Local
Ombudsman
A state agency that investigates complaints made by or on behalf of persons in nursing facilities, continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities and for persons receiving community-based services, such as home health and personal care.
Long Term Care Ombudsman
Therapeutic Foster Homes
Programs for agency-supervised private family homes in which foster parents have been trained to provide individualized, structured services in a safe, nurturing family living environment for children and adolescents with significant emotional or behavioral problems who require a higher level of care than is found in a conventional foster home but do not require placement in a more restrictive setting.
Medical Foster Home
Statewide and Nationwide
Ombudsman
A state agency that investigates complaints made by or on behalf of persons in nursing facilities, continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities and for persons receiving community-based services, such as home health and personal care.