💛 How to Find Your Long-Term Care Ombudsman (AARP Article)

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💛 How to Find Your Long-Term Care Ombudsman (AARP Article)

FROM THE ARTICLE.

Nursing Home Complaint? Meet Your Long-Term Care Ombudsman.

They protect residents of long-term care facilities, addressing health, safety and welfare concerns. But new AARP research shows ombudsmen need more support.

By Emily Paulin, AARP. Published November 05, 2025.

Watchdogs, mediators, advocates, unsung heroes. While there are many ways to describe the nation’s long-term care ombudsmen, their mission is pure and simple: Protect the residents. That mission, however, is becoming harder to fulfill, according to new research by AARP, which found that this care force is increasingly understaffed and overburdened, at a time when its help is needed most.

Volunteerism in the national Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program (LTCOP) has significantly declined, dropping from more than 600,000 hours in 2016 to less than 300,000 hours in 2024, according to a report released Tuesday by AARP’s Public Policy Institute. Meanwhile, the need for such volunteers has increased, with the volume of long-term care complaints at record-high levels in 2024, exceeding 200,000 nationwide.

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https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/financial-legal/find-your-long-term-care-ombudsman/