CLOP Collaborates With Group Home Providers & Community Members To Protect Medical Rights of Man With Developmental Disability
Recently a Louisiana resident contacted a DRLA Community Living Ombudsman on behalf of a man with a developmental disability who has challenges with verbal communication. A hospital was considering giving this man a gastronomy tube to help him eat. If…
More Continue Reading: CLOP Collaborates With Group Home Providers & Community Members To Protect Medical Rights of Man With Developmental DisabilityCLOP informs client of status qualifying for waiver
CLOP assisted a group home resident in his 30s. He had been trying to get services to live in the community for over 8 years, and did not think it was ever going to happen. The CLOP Ombudsman investigated and…
More Continue Reading: CLOP informs client of status qualifying for waiverCLOP works on behalf of client to develop Plan of Action, improve conditions in group home
A family member contacted the CLOP Ombudsman to report his daughter was possibly being abused and neglected in a 6-bed group home. She had bruises on her arms and he reported significant mood swings and changes in her ability to…
More Continue Reading: CLOP works on behalf of client to develop Plan of Action, improve conditions in group homeDRLA Legal Team and CLOP challenge discharge, help client return to group home
A group home resident was involuntarily discharge to a hospital’s behavior unit and remained there for 4-5 months. CLOP and the DRLA legal team worked with the resident to overturn this outrageous violation of his rights so he could return…
More Continue Reading: DRLA Legal Team and CLOP challenge discharge, help client return to group homeCLOP Ombudsman works to transfer resident to safer community home, assists in seeking compensation and waiver
A client’s grandmother contacted a DRLA CLOP Ombudsman to report concerns of her grandson’s safety and well-being. He was a resident of a large group home and she was concerned about excessive weight loss and replacement cost for continued missing/damaged…
More Continue Reading: CLOP Ombudsman works to transfer resident to safer community home, assists in seeking compensation and waiverCLOP files health standards complaint, works with Medicaid to obtain waiver for client
A family member of a group home resident contacted their CLOP Ombudsman to report that the resident wanted to move out of the group home into the community on a Medicaid waiver. The Ombudsman spoke to the client, visited the…
More Continue Reading: CLOP files health standards complaint, works with Medicaid to obtain waiver for clientCLOP Ombudsman helps resident attend mass of her choice alongside her husband
A CLOP Ombudsman learned that a group home resident was being forced to attend a church of a different denomination than hers and who was being barred from visiting her husband. Through the Ombudsman’s advocacy, the client can now attend…
More Continue Reading: CLOP Ombudsman helps resident attend mass of her choice alongside her husbandCLOP helps group home resident obtain waiver and release from unnecessary institutionalization
A 22-year-old was placed in a group home by his parents due to his misbehavior at home. He was very high functioning and while in the group home was able to convince other residents to purchase things for him in…
More Continue Reading: CLOP helps group home resident obtain waiver and release from unnecessary institutionalizationCLOP Ombudsman files complaint, community home now provides adequate food and full allowances
A staff member at a small community home called the CLOP Ombudsman and sent pictures reporting there was no food in the home, and that the residents complained of not getting their allowance. The CLOP Ombudsman visited the residents at…
More Continue Reading: CLOP Ombudsman files complaint, community home now provides adequate food and full allowancesCLOP Ombudsman helps client obtain Freedom of Choice waiver
A family member at a small group home contacted their CLOP Ombudsman to report that her cousin wants to move out on a waiver member and that she was given the Freedom of Choice. The Ombudsman spoke to the client,…
More Continue Reading: CLOP Ombudsman helps client obtain Freedom of Choice waiver
