Capitol Desk delivers the latest in health care policy and politics from Sacramento and around the state. Have an idea? Let us know. California’s long-term ombudsman program, a volunteer network ...

I hadn’t known what the word meant at that time. Ombudsman. It’s not a word we have in Spanish. An ombudsman is an advocate, but it means something different to everyone. To volunteers like me, being ...

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) is a sponsor of a bipartisan effort to beef up the national nursing home ombudsman program. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) have introduced a bill to strengthen and ...

The Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of North Central Iowa has entered into a partnership with Iowa’s Office of the State Long Term Care Ombudsman and will offer new opportunities for area ...

I would like to take this opportunity to inform readers about an Illinois Department on Aging program designed to help nursing home residents. The program is called the ``Long Term Care Ombudsman ...

Katara Jordan adjusts her cellphone against her ear with one hand while the other dances across her laptop’s keyboard. She’s seated at a small circular table in a downtown Seattle ...