Advocating for the rights of long-term care residents
A voice for Idaho long-term care residents
The Idaho Long-Term Care Ombudsman program protects the health, safety, welfare, and rights of those residing in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. Ombudsmen can investigate complaints and provide interventions on behalf of residents. Over the 2017/2018 year, Idaho’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman program:
- Investigated 1074 complaints
- Provided 1944 consultations
- Visited nursing homes &assisted living facilities over 3100 times
For long-term care concerns please contact the State Ombudsman located at the Commission on Aging or a Local Ombudsman at your local Area Agency on Aging. You can click where you live on the map below to see the contact information for your AAA.
- Nursing Home Providers – Submit nursing home discharge notices to the State Ombudsman here.
- Review latest nursing home survey reports here.
- Review latest assisted living facility survey reports here.
- Nursing Home Discharge Fact Sheet – You’ve been told to leave now what?
- Nursing Home Resident Rights here.
- Find an Idaho assisted living facility here.
- Find an Idaho nursing home here.
- Department of Health & Welfare assisted living survey agency information here.
- Locate an ombudsman program in a different state here.
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