Nursing home abuse involving South Dakota nursing homes should be 
            reported.  Below are the names of  state officials to whom you may 
            report nursing home abuse or neglect.
			
              
                
                State Long Term Care Ombudsman 
                Donna Fischer 
                State LTC Ombudsman 
                SD Office of Adult Services & Aging 
                Department of Social Services 
                700 Governors Drive 
                Pierre, SD 57501-2291 
                Work: (605)773-3656 
                Fax: (605)773-6834 
                website:http://www.state.sd.us/social/ASA/services/ombudsman.htm 
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                Office on Aging 
                Lynne A. Valenti 
                Cabinet Secretary 
                Office of Adult Services & Aging - VIII 
                700 Governor's Drive 
                Pierre, SD 57501-2291 
                Work: (605)773-3656 
                Fax: (605)773-6834 
                website:http://http://dss.sd.gov/ 
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                Licensure and Certifications 
                Dan Thayer 
                Director, Licensing & Certification 
                South Dakota Department of Health 
                Off. of Health Care Facilities 
                615 East 4th Street 
                Pierre, SD 57501-1700 
                Work: (605)773-5273 
                Fax: (605)773-6667 
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                Medicaid Fraud Unit Control 
                Jason Glodt 
                Director 
                Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of South Dakota 
                Office of The Attorney General 
                110 W. Missouri Street 
                Pierre, SD 57501-4506 
                Work: (605)773-4102 
                Fax: (605)773-6471 
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                Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrator 
                Joyce Vos 
                SD Board of Examiners for NHA 
                PO Box 632 
                Sioux Falls, SD 57101-0632 
                Work: (605)331-5040 
                Fax: (605)331-2043 
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                Medicaid Agency 
                Damien Prunty 
                Administrator 
                Dept of Social Services 
                Richard F. Kneip Building 
                700 Governors Drive 
                Pierre, SD 57501-2291 
                Work: (605)773-3495 
                Fax: (605)773-5246 
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                Quality Improvement Organization 
                Mark Hoven 
                Chief Executive Officer 
                South Dakota FMC 
                1323 South Minnesota Avenue 
                Sioux Falls, SD 57105-0691 
                Work: (605)336-3505 
                Fax: (605)336-0270 
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                Protection and Advocacy System 
                Robert Kean 
                Executive Director 
                SD Advocacy Services 
                221 South Central Ave. 
                Pierre, SD 57501 
                Work: (605)224-8294 
                Fax: (605)224-5125 
                website:http://www.sdadvocacy.com 
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                Adult Protective Service Agency 
                Cassie Lindquist 
                Executive Director 
                Office of Adult Services & Aging 
                700 Governors Drive 
                Pierre, SD 57501-2291 
                Work: (605)773-3656 
                Fax: (605)773-6834 
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                Local and Regional Ombudsmen 
                Nancy Anderson 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Madison 
                Dept. of Social Services 
                223 S. Van Eps Avenue 
                Suite 201 
                Madison, SD 57042 
                Work: (605)256-5683 
                Area Served: Lake, Oldham and Ramona (Kingsbury), Miner counties 
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                Mary Antrim 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Watertown 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                100 South Maple 
                P. O. Box 670 
                Watertown, SD 57201-0670 
                Work: (605)882-5003 
                Area Served: Codington, Grant, Deuel, Clark, Hamlin counties 
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                Dennis Bendt 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Rapid City 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                510 North Campbell 
                P. O. Box 2440 
                Rapid City, SD 57701-2440 
                Work: (605)394-2434 
                Area Served: Pennington and Hermosa (Custer) counties 
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                Gary Bowar 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Winner 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                649 West Second Street 
                Winner, SD 57580-1598 
                Work: (605)842-0400 
                Area Served: Southern Gregory, Tripp, Mellette and Todd counties 
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                John Burchill 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Pierre 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                912 East Sioux 
                Pierre, SD 57501-3940 
                Work: (605)773-3521 
                Area Served: Haakon, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Western Lyman, 
                Stanley, Sully counties 
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                Sharon Culbertson 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Sturgis 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                2200 West Main 
                Sturgis, SD 57785-1937 
                Work: (605)347-2588 
                Area Served: Meade county 
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                Patricia Ecker 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Sisseton 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                119 East Cherry Street 
