Long Term Care Ombudsman offered at Kitsap County Division of Aging and Long-Term Care
Long Term Care Ombudsman offered at Kitsap County Division of Aging and Long-Term Care
The Washington State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program protects and promotes quality of life for people living in licensed, long-term adult care facilities (e.g. adult family home, assisted living facility, nursing home). An ombudsman: Advocates for the rights of clients in adult care facilities; Works with clients, families and facility staff to meet the needs and concerns of the people living there; and Provides a way to get complaints and concerns heard and resolved. The following people can use the Ombudsman Program: Residents living in a care facility and his/her relatives or friends; Administrators and staff of an adult family home, assisted living facility or nursing home.
Location
1026 Sidney Avenue, Port Orchard, WA 98366
Hours
M-Th, 8am-4:30pm
Application process
Call or email for more information.
Eligibility
For residents living in long term care facilities or their families and administrators or staff of adult family homes, assisted living, or nursing homes.
Fee
None.
Agency info
Kitsap County Division of Aging and Long-Term Care
Kitsap County Aging and Long-Term Care (ALTC) is a Division of Kitsap County Human Services Department and is the state-designated Area Agency on Aging (AAA) for Kitsap County. ALTC can provide services for older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers that reside in Kitsap County either by phone, at the agency's office, community outreach events, or within agencies throughout the county. The agency receives state and federal funding to determine eligibility for a multitude of services, provide education in the community, and provide a variety of programs to support older adults, adults with disabilities and caregivers. ALTC helps individuals live as independently as they choose through needs assessment, advocacy, person-centered planning, caregiver support, and in-home care services. There are also subcontracted services available to individuals, such as Meals on Wheels home delivered meals, respite services for caregivers, legal assistance, dementia consultation, Senior Famers Market program, exercise and fall prevention.