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...(A) When administering funds granted under the Older Americans Act of 1965, 79 Stat. 219, 42 U.S.C. 3001, as amended, the department of aging may divide the state into separate multi-county regions that shall be known as planning and service areas. If the department divides the state into those areas, then, consistent with the rules adopted under division (C)(1) of this section, it shall designate one public en...

... training programs. Amounts collected from charging the fees shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the senior community outreach fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund may be used by the department to administer this section and to develop and offer additional training programs.

...n, family relationships, employment, income, vocational rehabilitation, recreation, and education; make such reports as are appropriate to the governor and other federal and state agencies; and develop recommendations for administrative or legislative action to alleviate such problems; (C) Develop and strengthen the services available for the aging in the state by coordinating the existing services provided by feder...

... years. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term. No member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term unless reappointed...

...developed by the director or obtained from other sources. (C) To the extent funds are available, the director shall administer respite care programs and other supportive services for persons who have dementia and their families or care givers. Respite care programs shall be approved by the director and shall be provided for the following purposes: (1) Giving persons who normally provide care or supervision for a ...

...he aging shall be the acting director when the director is absent or disabled or the position is vacant. The director shall specify who shall be the acting director if no deputy director has been appointed.

...person's card may obtain another card from the director on providing the same information to the director as was required for the issuance of the original card. (C) No person shall use a golden buckeye card except to obtain a benefit for the holder of the card to which the holder is entitled under the conditions of the offer. (D) As used in this section, "person with a disability" means a person who has some im...

...Records identifying the recipients of golden buckeye cards issued under section 173.06 of the Revised Code are not public records subject to inspection or copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and may be disclosed only at the discretion of the director of aging. The director may disclose only information in records identifying the recipients of golden buckeye cards that does not contain the recipient'...

...rs shall provide information to low-income and special-needs tenants, including the elderly, who live in financially assisted rental housing complexes, and assist those tenants in identifying and obtaining community and program services and other benefits for which they are eligible. (B) The resident services coordinator program fund is hereby created in the state treasury to support the resident services coo...

...ding is available, develop a system of community multipurpose senior centers for the purposes of: (A) Providing centralized, coordinated medical, social, supportive, and rehabilitative services to older adults; (B) Encouraging older adults to maintain physical, social, and emotional well-being and to live dignified and reasonably independent lives in their own homes; (C) Diminishing the rate of inappropriate en...

... (2) A program to locate full- or part-time employment opportunities; (3) Information and counseling by professional or other persons specially trained or qualified to enable older adults to make decisions on personal matters, including income, health, housing, transportation, and social relationships; (4) A listing of services available in the community for older adults to assist in identifying the type of assi...

...1 of the Revised Code, but only if it complies with all of the following requirements: (1) All bingo games are conducted only on the premises of the facility. (2) All participants are twenty-one years of age or older. (3) All bingo game operators are sixty years of age or older and receive no compensation for serving as operators. (4) No participant is charged an admission fee, and no participant is charged ...

...um of money or other property made or promised to be made by or on behalf of a person entering into a written agreement with a facility for the provision of continuing care services in consideration for acceptance of the person as a resident in the facility. (B) The residents of a facility that provides continuing care may determine annually whether they wish to elect a resident of the facility to serve on the board...

... all of the following: (a) A "nursing home," "residential care facility," or "home for the aging," as those terms are defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code; (b) A facility authorized to provide extended care services under Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, including a long-term acute care hospital that provides medical and rehabilitative care to patie...

...dsman program established by the department of aging pursuant to division (J) of section 173.01 of the Revised Code shall be known as "the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program." It shall consist of the state long-term care ombudsman, the ombudsman's staff, and regional long-term care ombudsman programs. In establishing and operating the office, the department shall consider the views of area agencies ...

...f its provisional status, the length of time it has to make the changes or corrections, and that the state ombudsman will withdraw the designation if the program does not comply with the requirements specified in the notice. If the designation of a regional program is withdrawn, the state ombudsman shall provide for the continuation of ombudsman services for that region.

...term care services for the purpose of identifying and resolving significant problems; (4) Provide for public forums to discuss concerns and problems relating to action, inaction, or decisions that may adversely affect the health, safety, welfare, or rights of residents, recipients and their representatives with respect to services by long-term care providers, public agencies and entities, and social service agencie...

... which it is located; (B) Employ representatives of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program or receive services from volunteers certified under section 173.21 of the Revised Code as representatives of the office, or both; (C) Submit reports to the state long-term care ombudsman as he may require; (D) Register as a residents' rights advocate with the department of health under division (B) of secti...

... investigation of a complaint, at other times appropriate to the complaint. When community-based long-term care services are provided at a location other than the recipient's home, a representative has the right to private communication with the recipient and the recipient's sponsors and access to the community-based long-term care site, including the right to tour the site unescorted. Access to the site shall be du...

... recipient, witnessed in writing at the time it is given by one other person; (3) In writing by the guardian of the resident or recipient; (4) In writing by the attorney in fact of the resident or recipient, if the resident or recipient has authorized the attorney in fact to give such consent; (5) In writing by the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased resident or recipient. (B) If consent to acce...

...s and which shall be surrendered at the time the representative separates from the office. Except as a supervised part of training, no volunteer shall perform any duty unless the volunteer is certified as a representative having received appropriate training for that duty. (D) The state ombudsman shall provide technical assistance to regional programs conducting training for volunteers and shall monitor the traini...

...g information about a complaint, public entities, and confidential records of residents or recipients. The identity of a resident or recipient, a complainant who is not a resident or recipient, or an individual providing information about a complaint shall not be disclosed without the written consent of the resident or recipient, complainant, or individual, or a legal representative of any of the foregoing, or except...

...the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program are immune from civil or criminal liability for any action taken in the good faith performance of their official duties under sections 173.14 to 173.26 of the Revised Code. (B) A person acting in good faith is immune from civil or criminal liability incident to any of the following: providing information to the office, participating in registration of ...

... services; failure to provide care in a timely manner; discharge; and termination of employment. (B) An employee providing information to or participating in good faith in registering a complaint with the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program or participating in the investigation of a complaint or in administrative or judicial proceedings resulting from a complaint registered with the office shall h...

...vise, consult, and cooperate with any agency, program, or other entity related to the purposes of the office. Any agency, program, or other entity related to the purposes of the office shall advise, consult, and cooperate with the office. The office shall attempt to establish effective coordination with government-sponsored programs that provide legal services to the elderly and with protective and advocacy programs...