Capitol Desk delivers the latest in health care policy and politics from Sacramento and around the state. Have an idea? Let us know. California’s long-term ombudsman program, a volunteer network ...

If Maryland residents calls her phone number and needs help, Stevanne Ellis makes sure they get it. Ellis has been a long-term care ombudsman at the local and then the state level for a combined 14 ...

I hadn’t known what the word meant at that time. Ombudsman. It’s not a word we have in Spanish. An ombudsman is an advocate, but it means something different to everyone. To volunteers like me, being ...

Fewer than half of Long Island nursing homes and long-term-care facilities received a visit from a federally mandated watchdog during 2022's second quarter, leaving many of the state's most vulnerable ...

The Washington Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is urgently seeking volunteers to investigate violations and advocate for ...

PENDLETON — On Dec. 23, 2023, Ki Soon Hyun, an 83-year-old woman with memory issues, moved into the Mt. Hood Senior Living facility in Sandy. Two days later, she was found dead in a nearby wooded area ...

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in service to others.” The Missouri Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program provides a service to the vulnerable and often ...

There are almost 90 nursing homes and assisted living facilities between Escambia and Walton counties with almost 7,500 combined beds, according to data from Florida Agency for Health Care ...

Andy Rooney, an American radio and television writer who was best known for his weekly broadcast as part of the news program “60 Minutes,” said, “The best classroom in the world is at the feet of an ...