Ombudsman

Eskaton, a Northern California-based, nonprofit organization with skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, has hired Lola Rain as its director of social media.

Laptops and other mobile devices containing personal health information have been stolen from long-term care ombudsman programs and other healthcare organizations, including from Concentra Health Services...

The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care has praised a proposed rule to improve the quality and uniformity of state long-term care ombudsman programs, but said conflict of interest concerns...

The leader of Florida’s long-term care ombudsman program is under investigation and has been placed on administrative leave under strict conditions, according to local reports. Harold J. Crochet...

Giving long-term care stakeholders a reason to cheer, California recently requested a federal waiver to implement Cal MedConnect, a demonstration project meant to improve care coordination for people who...

For the first time, the federal government will offer Medicaid funds to help finance long-term care ombudsman programs, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration on Aging has proposed a rule to create federal guidelines for long-term care ombudsman programs, to create more uniformity and address...

Long-term care ombudsmen in some states are unable to effectively advocate for residents due to a lack of independence from government interests, according to a report published Monday.

The Florida ombudsman case against the state and long-term care provider groups can proceed, a judge decided Wednesday.

The thorny matter of a resident’s end-of-life wishes no doubt keeps many people in the nursing home profession up at night. New Jersey is working to firm up a program it has that deploys roving ethics...