{"id":59,"date":"2025-02-25T17:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/ltcop\/abuseform\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:07:07","slug":"abuseform","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/ltcop\/abuseform\/","title":{"rendered":"abuseform ~ Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n  \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/ltcop\/abuseform.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n\n      <\/a>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]--><!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n\n    <\/header>\n\n\n   <\/div><br>\n\n\n \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_content\">\n\n\n    <!--[type=HTMLEDIT name=\"Content\"]-->\n\n\n<h2>Reporting Abuse in Long-Term Care Settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<br><br>\n\n\n\n<p>Ombudsmen are not emergency responders. If you feel that the person is in immediate danger, please contact 9-1-1. When contacting the Delaware Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, an Ombudsman will explain options of reporting allegations of abuse, neglect, and\/or exploitation. <\/p><p>\n\n\n\nProcessing complaints made by or on behalf of residents is the highest priority of the program. <\/p><p>\n\n\n\nWhen reporting an allegation of abuse, neglect, and\/or exploitation of a person living in a long-term care setting, please contact the Division of Health Care Quality:<\/p><br> \n\n\n\n<p><strong>Complaint and Incident Reporting 24-Hour Toll-Free Line<br>\n\n\n\nPhone: 1-877-453-0012<br>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIncident and Complaint Referral Center<br>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(302) 421-7400<br>\n\n\n\nOr submit an Online <a href=\"\/dhcq\/mailform.html\">Complaint Form<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> \n\n\n\n<br><br>\n\n\n\n  <!--[END]-->\n\n\n\n\n\n  <\/div><!-- \/container -->\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Reporting Abuse in Long-Term Care Settings Ombudsmen are not emergency responders. If you feel that the person is in immediate danger, please contact 9-1-1. When contacting the Delaware Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, an Ombudsman will explain options of reporting allegations of abuse, neglect, and\/or exploitation. Processing complaints made by or on behalf of residents [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-59","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/ltcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/ltcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/ltcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/ltcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/ltcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/ltcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/ltcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}