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CaringCareersStartHere.com is helping connect job seekers with long-term care employers. We’ve welcomed over 50,000 visitors to the site since May, helping to elevate careers in aging services across the state.

As the year draws to a close, we’re gearing up for the event that brings our community together like no other: the annual Institute & Expo! And this time, we’re doing things a little differently. Our theme—Courageous Thinking—is all about celebrating bold ideas and innovative approaches to improving the lives of older adults. We want your stories to take center stage.

We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming launch of our brand-new Foundation newsletter! Arriving in your inbox this December, it will be your go-to source for the latest groundbreaking initiatives transforming the experience of aging in Minnesota.

The LeadingAge Minnesota QUEST Report is now available for second quarter, 2024.

While final numbers are still being calculated, this November, Minnesota voters continued a long-standing tradition of high voter turnout.

The Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board (NHWSB), an unelected body created by the 2023 Legislature, has the power to create rules related to the pay of nursing home workers and other working conditions.

The Legislative Task Force on Aging met on Tuesday, October 29. They first heard testimony from officials with Pennsylvania’s Department on Aging before giving an overview of the recommendation to create a Minnesota Department on Aging.

As the year draws to a close, we're gearing up for the event that brings our community together like no other: the annual Institute & Expo! And this time, we’re doing things a little differently.

The 2024 election will take place on Tuesday, November 5. In addition to the presidential and federal elections, Minnesota has all 134 seats of the State House of Representatives up for election and one special election for the State Senate in District 45.

LeadingAge Minnesota consists of seven geographical districts which serve an important governance function of the association.

LeadingAge Minnesota recently emailed complimentary copies of the 2024 compensation reports for nursing facilities and senior housing providers to members who participated in those surveys.

Updated LeadingAge Minnesota Data Portal benchmark reports are available for workforce measures, including staff vacancies, retention and turnover.

LeadingAge Minnesota has joined with 20 other affiliated organizations, together representing hundreds of not-for-profit aging services providers across the country, in a lawsuit to overturn the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services’ (CMS) staffing mandate. The mandate creates an untenable situation for senior care facilities across Minnesota and throughout the country.

This election season, LeadingAge Minnesota members around the state are hosting candidate forums to provide a platform for local candidates to discuss issues affecting older adults and Minnesota’s aging services sector.

The Legislative Task Force on Aging met Wednesday, Oct. 10 to discuss the first draft of their final report.

Today, the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board rule that would require eleven paid holidays was approved by the board for submission to the Office of Administrative Hearings.

DHS, in cooperation with Age-Friendly Minnesota (AFMN) Council, is offering Community Grants for SFY24-26 to help communities work on age-friendly projects and become better places for all Minnesotans to grow older.

The LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation is excited to announce that we will be investing nearly $1 million to support new Americans in the aging services workforce over the next two years, thanks to recent grant funding from the Minnesota Department of Human Services’ Grant, Equity, Access, and Research (GEAR) Division.

Last week, Energy and Commerce, a subcommittee of the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee, took action to advance several key policy priorities to their next committee stop:

Earlier this week, the comment period closed for the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board (the board) rule that would require eleven paid holidays and establish requirements for certified worker training.