Date: Oct. 23, 2019
To: Assisted living providers, residents, family members, advocates and other interested parties
From: DHS Aging and Adult Services and Disability Services divisions
Purpose: To invite stakeholders to take a survey and attend a statewide livestream event about a new assisted living report card
Contact: dhs.aasd.hcbs@state.mn.us

Help Minnesota develop an assisted living report card

Assisted living residents, family members, advocates, providers and other stakeholders can help DHS develop a new assisted living report card by participating in an online survey or attending a statewide livestream event.

Background

The 2019 Legislature funded the development of an assisted living report card, which will complement the Minnesota Nursing Home Report Card as a tool families can use to make decisions about long-term services and supports.

Survey

All interested stakeholders can take the assisted living survey through the end of November 2019.

We are using this survey to get feedback on the importance of resident quality of live, safety, health outcomes, staff quality and other aspects of assisted living. The survey was developed by the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health, in partnership with the DHS Aging and Adult Services Division and the Minnesota Board on Aging.

Livestream event

Counties, tribal nations, health plans, home and community-based service providers, discharge planners and other stakeholders are invited to participate in the Assisted Living: A Community Conversation livestream event.

This free event takes place Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. We will livestream the event to a variety of locations statewide.

An expert panel in St. Paul and local facilitators throughout Minnesota will host a conversation about assisted living. During this conversation, participants will have the opportunity to:

• Provide feedback on the assisted living report card
• Learn about regulatory changes during the next several years and their implications for people they serve.

To learn more and register for the event, visit Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging - Assisted Living: A Community Conversation.

To submit requests for reasonable accommodations, email Rajean Moone at rajean@mnlcoa.org by Oct. 28, 2019.  

Additional opportunities

If you are interested in future opportunities to participate, subscribe to the stakeholder email list on the DHS assisted living report card project webpage.

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