Mental Health/Mental Illness
Advocating for Residents With Mental Health Needs: Engaging and Changing the System (June 2009)
This session summary and resource guide was prepared by Sara Hunt, MSSW, and is based on Dr. Susan Wehry's session at the 2008 Annual State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Training Conference. At the 2008 Training Conference, Dr. Wehry challenged ombudsman assumptions and offered suggestions for improving ombudsman advocacy on behalf of residents with mental health needs. The purpose of this guide is to inform long-term care ombudsman advocacy and provide a list of resources that may be useful in teaching ombudsmen and caregivers and in advocating for individuals and for systems change.
Mental Health Ombudsman Training Manual
The following slide presentations come from a training manual that was developed in 2004 for the NY Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program by Dr. Susan Wehry, Associate Professor, University of Vermont College of Medicine. The goals of the training curriculum are to increase ombudsman comfort level in working with residents living in adult homes with mental health needs and to increase ombudsman ability to effectively advocate for these residents.
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