Advocacy Groups

 

There are a number of citizens' advocacy groups across the United States.  If you know of a group which you feel should be included in our listing, please contact us by email.

Listed by State: 

Select a state below to go directly to that state's Citizen Group

 

Arkansas
Arkansas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents
104 Rainbow Court
Fairfield Bay, AR 72088
Contact: Nancy Johnson
ph: (501) 884-6728 
e-mail: gjohnson@artelco.com
web: http://www.aanhr.org 
 
California
Citizens Serving Long Term Care Residents
1212 Broadway, Suite 606
Oakland, CA 94612-1824
Contact: Dorothy Epstein
ph: (510) 465-1065 
fax: (510) 465-1050 
e-mail: acombud@sprintmail.com
 
Foundation Aiding the Elderly
P.O. Box 254849
9719 Lincoln Village Drive, #202
Sacramento, CA 95865
Contact: Carole Herman
ph: (916) 481-8558
fax: (916) 364-0948 
e-mail: carole@4fate.com
 
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
1610 Bush Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Contact: Pat McGinnis
ph:  (415) 474-5171 
ph2: 1-800-474-1116 (consumers only)
fax: (415) 474-2904
e-mail: CANHRmail@canhr.org
web: http://www.canhr.org
 
Connecticut
Advocates for Loved Ones in Nursing Homes (AFLON)
224 Ledyard Street
New London, CT 06320
Contact: Cathy Wilson
ph: (860) 739-5859
fax: (860) 739-7003 
e-mail: aflon@hotmail.com
 
Connecticut Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
CCCNHR c/o Jane McNichol at the Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut Inc.
80 Jefferson Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Contact: Jane McNichol
ph: (860) 278-5688 ext. 15
e-mail: cccnhr@hotmail.com
 
District of Columbia
Washingtonians for the Improvement of Nursing Homes
4958 Brandywine Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Contact: Janet Wells
 
Florida
Florida Advocates for Nursing Home Improvement
10955 Villa Monte Drive
Mukilteo, WA 98275
Contact: Mary Gorale
ph: 1-888-647-3367 (toll free)
fax: (425) 493-9246 
e-mail: fanhimg@aol.com
Note: This is a FL Org. Office is in WA
 
Quality Care Advocates, Inc.
P.O. Box 2213
Port Charlotte, FL 33949-2213
Contact: Linda Pounds
ph: (941) 743-0987 
fax: (941) 625-1964 
 
Coalition to Protect America's Elders
8094 Buck Lake Road
Tallahassee, FL 32311
Contact: Barbara Hengstebeck
tel. (850) 216-2727 
fax. (850) 216-1930 
e-mail: bhengstebeck@msn.com
web: http://www.protectelders.org
 
Illinois
Illinois Citizens For Better Care
220 South State Street
Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60604
Contact: Wendy Meltzer
ph: (312) 663-5120
fax: (312) 427-0181
 
Nursing Home Monitors
6111 Vollmer Lane
Godfrey, IL 62035
Contact: Violette King
ph:  (618) 466-3410 
fax: (618) 466-3410
e-mail: vkmonitor@earthlink.net 
 
Indiana
V.O.I.C.E.S. - c/o Legal Services
Riverside One
101 Court Street
 #101
Evansville, IN 47708
Contact: Judith G. Dockery
ph: (812) 423-2927
 
United Senior Action
1920 W. Morris Street
Suite 246
Indianapolis, IN 46221-1540
Contact: Paul Severance
ph: (317) 634-0872 
fax: (317) 687-3661 
e-mail: pseverance@iquest.net
 
Iowa
Iowans for Nursing Home Reform
3707 SE 24th Court
Des Moines, IA 50320
Contact: Bill Rieckhoff
ph: (515) 288-9403
e-mail: Wrieckhoof@aol.com
 
Kansas
Kansas Advocates for Better Care
913 Tennessee, Suite 2
Lawrence, KS 66044
Contact: Deanne Lenhart
ph: (785) 842-3088 
fax: (785) 749-0029 
e-mail: dlenhart@kabc.org
web: http://www.kabc.org
 
Kentucky
Cease Abuse, Neglect, Dignify Life for the Elderly in Kentucky
16022 Ellington Run
Ashland, KY 41102-9654
Contact: Ann Earl
ph: (606) 928-6237
e-mail: flame@zoomnet.net
 
Louisiana
Citizens Care
Advocates for Quality and Choice in LTC 
P.O. Box 56041
New Orleans, LA 70156
Contact: Alan Pincus
ph: (504) 586-1627
fax: (504) 586-1627
e-mail: cqnhc@citizens-care.org
web: http://www.citizens-care.org
 
