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How to get good care in a nursing home – the role of the LTC Ombudsman

June 29, 2026October 13, 2017 by Jim Schuster

I have written many times before about how the advocate for the nursing home resident-patient must know the rights of the resident.  What if the nursing home staff do not listen?  Is it “your word against theirs?”  No. Residents (under the Nursing Home Reform Law of 1987 the people in nursing homes are referred to … Read more

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