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Mar 23, 2020

Extraordinary Leadership during COVID-19

Dustin Lee is an extraordinary long-term care provider of Prairie Senior Cottages. They are the gold standard of care. Take a look at a...

Mar 8, 2020

Department of Justice Launches a National Nursing Home Initiative

Department of Justice | Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Attorney General William P. Barr...

Feb 26, 2020

Minnesota revokes license of company providing services to vulnerable adults

One Life Health Services allegedly let vulnerable clients live in squalor. The state has revoked the license of a Twin Cities-based...

Jan 25, 2020

Woman hammers nails into her head; Maplewood assisted-living facility faulted

Woman pounded nails into her head that weren't detected for a month. A young Somali woman with psychiatric disorders and a history of...

Dec 16, 2019

Please Vote Wednesday, December 18 for Elder Voice to Receive the $5,000 Donation

Elder Voice Family Advocates is one of eight semi-finalists in the Grand Casino’s “Season of Giving” Campaign. They are awarding a total...

Nov 24, 2019

Lawmakers pepper private equity firms on nursing home investments, quality issues

The role of private equity firms in nursing home and long-term care has drawn several U.S. lawmakers’ ire. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA),...

Nov 16, 2019

Ann Michele Jadlowski, Catholic nun who comforted the sick and dying, dies at 94

Ann 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...

Nov 9, 2019

Drug thieves are creative, and assisted living facilities struggle to protect seniors

Swapping oxycontin for Tylenol, forging paperwork, stashing bubble packs inside a waistband — these are some of the ways at least 5,917...

Oct 28, 2019

Owners accused of siphoning millions from Edina nursing home company

Welcov Healthcare fell into bankruptcy early this year, and a court-appointed receiver is unwinding the company. Lawsuits swirling around...

Oct 28, 2019

Minnesota health regulators often fail to respond rapidly to nursing home abuse complaint

Nursing home complaints pile up despite reform efforts by Legislature, advocates. Minnesota health regulators failed to meet federally...

Sep 25, 2019

Dozens of criminal charges filed against assisted-living facility

Finally an Attorney General who is taking these cases of abuse in senior living facilities seriously and making responsible owners,...

Sep 22, 2019

No penalty for staffer who stole from cognitively impaired resident in Sauk Rapids

SAUK RAPIDS — No arrests were made or charges filed after a pool staffer at a Sauk Rapids nursing home attempted to steal $1,420 and...

Sep 3, 2019

OPINION | How Not To Grow Old in America

The assisted living industry is booming, by tapping into the fantasy that we can all be self-sufficient until we die. Assisted living...

Jul 29, 2019

Amid growth of assisted living, some renew calls for federal oversight

CLEVELAND, Ohio — To work as an aide in an assisted-living center in Ohio requires empathy, compassion and very little training. About 20...

Jul 16, 2019

Minnesota Congressional Delegation New Release

Klobuchar, Smith, Blumenthal Urge Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to Take on Elder Abuse and Neglect For Immediate...

Jul 8, 2019

Thefts from seniors in assisted living topped $117K, UMN researcher finds

Minnesotans in assisted living facilities lost more than $117,000 to theft over the past five years, according to an analysis of state...

Jul 8, 2019

Statement of Maya Fischer: Daughter of Sonja Fischer, Nursing Home Rape Victim

Prepared for the Senate Finance Committee Hearing Not Forgotten: Protecting Americans From Abuse and Neglect in Nursing Homes. March 6,...

Jun 6, 2019

Thank you from the EVFA Board of Directors!

The ceremonial signing of our elder abuse protection bill happened only because our members had the courage to tell what happened to...

May 24, 2019

KARE 11 Investigates: Family advocates celebrate elder care reforms

For the first time Minnesota will license assisted living facilities, the last state in the nation to do so. It’s the culmination of a...

May 18, 2019

Changes in elder care legislation gain momentum, could cost $30 million

ST. PAUL — Families would be able to raise complaints without retaliation and monitor the care of their loved ones with cameras if...