmental disabilities and mental illness established under part A of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 USC 6001 et seq.) and under the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally 111 Individuals Act of 1986...
Page 59 - AGENCIES ADMINISTERING PLANS UNDER TITLE III OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED...