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NURSING HOMES: AN OVERVIEW OF THE STATE SYSTEM Kentucky
1 State Long Term Care Ombudsman Jacqueline Strader State LTC Ombudsman Cabinet for Health & Family Services Office of the Ombudsman 275 East Main Street 1E-B Frankfort, KY 40621 Work: (502)564-5497 Fax: (502)564-9523	11 Local and Regional Ombudsmen Carol Dupin District Ombudsman Lincoln Trail LTC Ombudsman Program Louisville Legal Aid 32 Public Square P.O. Box 157 Elizabethtown, KY 42702 Work: (270)765-3710 Fax: (270)769-3668 Area Served: Lincoln Trail, Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson and Washington
2 Office on Aging Deborah Anderson Commissioner Cabinet for Health & Family Services Division of Aging Services 275 East Main Street 3W-F Frankfort, KY 40621 Work: (502)564-6930 Fax: (502)564-4595	Cathy Fraser District Ombudsman Purchase ADD Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. PO Box 588 Mayfield, KY 42066 Work: (877)352-5183 Fax: (270)251-6110 Area Served: Ballard, Carlisle, Hickman, Fulton, Graves, Calloway, Marshall and McCracken counties
3 Licensure and Certifications Jenny Mitchell Director Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Servs. Div. of Health Care Facilities & Servs. 275 East Main Street 5E-B Frankfort, KY 40621-0001 Work: (502)564-2888 Fax: (502)562-4268	Kathleen Gannoe District Ombudsman/Executive Director Bluegrass/Nursing Home Ombudsman Agency Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 1530 Nicholasville Road Lexington, KY 40503 Work: (859)277-9215 Fax: (859)277-4843 website:http://www.ombudd y.org Area Served: Bluegrass, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette Franklin, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Nicholas, Powell, Scott and Woodford
4 Medicaid Fraud Unit Control Pamela Murphy Director Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of Kentucky Office of the Attorney General 1024 Capitol Center Drive Suite 200 Frankfort, KY 40601 Work: (502)696-5300 Fax: (502)573-8316	Kristi Gentry Western Region Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog Office of Aging Services 116 North Main PO Box 340 Greensburg, KY 42743 Work: (270)932-6109 Fax: (270)932-5051 Area Served: Purchase, Pennyrile, Lincoln Trail, Lake Cumberland, Green River and Barren River, KIPDA & Cumberland Valley
5 Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrator Patricia Dempsey KY BD of Licensure For NHA 911 Leawood Drive Frankfort, KY 40601 Work: (502)564-3296 Fax: (502)564-5892	Argene Jones District Ombudsman KY River ADD KRADD Building 917 Perry Park Road Hazard, KY 41701 Work: (606)436-3158 Fax: (606)436-2144 Area Served: Kentucky River, Breathitt, Knott, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Owsley, Perry and Wolfe
6 Medicaid Agency Glenn Jennings Commissioner Dept. for Medicaid Services 275 East Main Street 6W-A Frankfort, KY 40621 Work: (502)564-4321 Fax: (502)564-0509	Brenda Kennedy District Ombudsman Green River ADD 3860 US Highway 60 West Owensboro, KY 42301 Work: (800)928-9093 Fax: (270)684-0714 Area Served: Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Ohio, Union and Webster
7 Quality Improvement Organization Vernita Julian Program Director Health Care Excel of Kentucky, Inc. 1951 Bishop Lane Suite 300 Louisville, KY 40218 Work: (502)454-5112 Fax: (502)454-5113	Beth Love District Ombudsman Buffalo Trace ADD PO Box 460 Maysville, KY 41056 Work: (800)998-4347 Fax: (606)564-0955 Area Served: Bracken, Fleming, Lewis, Mason and Robertson
8 Protection and Advocacy System Maureen Fitzgerald Executive Director Protection & Advocacy Division Office for Public Advocacy 100 Fair Oaks Lane Suite 302 Frankfort, KY 40601 Work: (502)564-2967 Fax: (502)564-0848	Ruth Morgan District Ombudsman Cumberland Trace Legal Svc/Barren River Long Term Care Omb Program 1700 Destiny Lane Bowling Green, KY 42104 Work: (270)780-8830 Fax: (270)782-1993 website:http://klaid.org/ ombudsman Area Served: Barren River, Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Logan, Metcalf, Monroe, Simpson and Warren
9 Adult Protective Service Agency Michelle Sanborn Director Div. Protection & Permanency Adult Protective Servs. Branch 275 East Main Street 3E-A Frankfort, KY 40621 Work: (502)564-6852 Fax: (502)564-3096	Pam Pangburn District Ombudsman Northern KY Senior Services Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 1032 Madison Avenue Covington, KY 41011 Work: (800)255-7265 Fax: (859)491-5430 Area Served: Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen and Pendleton
10 Citizen Advocacy Group Nancy Trentham Kentucky Initiative for Quality NH Standards 12702 East Cove Road Anchorage, KY 40223	Imelda Pfister District Ombudsman KIPDA/Catholic Charities Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 2911 South Fourth Street Louisville, KY 40208 Work: (502)637-9786 Fax: (502)637-9780 website:http://www.nursin ghomeconcerns.com Area Served: Kipda, Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble
Bernie Vonderheide Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform 1530 Nicholasville Road Lexington, KY 40503 Work: (859)312-5617 website:http://www.kynurs inghomereform.org	Randa Ramsey Ombudsman Pennyrile ADD Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 300 Hammond Drive Hopkinsville, KY 42240 Work: (800)928-7233 Fax: (270)886-3211 Area Served: 08ldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and Trigg
11 Local and Regional Ombudsmen Cheryl Barber District Ombudsman Gateway Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog P.O. Box 1040 Morehead, KY 40351 Work: (800)274-5863 Fax: (606)783-1342	Angela Rigsby District Ombudsman Legal Aid of the Bluegrass Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. P.O. Box 1147 Ashland, KY 41105 Work: (877)295-4137 Fax: (606)325-0615 Area Served: Fivco, Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Greenup and Lawrence
Andra Bush District Ombudsman Big Sandy Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 110 Resource Court Prestonsburg, KY 41653 Work: (606)886-2374 Fax: (606)886-3382 Area Served: Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin and Pike	VACANT District Ombudsman Gateway Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog P.O. Box 1040 Morehead, KY 40351 Work: (800)274-5863 Fax: (606)783-1342 Area Served: Gateway, Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and Rowan
Opal Carter District Ombudsman Lake Cumberland/Russell Springs Senior Citize Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. PO Box 96 Russell Springs, KY 42642 Work: (270)866-5127 Fax: (270)651-7839 Area Served: Lake Cumberland, Adair, Casey, Clinton, Green, McCreary, Pulaski, Russell, Taylor, Wayne and Cumberland	Tammy Williams District Ombudsman Cumberland Valley ADD Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. CVADD Building 342 Old Whitley Rd., PO Box 1740 London, KY 40741 Work: (606)864-7391 Fax: (606)878-7361 Area Served: Cumberland Valley, Bell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Rockcastle and Whitley
Jane Chapman Ombudsman Eastern Region LTCOP Office of the Ombudsman 1844 Carter Avenue Ashland, KY 41101 Work: (606)776-0384 Fax: (606)920-2026 website:http://www.cfc.ky .gov/agencies/ombudsman/ Area Served: Fivco, Bluegrass, Gateway, Buffalo Trace and Big Sandy, KY River, Northern KY
Last Updated Saturday, May 17, 2008