NJ Long-Term Care Ombudsman
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New Jersey's Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman is an independent state agency dedicated to advancing the rights, dignity, and self-determination of adults living in long-term care.
This free webinar — scheduled for Jan. 26 at 1 p.m. — is for everyone who receives Medicaid or SNAP benefits and anyone who helps support them. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Protecting Your Care: Medicaid and SNAP Changes and How They Impact You. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Join Disability Rights New Jersey as we host "Protecting Your Care: Medicaid and SNAP Changes and How They Impact You"
The impact of HR 1, previously called One Big Beautiful Bill, can be confusing a...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:11 PM
This free webinar — scheduled for Jan. 26 at 1 p.m. — is for everyone who receives Medicaid or SNAP benefits and anyone who helps support them. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Eliz Speidel (left) received the Howard Hinds Memorial Advocacy Award during the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care's annual conference in November. New Jersey nursing home residents Gail Smith (pictured) and Ray DiFrancesco presented the award. Read more:
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December 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Eliz Speidel (left) received the Howard Hinds Memorial Advocacy Award during the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care's annual conference in November. New Jersey nursing home residents Gail Smith (pictured) and Ray DiFrancesco presented the award. Read more:
www.nj.gov/ooie/news/20...
www.nj.gov/ooie/news/20...
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NEW: An investigation by OSC finds that owners and associates of two Hammonton and Deptford nursing homes diverted tens of millions in Medicaid funds for personal gain. Residents were left to suffer.
OSC said the owners and associates should repay $124 million, plus penalties.
OSC said the owners and associates should repay $124 million, plus penalties.
December 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
NEW: An investigation by OSC finds that owners and associates of two Hammonton and Deptford nursing homes diverted tens of millions in Medicaid funds for personal gain. Residents were left to suffer.
OSC said the owners and associates should repay $124 million, plus penalties.
OSC said the owners and associates should repay $124 million, plus penalties.
New Jersey nursing home residents Gail Smith (seated, front) and Ray DiFrancesco (right) helped lead a New Jersey contingent visiting Capitol Hill on Nov. 6. Read all about this (and more) in this month’s edition of The Beacon. Link: www.nj.gov/ooie/pdf/New...
December 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
New Jersey nursing home residents Gail Smith (seated, front) and Ray DiFrancesco (right) helped lead a New Jersey contingent visiting Capitol Hill on Nov. 6. Read all about this (and more) in this month’s edition of The Beacon. Link: www.nj.gov/ooie/pdf/New...
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The bitter divide between the Democratic Party’s progressive wing and its entrenched party establishments became a public display on Monday, when U.S. Sen. Andy Kim and state Senate Government Committee chair Jim Beach got into a heated exchange over a bill to limit watchdog powers in New Jersey.
Tempers flare as senators vote to limit NJ watchdog powers | NJ Spotlight News
A state Senate committee moved a bill to curtail certain watchdog powers, despite high-powered opposition from U.S. Sen. Andy Kim and others.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The bitter divide between the Democratic Party’s progressive wing and its entrenched party establishments became a public display on Monday, when U.S. Sen. Andy Kim and state Senate Government Committee chair Jim Beach got into a heated exchange over a bill to limit watchdog powers in New Jersey.
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Bill to strip New Jersey comptroller’s powers advances after chaotic, unanimous committee vote
Opponents of the bill were frequently silenced, while supporters were allowed to speak as long as they wanted.
Opponents of the bill were frequently silenced, while supporters were allowed to speak as long as they wanted.
Bill to strip New Jersey comptroller’s powers advances after chaotic, unanimous committee vote
Opponents of the bill were frequently silenced, while supporters were allowed to speak as long as they wanted.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Bill to strip New Jersey comptroller’s powers advances after chaotic, unanimous committee vote
Opponents of the bill were frequently silenced, while supporters were allowed to speak as long as they wanted.
Opponents of the bill were frequently silenced, while supporters were allowed to speak as long as they wanted.
New Jersey’s own Ray DiFrancesco and other nursing home residents from across the country discussed life in long-term care during an episode of the Consumer Voice’s Pursuing Quality Long-Term Care podcast. Watch Part 1 — www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YKB...; and Part 2— www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHjY....
What is it like to live in long-term care in 2025? (Part 1 of 2)
YouTube video by National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care
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November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
New Jersey’s own Ray DiFrancesco and other nursing home residents from across the country discussed life in long-term care during an episode of the Consumer Voice’s Pursuing Quality Long-Term Care podcast. Watch Part 1 — www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YKB...; and Part 2— www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHjY....
A new report by the National Consumer Voice for Long-Term Care Quality ("Where Does All the Money Go?") documents the need for greater financial transparency and accountability in how nursing homes spend taxpayer dollars. theconsumervoice.org/wp-content/u...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A new report by the National Consumer Voice for Long-Term Care Quality ("Where Does All the Money Go?") documents the need for greater financial transparency and accountability in how nursing homes spend taxpayer dollars. theconsumervoice.org/wp-content/u...
Thank you to everyone lending their voice to #SaveMedicaid, including Gail, a member of the NJ Nursing Home Residents United group, and Dave, a former nursing home resident who now lives independently after assistance from the I Choose Home NJ program. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYZW...
Protect Medicaid for Older Adults and People with Disabilities: "Save Medicaid. Save Lives."
YouTube video by Disability Rights New Jersey
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October 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Thank you to everyone lending their voice to #SaveMedicaid, including Gail, a member of the NJ Nursing Home Residents United group, and Dave, a former nursing home resident who now lives independently after assistance from the I Choose Home NJ program. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYZW...
NJ Nursing Home Residents have a message for NJ Legislators...
