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Michigan Commission on Services to the Aging Approves Long-Term Care Ombudsman Grant

June 15, 2001

Michigan Office of Services to the Aging Director, Lynn Alexander, today announced that the Commission on Services to the Aging has approved a grant to Elder Law of Michigan, Inc. for Long-Term Care Ombudsman services. Elder Law of Michigan, Inc. will serve as the leading representative for the rights of Michigan's older adult residents of long-term care facilities. The two-year grant will begin on October 1, 2001. The Commission today approved the $433,000 first year payment of the grant.

"The Long-Term Care Ombudsman is an extremely important program that works on behalf of seniors in Michigan," said Alexander. "After a comprehensive and thorough review of the applicants, the Commission and I are confident that Elder Law will represent the interests of Michigan individuals with long-term care needs and their families in an exemplary manner."

The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program works to ensure that residents of Michigan's long-term care facilities have a high quality of care and improved quality of life. It also provides statewide program support, direction, monitoring, and evaluation of Michigan's local Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs, which are available through the statewide Area Agencies on Aging.