Washington State Long Term Care Ombudsman

The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is a federally-mandated program that ensures the rights, dignity, and well-being of individuals living in long-term care facilities. Ombuds also respond to calls from residents, family members, or anyone concerned about the welfare of a vulnerable adult who is living in a nursing home, assisted living facility, or adult family home.

Improve the quality of life for those in long-term care by becoming a volunteer long-term care ombuds. Some of our most vulnerable citizens live in nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and adult family homes. They are our parents, our grandparents, our aunts, our uncles, our neighbors. The King County Long Term Care Ombudsman Program provides direct advocacy and complaint resolution services for elderly and disabled residents of long-term care facilities. We currently need volunteers in Seattle and the surrounding cities. As a volunteer, you will receive thirty hours of training. In return, we ask for a time commitment of four hours per week. Please contact Pamela Williams at 253.838.6810, ext. 197, or pamela.williams@mschelps.org, for more information.