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Kentucky nursing home abuse assistance

Nursing home abuse involving Kentucky nursing homes should be reported.  Below are the names of private civil litigation attorneys and state officials who may be able to assist you.

State Long Term Care Ombudsman
John Sammons
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
website:http://cfc.ky.gov
/agencies/Ombudsman/

 
Office on Aging
Bill Cooper
Director
Cabinet for Health & Family Services
Division of Aging Services
275 East Main Street
5C-D
Frankfort, KY 40621
Work: (502)564-6930
Fax: (502)564-4595
 
Licensure and Certifications
Jenny Mitchell
Director
Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services
Div. of Long Term Care
275 East Main Street
5E-B
Frankfort, KY 40621-0001
Work: (502)564-2800
Fax: (502)562-4268
 
Medicaid Fraud Unit Control
Barbara Maines Whaley
Director, MFCU
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of Kentucky
Office of the Attorney General
1024 Capitol Center Drive
Frankfort, KY 40601
Work: (502)696-5405
Fax: (502)573-8316
 
Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrator
Barbara Sudduth
KY BD of Licensure For NHA
PO Box 1360
Frankfort, KY 40602
Work: (502)564-3296
Fax: (502)564-4818
 
Medicaid Agency
Russ Fendley
Commissioner
Dept. for Medicaid Services
275 East Main Street
6W-A
Frankfort, KY 40621
Work: (502)564-4321
Fax: (502)564-0509
 
Quality Improvement Organization
Philip Morphew
CEO
Health Care Excel, Incorporarted
(serves Kentucky)
P.O. Box 3713
Terre Haute, IN 47803
, KY
Work: (812)234-1499
Fax: (812)232-3603
 
Protection and Advocacy System
Maureen Fitzgerald
Executive Director
Protection & Advocacy Division
Office for Public Advocacy
100 Fair Oaks Lane
3rd Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
Work: (502)564-2967
Fax: (502)564-0848
 
Adult Protective Service Agency
Sue Crone
Manager
Div. Protection & Permanency
Adult Protective Servs. Branch
275 East Main Street
3E-C
Frankfort, KY 40621
Work: (502)564-7043
Fax: (502)564-3096
 
Citizen Advocacy Group
Bernie Vonderheide
Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform
1530 Nicholasville Road
Lexington, KY 40503
Work: (859)312-5617
website:http://www.kynurs
inghomereform.org

 
Local and Regional Ombudsmen
W.M. Brown, Jr.
Regional Ombudsman
Central Region Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog
Office of Aging Services
275 East Main Street, 5 CD
Frankfort, KY 40621
Work: (502)564-6930
Fax: (502)564-4595
Area Served: Cumberland Valley, Kentucky River, Northern Kentucky and KIPDA
 
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)866-8590
Area Served: Lake Cumberland, Adair, Casey, Clinton, Green, McCreary, Pulaski, Russell, Taylor, Wayne and Cumberland
 
Jane Chapman
Ombudsman
Eastern Region LTCOP
Office of Aging Services
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
 
Phillip Cox
Ombudsman
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
website:http://www.cfc.ky
.gov/agencies/ombudsman/

Area Served: Purchase, Pennyrile, Lincoln Trail, Lake Cumberland, Green River and Barren River counties
 

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)737-2719
Area Served: Lincoln Trail, Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson and Washington
 
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
Area Served: Bluegrass, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette Franklin, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Nicholas, Powell, Scott and Woodford
 
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
 
Steve Jones
District Ombudsman
Big Sandy Long ADD
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
 
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
 
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
 
Jackie McKinney
District Ombudsman
Purchase ADD
Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog.
PO Box 588
Mayfield, KY 42066
Work: (800)866-4213
Fax: (270)251-6110
Area Served: Ballard, Carlisle, Hickman, Fulton, Graves, Calloway, Marshall and McCracken counties
 
Ruth Morgan
District Ombudsman
Cumberland Trace Legal Services/Barren River
Long Term Care Omb Program
520 East Main Street
PO Box 1776
Bowling Green, KY 42102-1776
Work: (270)842-7587
Fax: (270)782-1993
website:http://klaid.org/
ombudsman

Area Served: Barren River, Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Logan, Metcalf, Monroe, Simpson and Warren
 
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
 
Imelda Pfister
District Ombudsman
KIPDA/Catholic Charities
Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
2911 South Fourth Street
Louisville, KY 40208
Work: (502)637-9786
Fax: (502)637-9780
Area Served: Kipda, Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble
 
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: CAldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and Trigg
 
Dianna Reynolds
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
 
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
 
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