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ADVOCATE OMBUDSMEN


About Advocate Ombudsmen 

The Administration on Aging (AoA) offers the following information about Ombuds as advocates for the elderly:
AoA - Long Term Care Ombudsman Program

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) offers the following information about Ombuds as advocates for Juveniles:
OJJDP - Use of Ombudsman Programs in Juvenile Corrections

Legislation
United States

S. 1536 The Older Americans Act

Canada

Saskatchewan - The Ombudsman and Children's Advocate Act

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Articles, Papers, and Speeches of Interest

National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center Gazette

REAL PEOPLE, REAL PROBLEMS: An Evaluation of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Programs of the Older Americans Act, National Academy Press, 1994

An excerpt from Real People, Real Problems: Elements of Infrastructure and Function Central to an Effective Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program: Exemplary, essential and unacceptable practices.

Use of Ombudsman Programs in Juvenile Corrections