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Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Map of the counties of Tennessee divided into regions Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region 7 Region 8 Region 9

1

Debby Morrell
Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Legal Aid of East TN
311 West Walnut St.
PO Drawer 360
Johnson City, TN 37605-0360
Phone: 423-794-2488
Fax:    423-928-9488

E-mail: dmorrell@laet.org

Website:
www.laet.org


Region 1 Counties:
• Carter
• Greene
• Hancock
• Hawkins
• Johnson
• Sullivan
• Unicoi
• Washington

2

Cindy Troyer
Long-Term Care Ombudsman
East TN Human Resource Agency
9111 Cross Park Drive
Suite D-100
Knoxville, TN 37923-4517
Tel:  865-691-2551 ext. 4223
Fax:  865-531-7216

E-mail: ctroyer@ethra.org
Website:
www.ethra.org


Region 2 Counties:
• Anderson
• Blount
• Campbell
• Claiborne
• Cocke
• Grainger
• Hamblen
• Jefferson
• Knox
• Loudon
• Monroe
• Morgan
• Roane
• Scott
• Sevier
• Union

3

Trudy Mott
Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Partnership for Families, Children, and Adults
225 East Eighth St. (37402-2202)
PO Box 11398
Chattanooga, TN 37401-2398
Tel:   423-755-2877
Fax:  423-755-2755

Email: tmott@partnershipfca.com
Website:
partnershipfca.com


Region 3 Counties:
• Bledsoe
• Bradley
• Grundy
• Hamilton
• McMinn
• Marion
• Meigs
• Polk
• Rhea
• Sequatchie

4

Marie C Ferran
Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Aging Services for the
Upper Cumberlands
1225 South Willow Avenue
Cookeville, TN 38506-4194
Tel:   931-432-4210
Fax:  931-432-6010

E-mail: eldlaw@twlakes.net
Region 4 Counties:
• Cannon
• Clay
• Cumberland
• DeKalb
• Fentress
• Jackson
• Macon
• Overton
• Pickett
• Putnam
• Smith
• Van Buren
• Warren
• White

5

Sally Pitt
District LTC Ombudsman
Patti Bedwell
Long Term Care Ombudsman
Mid-Cumberland Human
Resource Agency
Union High Resource Center
600 Small Street, Suite 102D
Gallatin, Tn. 37066
Office: 615-452-5259
Fax: 615-452-5259
E-mail: spitt@mchra.com
E-mail: pbedwell@mchra.com

Website: 
www.mchra.com

Region 5 Counties:
• Cheatham
• Davidson
• Dickson
• Houston
• Humphreys
• Montgomery
• Robertson
• Rutherford
• Stewart
• Sumner
• Trousdale
• Williamson
• Wilson

6

Rick Lucas
Long Term Care Ombudsman
South Central Tennessee AAAD
101 Sam Watkins Blvd.
Mt. Pleasant, TN 38474
Phone: (931) 379-2926
Fax: (931) 379-2685
E-mail: rlucas@sctdd.org

Website:
www.sctdd.org


Region 6 Counties:
• Bedford
• Coffee
• Franklin
• Hickman
• Lawrence
• Lewis
• Lincoln
• Marshall
• Maury
• Moore
• Perry
• Wayne

7

Marchell Gardner
Long-Term Care Ombudsman Northwest Dev. District
206 White St. (38237-1308)
PO Box 963
Martin, TN 38237-0963
Tel:   731-587-4213 ext. 239
Fax:  731-587-9031
E-mail: marchell.gardner@nwthra.org

Website:
www.nwtddhra.org


Region 7 Counties:
• Benton
• Carroll
• Crockett
• Dyer
• Gibson
• Henry
• Lake
• Obion
• Weakley

8

Amanda Scott
Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Senior Citizens Law Project
210 West Main St. (38301-6114)
P.O Box 2066
Jackson, TN 38302-2066
Tel: 731-426-1312
Fax: 731-426-1362

E-mail: amanda@wtls.org
Website:
www.wtls.org


Region 8 Counties
• Chester
• Decatur
• Hardeman
• Hardin
• Haywood
• Henderson
• McNairy
• Madison

9

Sandra Smegelsky
Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Assoc.
910 Vance Avenue (38126-2911)
PO Box 3130
Memphis, TN 38173-0130
Tel:   901-527-0208 ext. 215
Fax:  901-523-1266

E-mail: ombudsman@mifa.org
Website:
www.mifa.org


Region 9 Counties
• Fayette
• Lauderdale 
• Shelby
• Tipton