(2011) Iowa Department on Aging Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Annual Report 2010 (Federal Fiscal Year October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010), January 2011. Aging, Department of (Elder Affairs, Department of)
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Abstract
The State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program operates as a unit within the Iowa Department on Aging. Duties of all long-term care ombudsmen are mandated by the Older Americans Act. This office serves people living in nursing facilities, skilled nursing facilities, residential care facilities, nursing facilities in hospitals, elder group homes and assisted living programs. In order to carry out all of the mandates of the Older Americans Act this office recommends to increase the number of local long-term care ombudsman, develop a volunteer long-term care ombudsman program, clarify the definition of assisted living in Iowa, expand the long-term care ombudsman program into home and community based services, and reinstate the Iowa Office of Substitute Decision Maker.
| Item Type: | Departmental Report |
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| Keywords: | Ombudsman, Long Term Care, Nursing Home, Advocate, Aging |
| Subjects: | Health and medicine > Healthcare Volunteer Programs Social issues and programs Health and medicine > Healthcare > Nursing homes and assisted living facilities Social issues and programs > Aging > Nursing homes and assisted living facilities and reports Social issues and programs > Aging |
| ID Code: | 10245 |
| Deposited By: | Ms. Katie Mulford |
| Deposited On: | 04 Feb 2011 13:28 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Feb 2011 13:28 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/10245 |