                P. O. Box 230 
                Sisseton, SD 57262-0230 
                Work: (605)698-7675 
                Area Served: East 1/3 Marshall and Roberts counties 
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                Dawn Grey 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Filed Office - Deadwood 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                20 Cliff Street 
                P. O. Box 607 
                Deadwood, SD 57732-0607 
                Work: (605)578-2402 
                Area Served: Lawrence county 
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                Mae Gunnare 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Olivet 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                140 E. Euclid 
                Room 127 
                Olivet, SD 57052-2103 
                Work: (605)387-4219 
                Area Served: Hutchinson county 
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                Cheryl Hill 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Vermillion 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                12th Court Street 
                P. O. Box 516 
                Vermillion, SD 57069-0516 
                Work: (605)677-6800 
                Area Served: Clay and Union counties 
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                Scott Hult 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Brookings 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                1310 South Main 
                P. O. Box 708 
                Brookings, SD 57006-0708 
                Work: (605)688-4330 
                Area Served: Brookings, Kingsbury (not Oldham and Ramona), Moody 
                counties 
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                Lori Isburg-Breding 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Chamberlain 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                704 North Main 
                P. O. Box 430 
                Chamberlain, SD 57325-0430 
                Work: (605)734-6581 
                Area Served: Brule, Buffalo, Northern Gregory, Eastern Lyman 
                counties 
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                Roy King 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Lake Andes 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                3rd & Lake 
                P. O. Box 190 
                Lake Andes, SD 57356-0190 
                Work: (605)487-7607 
                Area Served: Charles Mix, Douglas, Stickney (Aurora) counties 
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                Pat Mettler 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Mitchell 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                116 East 11th Street 
                P. O. Box 310 
                Mitchell, SD 57301-0310 
                Work: (605)995-3100 
                Area Served: Davidson, Sanborn, Hanson, Jerauld, Aurora, Dimock 
                (Hutchinson) counties 
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                John Riley 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Mobridge 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                920 West 6th 
                P. O. Box 160 
                Mobridge, SD 57601-0160 
                Work: (605)845-2922 
                Area Served: Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Perkins, Potter, Walworth, 
                Ziebach counties 
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                Kathi Skoglund 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Sioux Falls 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                811 East 10th Street 
                Dept. 4 
                Sioux Falls, SD 57103-1650 
                Work: (605)367-5400 
                Fax: (605)367-4866 
                Area Served: Minnehaha, Turner, McCook, Lincoln counties 
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                Kathi Skoglund~ 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Yankton 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                3113 N Spruce 
                Suite 200 
                Yankton, SD 57078 
                Work: (605)668-3030 
                Area Served: Yankton, Bon Homme, Freeman (Hutchinson) counties 
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                Vonda Smith 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Huron 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                239 Wisconsin, SW 
                P. O. Box 1408 
                Huron, SD 57350-1408 
                Work: (605)353-7112 
                Area Served: Beadle, Hand, Iroquois counties 
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                Kathy Talsma 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Belle Fourche 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                609 5th Avenue 
                Belle Fourche, SD 57717 
                Work: (605)892-2731 
                Area Served: Butte, Spearfish (Lawrence), Harding, Sturgis 
                (Meade) counties 
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                Ken Tiffany 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Aberdeen 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                422 S Washington 
                PO Box 1300 
                Aberdeen, SD 57401-1300 
                Work: (605)626-3145 
                Area Served: Brown, Faulk, w. 2/3 Marshall, McPherson, Edmunds, 
                Day counties 
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                Linda Valandra 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Hot Springs 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                2500 Minnekahta Ave., Bldg. 1 
                P. O. Box 729 
                Hot Springs, SD 57747 
                Work: (605)745-5100 
                Area Served: Custer and Fall River counties 
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                Sheri Weig 
                Ombudsman 
                Asa Field Office - Redfield 
                Long Term Care Ombudsman Prog. 
                Courthouse 
                210 E. 7th Avenue 
                Redfield, SD 57469-1299 
                Work: (605)472-2230 
                Area Served: Spink county |