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Provides comprehensive senior services which include information and referral; protective services, ombudsman, assessments, outreach, case/care management; light housework and chores, personal care, and home delivered meals.

Pennsylvania 211

Investigates complaints from nursing home residents and facilities regarding the denial of residents' rights.

Pennsylvania 211

Provides assistance to recipients of mental health and/or substance use services through the network of Beacon Health Options (f/k/a Value Behavioral Health of Pennsylvania). The Ombudsman helps educate individuals about their rights and responsibilities as it relates to behavioral health treatment and helps to resolve issues through complaint and grievance procedures.

Pennsylvania 211

Helps consumers voice concerns and exercise their rights regarding long-term care services. An ombudsman is trained and certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging in the investigation and resolution of complaints made by, or on behalf of, consumers of long-term care services.

Pennsylvania 211

Program that investigates and attempts to resolve complaints made by or on behalf of residents of nursing facilities, residential care homes, assisted living facilities and other supervised living facilities for older adults. The program also promotes policies and practices that improve the quality of life, health, safety, welfare and rights of residents; monitors laws, regulations and policies that affect those who live in long-term care facilities; provides the public with information about long-term care options; and promotes the development of consumer organizations concerned about long-term care. Under the federal Older Americans Act, every state is required to have an Ombudsman Program that addresses complaints and advocates for improvements in the long term care system.

Pennsylvania 211

Ombudsmen work to resolve complaints and issues on behalf of individuals residing in long term care settings, such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and personal care homes. They help to educate residents on their rights and advocate on their behalf.

Pennsylvania 211

Provides legal advocates for low-income individuals and families. NPLS helps people establish eligibility for public benefits, protect themselves from domestic violence, gain access to healthcare and avoid loss of housing due to uninhabitability, eviction or foreclosure. Also provides self-help materials, trainings and community workshops on a range of legal issues.

Pennsylvania 211

Provides education about resident rights guaranteed under law to consumers, their families and staff. Ombudsmen encourage self-advocacy first and empower consumers and their families by providing information to resolve concerns. Also works with residents to resolve individual issues involving long-term care services if residents are unable or unwilling to speak for themselves.

Pennsylvania 211

Program that investigates and attempts to resolve complaints made by or on behalf of residents of nursing facilities, residential care homes, assisted living facilities and other supervised living facilities for older adults. The program also promotes policies and practices that improve the quality of life, health, safety, welfare and rights of residents; monitors laws, regulations and policies that affect those who live in long-term care facilities; provides the public with information about long-term care options; and promotes the development of consumer organizations concerned about long-term care. Under the federal Older Americans Act, every state is required to have an Ombudsman Program that addresses complaints and advocates for improvements in the long term care system.

Pennsylvania 211

Provides legal advocates for low-income individuals and families. NPLS helps people establish eligibility for public benefits, protect themselves from domestic violence, gain access to healthcare and avoid loss of housing due to uninhabitability, eviction or foreclosure. Also provides self-help materials, trainings and community workshops on a range of legal issues.

Pennsylvania 211

Investigates and helps resolve complaints about the care of older adults in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, boarding homes, and community care.

Pennsylvania 211

Advocates for the rights of individuals. Investigates and resolves complaints from seniors living in long-term care facilities, including nursing homes, domiciliary homes, assisted living, personal care homes, adult day care, and in-home long-term care services. Offers representatives who visit the residents in their homes and answer questions about billing, concerns about a long-term care service provider, and appeals regarding transfers, discharges, discontinuance, or changes in services.

Pennsylvania 211

Helps consumers voice concerns and exercise their rights regarding long-term care services. An ombudsman is trained and certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging in the investigation and resolution of complaints made by, or on behalf of, consumers of long-term care services.

Pennsylvania 211

Provides legal advocates for low-income individuals and families. NPLS helps people establish eligibility for public benefits, protect themselves from domestic violence, gain access to healthcare and avoid loss of housing due to uninhabitability, eviction or foreclosure. Also provides self-help materials, trainings and community workshops on a range of legal issues.

Pennsylvania 211

Helps individuals residing in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes and personal care homes resolve issues or concerns they may have about the quality of care they receive. The Ombudsman is a trained individual who serves as a resident advocate and works with residents and facility staff to promote quality of care and quality of life within the long-term care setting. Also provides information and education relating to "Resident Rights" and long-term care services.

Pennsylvania 211

Helps to improve the quality of life and the quality of care available to long-term care facility residents.

Pennsylvania 211

Provides trained individuals who help protect the rights of older Pennsylvanians. Provides information, answers questions, investigates complaints, and offers assistance in resolving problems about quality of care or treatment in nursing facilities, personal care board homes, domiciliary care homes, and older adult daily living centers in Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania 211

Serves as an advocate for the rights of residents of long-term care facilities. The program investigates and seeks local solutions to complaints of residents and their families.

Pennsylvania 211

Provides advocates for residents in long-term care facilities, assist them in resolving their complaints, and help ensure their rights are protected.

Pennsylvania 211

Advocates for and protects the rights of older adults receiving or denied long-term care services in nursing homes, assisted living, adult day centers, domiciliary care homes, personal care boarding homes, or their own homes.

Pennsylvania 211

Investigates complaints about long-term care services. Addresses concerns about the quality of care or treatment provided by long-term care facilities. These include transfer/discharge issues, violation of residents' rights and conflicts between facility staff and residents' families.

Pennsylvania 211

Advocates for and protects the rights of older persons receiving long-term care services. Receive, investigate, and resolve complaints on behalf of individuals. Trained staff or volunteers are available to act as an impartial mediator to address concerns.

Pennsylvania 211

Helps individuals residing in long-term care facilities resolve issues or concerns they may have about the quality of care they receive. The Ombudsman serves as a resident advocate and works with residents and facility staff to promote quality of care and quality of life within the long-term care setting. The Ombudsman also provides information and education relating to "Resident Rights" and long-term care services.

Pennsylvania 211

Investigates and resolves complaints made by or on behalf of older adults living in long-term care facilities or receiving long-term care services in their homes.

Pennsylvania 211

Investigates and resolves complaints made by or on behalf of older persons living in long-term care facilities or receiving long term care services in their home.

Pennsylvania 211