4 days ago 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 protecti...
4 days ago 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...
7 days ago 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 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 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 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 mor...
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 practic...