 
Maryland
Maryland Advocates for Enhanced Long Term Care
6453 Overbrook Street
Falls Church, VA 22043
Contact: Ilene Henshaw
ph: (703) 241-8338 
fax: (703) 241-4983 
e-mail: AELTC1@aol.com
NOTE: This is a MD org. Office is in VA
 
Massachusetts
Cape United Elderly
P.O. Box 954
Hyannis, MA 02601
Contact: Susan D. Bowes
ph: (508) 771-1727 
fax: (508) 775-7488 
e-mail: cacci@cape.com
 
Michigan
Citizens for Better Care
6105 W. St. Joseph's Hwy.
Suite 211
Lansing, MI 48917
Contact: Victor Weipert
ph:  (517) 886-6797 ext. 223
fax: (517) 886-6349
e-mail: cbcvicw@aol.com
 
Action! Coalition for Improvement of Nursing Homes
P.O. Box 51463
Livonia, MI 48151-1463
Contact: Catherine Wallace
ph: (734) 522-5424 (24-hour voice mail)
fax: (734) 525-3535 
e-mail: actioncoalition@ameritech.net
 
Voices of the Elderly
14170 Mulberry
Southgate, MI 48195
Contact: Raelene Nowak
ph: (734) 285-1507
 
Michigan Campaign for Quality Care
5886 Highgate Avenue
East Lansing, MI 48823
Contact: Alison Hirschel
ph:  (517) 487-1755
fax: (517) 487-0827
e-mail: hirschel@umich.edu
 
Minnesota
Advocacy Center for Long-Term Care
2626 East 82nd Street, Suite 220
Bloomington, MN 55425-1381
Contact: Kathleen Kelso
ph:  (612) 854-7304 
fax: (612) 854-8535
e-mail: AC4LTC2KCK@aol.com
web: http://www.advocacy-center.org
 
Advocacy Center for Long-Term Care
221 Center Street
Mankato, MN 56001
Contact: Marie Crawford
ph:  (507) 387-4234
fax: (507) 387-4234
 
Missouri
Missouri Coalition for Quality Care
P.O. Box 7165
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Contact: Joanne Polowy
ph:    (573) 634-8717
fax:  (573) 635-1648 
e-mail: JoPolowy@aol.com
web: http://www.mcqc.com
 
Montana
Montana Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
3600 America Way
#217
Missoula, MT 59808
Contact: Alice Campbell
ph: (406) 543-5761  
 
Nebraska
Nebraska Advocates for Nursing Home Residents
10050 Regency Circle,
Suite 525
Omaha, NE 68114
Contact: Bill Seidler
ph: (402) 397-3801
fax: (402) 397-3869 
 
Nebraska Advocacy Services Inc.
522 Lincoln Center Building
215 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE 68508
Contact: Eric Evans
ph: (402) 474-3183 
e-mail: eric@nas-pa.org
New Jersey
New Jersey Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
391 Hall Court
South Orange, NJ 07079
Contact: Meyer S. Schreiber
ph: (973) 762-7955 
 
New Mexico
New Mexicans for Quality Long Term Care
P.O. Box 1712
Belen, NM 87002
Contact: J.C. Beverly, President
ph: (505) 864-7534 
fax: (505) 864-7534
e-mail: jbeve1@msn.com 
 
New York
Coalition Institutionalized Aged & Disabled, Inc
c/o Brookdale Center on Aging
425 East 25th Street
Room 818
New York, NY 10010
Contact: Geoff Lieberman
ph: (212) 481-4348 
fax: (212) 481-5069
e-mail: ciadny@aol.com
 
Friends & Relatives of the Institutionalized Aged (FRIA)
11 John Street,
Suite 601
New York, NY 10038
Contact: Jean Murphy, Executive Director
ph: (212) 732-4455
fax: (212) 732-6945
e-mail: friany@aol.com
web: http://www.fria.org
 
Nursing Home Community Coalition of N.Y. State
11 John Street
Suite 601
New York, NY 10038
Contact: Cynthia Rudder
ph: (212) 385-0355
fax: (212) 732-6945
e-mail: cindyrudd@aol.com
 
North Carolina
Friends of Residents In Long Term Care
3301 Womans Club Drive
Suite 103
Raleigh, NC 27612
Contact: Carol Teal
ph: (919) 782-1530
fax: (919) 782-3851
e-mail: forltc@mindspring.com
web: http://www.forltc.home.mindspring.com 
 
Ohio
Families for Improved Care, Inc.
3440 Olentangy River Road
Columbus, OH 43202
Contact: Donald Greenberg
(614) 267-0777 (work)
e-mail: Fficgroup@aol.com
web: http://familiesforimprovedcare.freeservers.com
 
