Extraordinary Leadership during COVID-19Dustin Lee is an extraordinary long-term care provider of Prairie Senior Cottages. They are the gold standard of care. Take a look at a true leader who is wi...
Minnesota revokes license of company providing services to vulnerable adultsOne Life Health Services allegedly let vulnerable clients live in squalor. The state has revoked the license of a Twin Cities-based service provider after de...
Woman hammers nails into her head; Maplewood assisted-living facility faultedWoman pounded nails into her head that weren't detected for a month. A young Somali woman with psychiatric disorders and a history of self-injury was hospita...
Ann Michele Jadlowski, Catholic nun who comforted the sick and dying, dies at 94Ann Michele Jadlowski spent half her life ministering to the sick and dying at St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul and pioneered the use of support groups to h...
Drug thieves are creative, and assisted living facilities struggle to protect seniorsSwapping oxycontin for Tylenol, forging paperwork, stashing bubble packs inside a waistband — these are some of the ways at least 5,917 pills were stolen fro...
Owners accused of siphoning millions from Edina nursing home companyWelcov Healthcare fell into bankruptcy early this year, and a court-appointed receiver is unwinding the company. Lawsuits swirling around a bankrupt Edina nu...
Minnesota health regulators often fail to respond rapidly to nursing home abuse complaintNursing home complaints pile up despite reform efforts by Legislature, advocates. Minnesota health regulators failed to meet federally mandated deadlines to ...
Dozens of criminal charges filed against assisted-living facilityFinally an Attorney General who is taking these cases of abuse in senior living facilities seriously and making responsible owners, managers and employees ac...
OPINION | How Not To Grow Old in AmericaThe assisted living industry is booming, by tapping into the fantasy that we can all be self-sufficient until we die. Assisted living seems like the solution...
Statement of Maya Fischer: Daughter of Sonja Fischer, Nursing Home Rape VictimPrepared for the Senate Finance Committee Hearing Not Forgotten: Protecting Americans From Abuse and Neglect in Nursing Homes. March 6, 2019. Chairman Grassl...
Criminal charges could follow alleged abuse at a northern Minnesota senior homeAuthorities say criminal charges expected soon for Chappy's Golden Shores. Authorities said they are close to bringing criminal charges against staff at a no...
Gov. Tim Walz proposes tougher oversight of Minnesota facilities for vulnerable adultsProposal for more fines, more frequent inspections responds to flood of complaints. The administration of Gov. Tim Walz is proposing a dramatic expansion of ...
Minnesota families of nursing home patients press for right to use cameras to monitor careA new bill strives to balance resident privacy with need to prevent maltreatment and monitor care in senior facilities. In this moment in 2017, Lisa Papp-Ric...
State details fatal beating of vulnerable man at care center in northern MinnesotaLocal police said they are investigating the alleged assault at Chappy's Golden Shores in Hill City, which has since closed. State health investigators said ...
Minnesota health commissioner unveils plan for tougher state oversight of assisted-living facilitiesHealth commissioner says assisted-living industry is too lightly regulated in Minnesota, leaving seniors at risk. Minnesota’s top health regulator unveiled a...
Minnesota lawmakers, families of abuse victims renew push for elder care reformLicensing of assisted-living facilities will be a priority of consumer groups. Just weeks before the Legislature convenes, lawmakers and consumer groups are ...
Elder abuse reform returning to Minnesota Legislature: ‘It’s time to be serious’An unchecked infection claims a life. "The physician stated that if the client was treated for the illness earlier, s/he may have had a different outcome." A...
Governor wants review of elder abuse secrecy issueGovernor wants review of elder abuse secrecy issue ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Mark Dayton is calling on the legislature to review a law critics say keeps fam...
Stopping abuse in elder homes will take 'dramatic' reforms, Minnesota task force saysThe state work group, led by families of elder abuse victims and senior advocates, was appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton in November after the publication of a f...
Legislative auditor report to highlight broad failures in state response to elder abuseLegislative probe uncovered widespread issues that require "immediate action." The idea for a legislative auditor’s review of the Office of Health Facility C...
