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Long Term Care Nursing Ombudsman Program Ensures Elderly Have a Voice

Are you interested in making sure that your loved ones who are in nursing homes or assisted living facilities have a voice?
On Tuesday at the Broome County library a program was put together to go over the Ombudsman Program and end of life planning. The long term care nursing home Ombudsman is a federal program is administered through the Action for Older Persons Organization.
Advocates act as a third party separate from the nursing home to speak on issues that the elderly may have who are living at the facility.