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Information obtained from National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform

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  Alaska
CARING
1741 Westview Circle
Anchorage, AK 99504
Contact: Frances Purdy
ph: (907)333-0871
fax: (907)333-6925
e-mail: bestinterests@gci.net

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
  Arkansas
Arkansas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents
104 Rainbow Court
Fairfield Bay, AR 72088
Contact: Nancy Johnson
ph: (501)884-6728
fax: (501)884-6728
e-mail: gjohnson@artelco.com
website: http://www.aanhr.org

New Mexico
New Mexicans for Quality Long Term Care
P.O. Box 1712
Belen, NM 87002
Contact: J.C. Beverly
ph: (505)864-7534
fax: (505)864-7377
e-mail: jbeve1@msn.com, nmqltc2000@juno.com

  California
Foundation Aiding the Elderly
P.O. Box 254849
Sacramento, CA 95865-4849
Contact: Carole Herman
ph: (916)481-8558
fax: (916)481-8329
e-mail: carole@4fate.com

New York
Coalition of Institutionalized Aged
c/o Brookdale Center on Aging
425 E. 25th Street, RM 818
New York, NY 10010
Contact: Geoff Lieberman
ph: (212)481-4348
fax: (212)481-5069
e-mail: ciadny@aol.com
website: http://www.coney-island.org/ciad

 
CA Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
1610 Bush Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Contact: Patricia McGinnis
ph: (415)474-5171
fax: (415)474-2904
e-mail: patm@canhr.org
website: http://www.canhr.org


Friends & Relatives of Institutionalized Aged
11 John Street, Suite 601
New York, NY 10038
Contact: Jean Murphy
ph: (212)732-5667
fax: (212)732-6945
e-mail: FRIANY@aol.com
website: http://www.fria.org

  Connecticut
Statewide Coalition of Presidents of Resident
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Contact: Current *Advocate*


Nursing Home Community Coalition of NY State
11 John Street, Suite 601
New York, NY 10038
Contact: Cynthia Rudder
ph: (212)385-0355
fax: (212)732-6945
e-mail: crnhcc@aol.com
website: http://www.nhccnys.org

 
CT Citizens Coalition for NH Reform
Center of Connecticut, Inc.
80 Jefferson St.
Hartford, CT 06106
Contact: Jane McNichol
ph: (860)278-5688
e-mail: cccnhr@hotmail.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)782-1558
e-mail: forltc@mindspring.com
website: http://forltc.home.mindspring.com

 
Advocates for Loved Ones in Nursing Homes
224 Ledyard Street
New London, CT 06320
Contact: Cathy Wilson
ph: (860)739-5859
fax: (860)739-7003
e-mail: aflon@hotmail.com

Ohio
Families for Improved Care, Inc.
3440 Olentangy River Road
Columbus, OH 43202
Contact: Donald Greenberg
ph: (614)267-0777
e-mail: fficgroup@aol.com
website: http://www.familiesforimprovedcare.freeservers.com

  District of Columbia
Washingtonians Improvement of Nursing Homes
4425 Nannie Helen Burrough
Av NE - Apt 102
Washington, DC 20019
Contact: Curmet Forte
ph: (202)397-1120

Oklahoma
Oklahomans for Improvement of Nsg. Care Homes
1423 Oakwood Drive
P.O. Box 1551
Norman, OK 73069
Contact: Jo Anna Deighton
ph: (405)364-5004
fax: (405)364-5004
e-mail: JADCD@aol.com
website: http://www.nhadvocates.org/okinch/home.htm

  Florida
Fight Elder Abuse Together (FEAT)
591 Jupiter NW
Palm Bay, FL 32907
Contact: Judy Ahler-Friddle
ph: (321)984-8883
fax: (321)725-5386
e-mail: ahler_friddle@msn.com

Pennsylvania
Center for Advocacy for the Rights and
100 North 17th Street
Suite 600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Contact: Diane Menio
ph: (215)545-5728
fax: (215)545-5372
e-mail: menio@carie.org
website: http://www.carie.org

