Final answer:
Family council members are not typically required to be interviewed by a surveyor according to OBRA regulations. The interviews generally involve nursing staff, long-term care ombudsmen, and facility residents.
Step-by-step explanation:
According to OBRA regulations, the surveyor is generally required to interview a variety of individuals to assess compliance with standards of care in a long-term care setting. However, they are not required to interview family council members as part of the routine survey process. The other groups mentioned -- nursing staff, the long-term care ombudsmen, and facility residents -- are typically part of the individuals a surveyor would interact with during a survey.
In addressing the related questions, epidemiologists might interview a sample of patients during an outbreak investigation, and in cases of elder abuse, it is often caregivers who perpetrate the abuse. Finally, when looking at agents of political socialization, a U.S. senator does not typically directly socialize an individual in terms of personal political values and beliefs, unlike family members, religious leaders, and teachers.