ATHENS, Ohio -- Cathy Ash will present "The Role of the Ombudsman Program in Assisting Geriatric Patients" Monday, Aug. 6, from noon to 1 p.m. at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, Room B-9.
Ash, a certified ombudsman program director and a licensed social worker, will discuss the role of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program and talk about its history, venues and residents' rights, as well as give some case examples.
Ash manages the regional federally mandated program which advocates for consumers of long-term care services and investigates complaints made against providers of long-term care services such as nursing homes, adult care facilities, assisted living facilities and home care providers.
Health-care professionals are invited to attend the seminar and you are welcome to bring your lunch. For more information, call the Geriatric Education Center at (740) 593-2258.
This seminar is part of OU-COM's summer 2001 continuing education series on geriatric medicine and gerontology. Seminars are held from noon to 1:00 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, Room B-9.
Past seminars in the summer series were "Unfractionated Heparins vs. Low Molecular Weight Heparins in the Treatment of DVT?" "Geriatric Care Management, a New Tool in the Doctor's Bag," "Osteoporosis: Update on its Diagnosis and Treatment," and "Ageism."
Wayne Carlsen, D.O., will present the last summer seminar, "Heat Related Illness in the Older Adult" Aug. 20.
"The seminars are designed for an interdisciplinary audience," said Ellen Peterson, R.N., OU-COM geriatric education coordinator. "Health professionals from the community regularly attend, in addition to interns, residents and medical students. The diversity of disciplines represented by the participants makes for an interesting exchange of ideas."
The sponsors of the seminars include the Department of Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology, the Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center and Area Health Education Center and OU-COM.
Peterson said the seminar series was started by a federal grant that established OU-COM as a contributing site to the Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center in September 1994 and has supported many continuing education programs. Provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, the grant supports educational programs in geriatrics and gerontology for physicians, nurses, social workers, counselors and health-care providers to 22 Southeastern Ohio counties.