 
Coalition to Protect America's Elders
8094 Buck Lake Road
Tallahassee, FL 32311
Contact: Barbara Hengstebeck
ph: (850)216-2727
fax: (850)216-1930
e-mail: BHengstebeck@MSN.com
website: http://www.protectelders.org

Rhode Island
Alliance for Better Long Term Care
422 Post Road
Suite 204
Warwick, RI 02888
Contact: Matthew Cox
ph: (401)785-3340
fax: (401)785-3391
e-mail: Alliancelt@aol.com

 
Quality Care Advocates, Inc
P.O. Box 2213
Port Charlotte, FL 33949
Contact: Linda Pounds
ph: (941)743-0987

Texas
United People For Better Nursing Home Care
P.O. Box 13124
Arlington, TX 76094
Contact: Katherine Bates
ph: (817)265-1234
fax: (817)265-1234
e-mail: unitedp_2000@yahoo.com
website: http://choicemail.com/unitedpeople/

 
A Committee to Improve Our Nursing Homes
4714 Euclid Ave.
Tampa, FL 33629
Contact: Anna Spinella
ph: (813)837-1714
fax: (813)837-0657
e-mail: amspinel@tampabay.rr.com


Texas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents
500 East Anderson Ln.
#234W
Austin, TX 78752
Contact: Beth Ferris
ph: (512)719-4757
fax: (512)719-5057
e-mail: oferris@aol.com
website: http://www.tanhr.org

  Illinois
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
website: http://www.nursinghomemonitors.org


Texas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents
1015 Wavecrest Dr.
Houston, TX 77062
Contact: Gay Nell Harper
ph: (281)488-5291
fax: (281)480-4351
e-mail: sealbeem@aol.com
website: http://www.tanhr.org

 
Illinois Citizens For Better Care
220 South State Street #800
Chicago, IL 60604
Contact: Wendy Meltzer
ph: (312)663-5120
fax: (312)427-0181


United Senior Advocates
9406 Cathedral
Houston, TX 77051
Contact: Robert Lampkin
ph: (713)734-4594
fax: (713)738-7058
e-mail: rusa2K@ad.comll.net

  Indiana
United Senior Action
956 Eastern Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46201
Contact: Paul Severance
ph: (317)634-0872
fax: (317)687-3661
e-mail: pseverance@iquest.net


Nursing Home Victims Coalition
5010 North Fresco
Austin, TX 78731
Contact: Nancy McCabe
ph: (512)453-1770
fax: (512)453-1770
e-mail: nhvcinc@aol.com

  Iowa
Advocacy Network for Aging Iowans
4554 North West 114 Street
Urbandale, IA 50322
Contact: Nicola Gould
ph: (515)727-0667
e-mail: anaiowa@prodigy.net
website: http://www.agingiowans.org


Texas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents
634 Green Cove Lane
Dallas, TX 75232
Contact: Lou O'Reilly
ph: (972)572-6330
fax: (972)572-6330
e-mail: voreilly@swbell.net
website: http://www.tanhr.org

 
Iowans for Nursing Home Reform
3707 SE 24th Court
Des Moines, IA 50320
Contact: Bill Rieckhoff
ph: (515)288-9403
e-mail: Wrieckhoff@Home.com


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)498-6344
e-mail: sperlin@aol.com
website: http://tiltc.virtualave.net/

  Kansas
Kansas Advocates for Better Care
913 Tennessee Street, #2
Lawrence, KS 66044
Contact: Deanne Lenhart
ph: (785)842-3088
fax: (785)749-0029
e-mail: dlenhart@kabc.org
website: http://www.kabc.org


Texas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents
PO Box 3653
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
Contact: Sherry Rossi
ph: (940)723-7431
fax: (940)723-7431
e-mail: TANHR_North Texas@hotmail.com
website: http://www.tanhr.org

  Louisiana
Citizens Care
809 Dumaine St.
New Orleans, LA 70116
Contact: Alan Pincus
ph: (504)894-9607
e-mail: alanspin@aol.com
website: http://www.citizens-care.org/


