The editorial board describes the preventable nature of these deaths in facilities, and calls for changes nationwide to prevent still...

https://www.startribune.com/state-s-covid-cases-increasing-among-long-term-care-residents/572041592/

A post in Minnesota Reformer by Elder Voice's Kristine Sundberg about proposals to grant immunity to employers regarding COVID-19...

Agency Lack of Awareness of Provider Incident Report; Lengthy Process after Family Report; Threats to Continue Substandard Care; and...

Provider Found Guilty of Neglect This is a case of failure to get adequate medical care for a strangulated hernia, which resulted in...

Investigation Not Completed A mother with dementia was the victim of sexual assault by another resident at the facility where she had...

Facts Ignored by State Regulators A member’s father lacked proper treatment for pressure wounds at a skilled nursing home resulting in...

Delay in Public Posting of Findings This is a case of the substantiated claim of financial exploitation in 2015. Video evidence of the...

No Notification of Findings to Family - Only the Provider was Notified A video in a “state-of-the-art” memory care facility shows this...

Concerns Unsubstantiated A family member’s mother had fallen at her long-term senior care residence, fracturing her shoulder. It was...

No Public Posting Instances were caught on camera showing aides stealing cash and valuables from a mother’s room. In working with the...

State has Limited Authority to Investigate An independent living facility that also offered assisted living and nursing home care, told...

Ready to see grandma face-to-face? After three months of lockdowns intended to protect elderly and vulnerable populations from COVID-19,...

Minnesota’s efforts to protect its most vulnerable residents during the coronavirus pandemic is also having an unintended consequence —...

New records reveal a facility-by-facility list of the number of COVID-19 infections and deaths in Minnesota nursing homes and assisted...

Elder Voice did a review of the long-term care provider investigations in the Central Minnesota area. We found that 44% have been...

Problems surfaced almost immediately: Test samples were ruined because they were not stored in coolers, and oral swabs were used instead...

Elder Voice strives to advocate for elders, their families, and their care providers by bringing hope through action. During the COVID-19...

ST. CLOUD — The Minnesota Office of Health Facility Complaints received 2,603 complaints of elder abuse in Central Minnesota last year,...