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Mar 9, 2021

I got a COVID-19 vaccine. Now what?

Mar 9, 2021

Making the Decision to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine

Mar 9, 2021

About the COVID-19 Vaccines

Mar 4, 2021

Support Essential Workers Emergency Leave Act

Elder Voice Family Advocates (Elder Voice) strongly supports HF 41, the Essential Workers Emergency Leave Act. These workers are...

Mar 4, 2021

Opposition to SF 745, Immunity for Long-Term Care Providers

Elder Voice Family Advocates opposes SF 745, which would grant immunity to long-term care (LTC) providers and other health care providers...

Mar 2, 2021

Opposition to Immunity Bills SF 512, HF 571

Sign the petition to contact the authors of Minnesota legislation (SF 512 and HF 571) that would give blanket immunity from liability to...

Jan 29, 2021

Update on Assisted Living Licensure

This video details the Minnesota House Human Services & Finance Policy Committee meeting on January 26, 2021. The slide deck was created...

Jan 18, 2021

Minnesota deaths were up 15% in 2020. Not all were caused by COVID-19.

Originally published 1/16/21 Excerpted from Pioneer Press Article. Read the full article from St. Paul's Pioneer Press by clicking here. ...

Sep 21, 2020

State health department must provide more data on COVID in Minnesota long-term care facilities

This opinion piece in the Star Tribune urges new action to protect our elders. Please share! https://www.startribune.com/state-health-dep...

Sep 18, 2020

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Sep 7, 2020

New York Times editorial on deaths in elder care

The editorial board describes the preventable nature of these deaths in facilities, and calls for changes nationwide to prevent still...

Aug 10, 2020

Minnesota COVID-19 Cases Surge Again Among Long-Term Care Residents and Workers

https://www.startribune.com/state-s-covid-cases-increasing-among-long-term-care-residents/572041592/

Jul 29, 2020

Shielding long term care facilities from lawsuits would protect the bad actors

A post in Minnesota Reformer by Elder Voice's Kristine Sundberg about proposals to grant immunity to employers regarding COVID-19...

Jul 9, 2020

Case 1 - Death After Neglect

Agency Lack of Awareness of Provider Incident Report; Lengthy Process after Family Report; Threats to Continue Substandard Care; and...

Jul 8, 2020

Case 2 - Death From Untreated Emergency Condition in Assisted Living

Provider Found Guilty of Neglect This is a case of failure to get adequate medical care for a strangulated hernia, which resulted in...

Jul 7, 2020

Case 3 - Sexual Assault in Memory Care Facility

Investigation Not Completed A mother with dementia was the victim of sexual assault by another resident at the facility where she had...

Jul 6, 2020

Case 4 - Amputation of Legs Resulting From Neglect at Skilled Nursing Facility

Facts Ignored by State Regulators A member’s father lacked proper treatment for pressure wounds at a skilled nursing home resulting in...

Jul 5, 2020

Case 5 - Financial Exploitation

Delay in Public Posting of Findings This is a case of the substantiated claim of financial exploitation in 2015. Video evidence of the...

Jul 4, 2020

Case 6 - Physical and Emotional Abuse at Memory Care Facility

No Notification of Findings to Family - Only the Provider was Notified A video in a “state-of-the-art” memory care facility shows this...

Jul 3, 2020

Case 7 - Gross Negligence and Abuse

Concerns Unsubstantiated A family member’s mother had fallen at her long-term senior care residence, fracturing her shoulder. It was...