N.Y. Comptroller Stringer Investigation Reveals Chronic Underfunding of Long Term Care Ombudsman Program Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
June 18, 2020
June 18, 2020
NEW YORK, June 18 -- New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer issued the following news release:
New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released the findings of an alarming new investigation amid the COVID-19 pandemic revealing massive underfunding of the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (LTCOP). Long-term care ombudsmen serve as essential eyes and ears to protect older adults and people with disabilities within long-term care facilities; they identify cases of abuse and neg . . .
New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released the findings of an alarming new investigation amid the COVID-19 pandemic revealing massive underfunding of the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (LTCOP). Long-term care ombudsmen serve as essential eyes and ears to protect older adults and people with disabilities within long-term care facilities; they identify cases of abuse and neg . . .