WHAT: The Pasco/North Pinellas Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council will hold its November 2007 monthly meeting on Thursday, November 1, 2007, at New Port Richey’s Department of Children and Family Services building, 7601 Little Road, Suite 100, First Floor. The Ombudsman Council meetings are open to the public. WHO: The Pasco/N. Pinellas Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council is a part of Florida’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. The council is made up of local ombudsmen whose goal is to improve the quality of life and care of residents of long-term care facilities, including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult family care homes, and skilled nursing units in area hospitals. An ombudsman is a specially trained and certified volunteer who has been approved by the governor and given authority under federal and state law to identify, investigate and resolve complaints made by, or on behalf of, long-term care facility residents. The Pasco/North Pinellas Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council serves both Pasco and Pinellas counties. WHY: The Ombudsman Council meetings are open to the public. The public can address their concerns or issues of the long-term care facilities to the council members during the public discussion section of the meeting.