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August 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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A New Jersey nursing home resident explains how Medicaid helps maintain her health. Take action. Call 866-426-2631 and tell your Congress person to SAVE MEDICAID. #SaveMedicaid #HandsOffMedicaid #MedicaidMatters #nursinghome #MedicaidCuts
July 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A New Jersey nursing home resident explains how Medicaid helps maintain her health. Take action. Call 866-426-2631 and tell your Congress person to SAVE MEDICAID. #SaveMedicaid #HandsOffMedicaid #MedicaidMatters #nursinghome #MedicaidCuts
A New Jersey nursing home resident discusses how important Medicaid is. Take action! Call 866-426-2631 and tell your Congress person to SAVE MEDICAID. #SaveMedicaid #HandsOffMedicaid #MedicaidMatters #nursinghome #MedicaidCuts.
July 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A New Jersey nursing home resident discusses how important Medicaid is. Take action! Call 866-426-2631 and tell your Congress person to SAVE MEDICAID. #SaveMedicaid #HandsOffMedicaid #MedicaidMatters #nursinghome #MedicaidCuts.
Direct care workers are vital to people in long-term care or receiving support in the community, and the NJ Long-Term Care Ombudsman wants to champion the workers’ cause. This is why we joined the Essential Jobs, Essential Care NJ Coalition. Learn more: essentialjobsnj.org.
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Essential Care
We are 70+ organizations and individuals across New Jersey that have come together to advocate for policy changes to support and grow the direct care workforce.
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June 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Direct care workers are vital to people in long-term care or receiving support in the community, and the NJ Long-Term Care Ombudsman wants to champion the workers’ cause. This is why we joined the Essential Jobs, Essential Care NJ Coalition. Learn more: essentialjobsnj.org.
Laurie Facciarossa Brewer, NJ Long-Term Care Ombudsman, issued a statement on New Jersey’s proposed FY 2026 budget:
"This budget proposal is a complete giveaway to the nursing home industry.”
More to come…
"This budget proposal is a complete giveaway to the nursing home industry.”
More to come…
June 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Laurie Facciarossa Brewer, NJ Long-Term Care Ombudsman, issued a statement on New Jersey’s proposed FY 2026 budget:
"This budget proposal is a complete giveaway to the nursing home industry.”
More to come…
"This budget proposal is a complete giveaway to the nursing home industry.”
More to come…
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A last-minute provision in the State budget, due to be passed Monday, requires NJ to continue funding the lowest-rated nursing homes. (See p. 159)
OSC reports have shown these Medicaid-funded nursing homes maximize profits by providing subpar care.
OSC reports have shown these Medicaid-funded nursing homes maximize profits by providing subpar care.
June 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A last-minute provision in the State budget, due to be passed Monday, requires NJ to continue funding the lowest-rated nursing homes. (See p. 159)
OSC reports have shown these Medicaid-funded nursing homes maximize profits by providing subpar care.
OSC reports have shown these Medicaid-funded nursing homes maximize profits by providing subpar care.
Thank you to AARP New Jersey for shining a light on nursing home finances... states.aarp.org/new-jersey/n...
New Report From AARP NJ Exposes Lack of Transparency in State’s Multi-Billion Dollar Nursing Home Industry
Findings Show Nearly $2 Billion in Payments to Nursing Home Owners’ Private Companies from 2021–2023, Including $285 Million in Overpayments
Report Raises Concerns About Public Dollars Being Diverte...
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June 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Thank you to AARP New Jersey for shining a light on nursing home finances... states.aarp.org/new-jersey/n...
“I applaud the state comptroller for making it known that New Jersey will not invite owners of poor performing nursing homes to expand their interests in this state.” -- Laurie Facciarossa Brewer, Long-Term Care Ombudsman. www.nj.com/politics/202...
Why N.J. just stopped these operators from buying a nursing home with 209 vulnerable residents
An advocate for the elderly applauds N.J. "for making it known that New Jersey will not invite owners of poor performing nursing homes to expand their interests in this state."
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May 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“I applaud the state comptroller for making it known that New Jersey will not invite owners of poor performing nursing homes to expand their interests in this state.” -- Laurie Facciarossa Brewer, Long-Term Care Ombudsman. www.nj.com/politics/202...
Thank you to Louis Bonilla, a member of New Jersey Nursing Home Residents United, for sharing his story in the fight to #SaveMedicaid. #MedicaidSavesLives familiesusa.org/stories/loui...
Louis Bonilla: A New Lease on Life, Thanks to Medicaid & Medicare
A former musician, now President of the Resident Council at Complete Care Nursing Home in Brick, NJ, Louis Bonilla is a passionate advocate for Medicaid and Medicare after the programs saved his life.
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May 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Thank you to Louis Bonilla, a member of New Jersey Nursing Home Residents United, for sharing his story in the fight to #SaveMedicaid. #MedicaidSavesLives familiesusa.org/stories/loui...
A member of NJ Nursing Home Residents United shares his compelling story on the importance of Medicaid.
Take actions and help protect Medicaid! Call your legislators and say SAVE MEDICAID.
#medicaid #medicaidcuts #nursinghome #takeaction
Take actions and help protect Medicaid! Call your legislators and say SAVE MEDICAID.
#medicaid #medicaidcuts #nursinghome #takeaction
May 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A member of NJ Nursing Home Residents United shares his compelling story on the importance of Medicaid.
Take actions and help protect Medicaid! Call your legislators and say SAVE MEDICAID.
#medicaid #medicaidcuts #nursinghome #takeaction
Take actions and help protect Medicaid! Call your legislators and say SAVE MEDICAID.
#medicaid #medicaidcuts #nursinghome #takeaction