Oklahoma
Oklahomans for Improvement of Nursing Care Homes
1423 Oakwood Drive
P.O. Box 1551
Norman, OK 73070
Contact: Joanna Deighton
ph: (405) 364-5004 
fax: (405) 364-5004
e-mail: JADCD@aol.com
web: http://www.nhadvocates.org/okinch/home.htm
 
Pennsylvania
Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly
1315 Walnut Street
suite 1000
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Contact: Diane Menio
ph: (215) 545-5728 
fax: (215) 545-5372
e-mail: menio@carie.org
e-mail2: carie@carie.org
web: http://www.carie.org
 
Rhode Island
Alliance for Better Nursing Home Care
422 Post Road
Suite 204
Warwick, RI 02888
Contact: Nancy Glanz
ph: (401) 785-3340 
fax: (401) 785-3391
e-mail: nancy4cats@earthlink.net
 
South Carolina
Association For Protection of the Elderly
528-A Columbia Avenue
Suite 127
Lexington, SC 29072
Contact: Judy Murphy
ph: (803) 356-6535 
fax: (803) 356-6212
e-mail: apeape1@aol.com
web: http://www.apeape.org
 
Tennessee
Tennessee Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
Council of Community Services
2012 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212
Contact: Sharon Shields
ph: (615) 343-2561 
 
Texas
Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
16908 South Ridge Lane
Austin, TX 78734-1235
Contact: Marie B. Wisdom
ph: (512) 266-1961 
fax: (512) 266-3160
e-mail: marie@earthlink.net
 
Nursing Home Victims Coalition
5010 North Fresco
Austin, TX 78731
Contact: Nancy McCabe
ph: (512) 453-1770 
fax: (512) 453-1770
e-mail: nhvc@aol.com
 
Texas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents (TANHR)
TANHR- Austin
500 East Anderson Lane, Apt. 234W
Austin, TX 78752
ph: (512) 719-4757
fax: (512) 719-5057
contact: Beth Ferris, President
e-mail: oferris@aol.com  
 
TANHR- Corpus Christi
4033 Congressional
Corpus Christi, TX 78413
Corpus Christi Contact: Gay Nell Harper
ph: (361) 851-0351 
fax: (361) 851-0515 
e-mail: sealbeem@aol.com
 
TANHR- Dallas
P.O. Box 763143
Dallas, TX 75376
Contact: Lou O'Reilly, Founder
ph/fax: (972) 572-6330 (Central Office)
e-mail: voreilly@swbell.net  
web: http://www.tanhr.org
 
Texans For the Improvement of Long Term Care
4545 Cook Road, #303
Houston, TX 77072-1125
Contact: Sam Perlin
ph: (281) 933-4533 
fax: (281) 498-6343
e-mail: sperlin@aol.com
web: http://tiltc.virtualave.net
 
United People for Better Nursing Home Care
P.O. Box 13124
Arlington, TX 76094-0124
Contact: Katherine Bates, Founder
ph: (817) 265-1234
e-mail: unitedp_2000@yahoo.com
web: http://www.unitedpeople.com
 
Virginia
Friends and Relatives of Nursing Home Residents
1710 Park Road
Apt. D
Harrisonburg, VA 22802
Contact: Anne See
ph: (540) 433-0313 
fax: (540) 433-2202
 
Virginia Friends & Relatives of Nursing Home Residents
1426 Claremont Avenue
Richmond, VA 23227
Contact: Joani Latimer
ph: (804) 644-2804 
fax: (804) 644-5640
 
TLC for Long Term Care
P.O. Box 523323
Springfield, VA 22152
Contact: Jan Clement or Susan Hall
ph: (703) 451-8631
ph2: (703) 425-5229
fax: (703)425-4563
e-mail: clementj@erols.com
web: http://www.umva.com/tlc4ltc/
 
Citizens Committee to Protect the Elderly
3813 Bonney Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Contact: Bernadette Ambolo
ph: (757) 498-8600 
fax: (757) 498-8774
e-mail: citizenscommittee@citizenscommittee.org
web: http://www.citizenscommitte.org
 
Washington 
Resident Councils of Washington
220 E. Canyon View Road
Belfair, WA 98528
Contact: Sharon McIntyre
ph: (360) 275-8000 
fax: (360) 275-8000
e-mail: rcwexec@aol.com
 
Citizens for the Improvement of Nursing Homes
4649 Sunnyside North
Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98103-6900
Contact: Jan Kavadas, Director
ph:  (206) 545-7053
fax: (206)545-7059
 
Wisconsin
Citizen Advocates for Nursing Home Residents
P.O. Box 188
Slinger, WI 53086-0188
Contact: Robert Snow
ph: (262) 644-4501 
fax: (262) 644-7192 
 
Wyoming
Concerned Citizens for Quality Nursing Home Care
240 South Wolcott Street
Suite 206
Casper, WY 82601
Contact: Beverly Miller
ph: (307) 266-6659