Family members in a nursing home can join together to form a united consumer voice which can communicate concerns to facility administrators and work for resolutions and improvements by forming a family council. Family councils can play a crucial role in voicing concerns, requesting improvements, supporting new family members and residents, and supporting facility efforts to make care and life in the facility the best it can be.

Join and support the family council at your loved one's facility! If no family council exists, contact your local ombudsman for assistance in joining other family members to form one.

Information and Guides

• Together We Can Do Great Things! video from Family Councils Ontario
• Family Council Brochure, from the Consumer Voice
• Family Guide to Effective Family Councils, The Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago and the Evanston Commission on Aging

Additional Websites

• Consumer Voice Family Council Center

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