The company also formed Applied Materials Japan, Inc., a joint venture created to increase the company's share of the growing Japanese semiconductor equipment market. Sales reached $69.3 million in 1980, but by 1982 the company was once again hit hard by a worldwide recession in the semiconductor industry.
All long-term care facilities are required to post, in a conspicuous location, the phone number for the local Ombudsman office and the Statewide CRISISline number 1-800-231-4024. This CRISISline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to take calls and refer complaints from residents.
Created from the Older Americans Act of 1961, the Ombudsman program is in all 50 states. Volunteers make our program very cost effective â currently utilizing 140-150 volunteers statewide who work with 10.5 FTE staff. Volunteers made nearly 90% of the 10,000+ visits we made to facilities last year.