Advocates For Nursing Home Reform
16908 South Ridge Lane
Austin, TX 78734
Contact: Marie Wisdom
ph: (512)266-1961
fax: (512)266-3160
e-mail: marie31@earthlink.net

  Massachusetts
Cape United Elderly
P.O.Box 954
Hyannis, MA 02601
Contact: Susan Bowes
ph: (508)771-1727
fax: (508)775-7488
e-mail: cacci@cape.com

Virginia
Citizens Committee to Protect the Elderly
3813 Bonney Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Contact: Judith Allison
ph: (757)498-8600
fax: (757)498-8774
e-mail: citizenscommittee@citizenscommittee.org
website: http://www.citizenscommittee.org

 
Massachusetts Advocate for Nursing Home Refor
98 Highland Street
Hyde Park, MA 02136
Contact: Ann Huff
ph: (617)361-3573


TLC for Long Term Care
P.O. Box 523323
Springfield, VA 22152
Contact: Jan Clement
ph: (703)451-8631
fax: (703)425-4563
e-mail: clementj@erols.com
website: http://www.umva.com/tlc4ltc/

  Michigan
MI Campaign for Quality Care
5886 Highgate Avenue
East Lansing, MI 48823
Contact: Alison Hirschel
ph: (517)333-0221
e-mail: hirschel@umich.edu


Maryland Advocates for Enhanced LTC
6453 Overbrook Street
Falls Church, VA 22043
Contact: Ilene Henshaw
ph: (703)241-8338
fax: (703)241-4983
e-mail: AELTC1@aol.com

 
ACTION! Coalition for Improvement of
P.O. Box 51463
Livonia, MI 48151
Contact: Cathie Wallace
ph: (734)522-5424
fax: (734)525-3535
e-mail: actioncoalition@ameritech.net


Virginia Friends & Relatives of NH Residents
1426 Claremont Avenue
Richmond, VA 23227
Contact: Joani Latimer~
ph: (804)644-2804
fax: (804)644-5640
e-mail: elderights@aol.com

 
Citizens For Better Care
6105 W. St. Joseph's Hwy.
Suite 211
Lansing, MI 48917-3981
Contact: Victor Weipert
ph: (517)886-6797
fax: (517)886-6349
e-mail: cbcvicw@aol.com
website: http://www.cbcmi.org


Friends & Relatives of Nursing Home Residents
110 Sun Beau Court
New Market, VA 22844
Contact: Anne See
ph: (540)740-4121
fax: (540)433-2202

  Minnesota
Advocacy Center for Long-Term Care
2626 East 82nd Street
Suite 220
Bloomington, MN 55425
Contact: Kathleen Kelso
ph: (612)854-7304
fax: (612)854-8535
e-mail: AC4LTC2KCK@aol.com
website: http://www.advocacy-center.org

Washington
Citizens for the Improvement of Nursing Homes
4649 Sunnyside North, Ste. 100
Seattle, WA 98103-6900
Contact: ***
ph: (206)545-7053
fax: (206)545-7059

  Missouri
Missouri Coalition For Quality Care
P.O. Box 7165
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Contact: Joanne Polowy
ph: (888)262-5644
fax: (573)635-1648
e-mail: jopolowy@aol.com
website: http://www.mcqc.com


FL Advocates for Nursing Home Improvement
10955 W. Villa Monte Drive
Mukilteo, WA 98275
Contact: Mary Gorale
ph: (888)647-3367
fax: (888)647-3367
e-mail: fanhimg@aol.com

  Montana
Montana Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
3600 America Way, Apt. 217
Missoula, MT 59808
Contact: Alice Campbell
ph: (406)543-5761


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
website: http://www.residentcouncil.org (beginning 12/31/00)

  Nebraska
Nebraska Advocacy Services, Inc.
522 Lincoln Center Bldg
215 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE 68508
Contact: Eric Evans
ph: (402)474-3183
e-mail: eric@nas-pa.org

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
e-mail: BNB@nconnect.com

 
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

Wyoming
Concerned Citizens For Quality Nsg Home Care
240 South Wolcott Street
Suite 206
Casper, WY 82601
Contact: Beverly Miller
ph: (307)266-6659

 
 
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