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Early giving for Give To The Max Day (#GTMD21) is open! Thanks to over 30 early donors, Elder Voice Family Advocates is eligible for...
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- Nov 16, 2021
Upcoming Webinar: The Healing Power of Nurse Empathy
Register Today! Join Us Via Zoom on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 | 12:00 PM CST Empathy is a powerful healer and nurses are the leaders in...
- Nov 15, 2021
My Alzheimer's Story
Brilliant lol take on old folk tune strikes powerful paradigm-shifting chord By: Susan Macaulay on June 26, 2019 Find the original...
- Nov 12, 2021
'Visitation is now allowed for all residents'
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced changes to nursing home visitation policy Today, the Centers for Medicare &...
- Nov 9, 2021
OSHA Vaccination Mandates
COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an emergency temporary standard...
- Nov 9, 2021
Biden-Harris Administration Issues Emergency Regulation
Required COVID-19 Vaccination for Health Care Workers The Biden-Harris Administration is requiring COVID-19 vaccination of eligible staff...
- Nov 9, 2021
Understanding, Prevention of Harmful Incidents Between Residents with Dementia
Elder Voice's Eilon Caspi has written a book to dispel misconceptions about people with dementia and give care providers better tools to...
- Oct 8, 2021
Complaints Matter: National Study in Nursing Homes Published
"Strong protections against retaliation and addressing consumers' care-related concerns early are critical for prevention, improved...
- Sep 30, 2021
LTCCC Alert: New Report Finds One in Six U.S. Nursing Homes is a "Problem Facility"
September 30, 2021 – The Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC) regularly publishes data on key indicators relevant to nursing home...
- Sep 12, 2021
Teenage girls accused of kissing, abusing vulnerable adult in Minnesota nursing home
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX9) - Two teenage girls who worked in a nursing home in rural Minnesota are accused of abusing and taunting an elderly...
- Aug 24, 2021
Elder Voice's Kris Sundberg responds to Biden Vaccination Mandate
Biden administration mandates vaccines for nursing home workers The rule will apply to facilities that participate in Medicaid and...
- Aug 5, 2021
'Lives will be saved': New protections for Minnesota seniors in assisted living go into effect
Together we moved a mountain of resistance and widespread long-term care misinformation to achieve the passage and enactment of the Elder...
- Aug 1, 2021
Assisted Living Licensure Passed
Elder Voice Family Advocates is the only advocacy group that defends and protects elders and vulnerable adults living in long-term care....
- Mar 18, 2021
Action Needed: Blanket Immunity Bill Must Be Stopped!
All legislators must be asked to not support SF 745. The MN Senate seems determined to pass this very harmful legislation. The right to...
- Mar 14, 2021
A year with COVID-19: How Minnesota’s response stacks up
“This is a core issue and seems to indicate ageism at it is worst,” Sundberg said. “We need to value these citizens as much as we do...
- Mar 14, 2021
Maggots, Rape and Yet Five Stars: How U.S. Ratings of Nursing Homes Mislead the Public
Nursing homes have manipulated the influential star system in ways that have masked deep problems — and left them unprepared for...
- Mar 14, 2021
- Mar 14, 2021
Minnesota rolls back restrictions on senior home visits as COVID-19 cases decline
"It is imperative that the Department of Health fully implement and enforce this new visitation guidance," said Kristine Sundberg,...
- Mar 9, 2021
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