Elder Voice Advocates (Elder Voice) is a coalition of elders, adults with disabilities and their family members and others who have experienced abuse, neglect and exploitation of loved ones who receive services from long-term, boarding and home care providers.

No one should fear growing older.

Elder Voice Advocates is leading the charge to end abuse, neglect, and exploitation in senior care—strengthening laws, empowering families, and promoting dignity in aging. Join us and take action to protect older adults.

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Check providers' safety records —free.

Elder Care IQ makes it easy to check the safety and quality of senior and disability care providers. Our interactive map shows every licensed nursing home, assisted living, home care, boarding care, hospice, and hospital in Minnesota—all in one place.

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DiVA is a new EVA initiative uniting people with disabilities, their families, and advocates.

Together, we’re pushing back against the Waiver Reimagine program, which threatens to force vulnerable individuals into institutional care.

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Audit: Minnesota needs to improve assisted living oversight, inspections

Minnesota was the last state to license assisted living. A report sees more work needed to improve oversight. By Jessie Van Berkel The Minnesota Star Tribune SEPTEMBER 9, 2026 AT 2:49PM Laura DeGree watches the Olympics with her father, Richard Thomalla, as she visits him at Polar Ridge Senior Living in North St. Paul on Feb. 19. Thomalla lives in an assisted living memory care unit at the living center, which DeGree says she pays more than $12,000 a month for but her father

Advocacy in Long-Term Care: Addressing Concerns About Retaliation

The State of Minnesota Long-Term Care: Data, Transparency, and Accountability

Kris Sundberg talks with Lori La Bey of Alzheimer's Speaks. Learn about the new State of Minnesota Long-Term Care report and why it is necessary, especially right now. Subscribe, Watch, or Listen to Alzheimer’s Speaks on YouTube above. Learn What is the State of Minnesota Long-Term Care report, and why is it necessary, especially right now? Where did the data come from, and why is it critical information? What were some of the key findings of the report? About the care that p

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Changing Lives Through Public Policy Education

Elder Voice helped pass legislation to protect our elders through the Assisted Living Licensure in Minnesota

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