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The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announced that nurse aide training programs using the “Minnesota State Long-Term Care Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aide Curriculum” must transition to a new curriculum by June 30.

Has your organization added your employer profile to CaringCareersStartHere.com, the newest resource to recruit Minnesota job seekers into senior care?

A new resource is available to LeadingAge Minnesota members that allows nursing home providers to calculate the financial impact of the staffing mandate from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

No-cost, virtual Mental Health First Aid sessions are being offered to LeadingAge Minnesota members this spring. Don’t wait—there is only free session left, so register yourself and your teams now.

Jill Hackenmueller has been appointed as senior vice president, people development at Benedictine, a LeadingAge Minnesota member and leading faith-based provider of senior care and senior living services in the Midwest.

St. Francis Health Services, a valued LeadingAge Minnesota member, is pleased to announce that Mark Rentz is joining their team as the Vice President of Fund Development and Marketing.

On Wednesday, April 24, LeadingAge Minnesota member Glencoe Regional Health met with their Congressional Representative, Michelle Fischbach along with other local leaders and LeadingAge Minnesota staff.

The Bidet Playbook is the seventh in a series of workforce technology solution playbooks designed to assist you in identifying technology solutions to help address the workforce crisis.

Do you ever wish you could build a better system to support the range of health and wellbeing needs of adults as they age? If you do, and if you missed our Connected Communities grant webinar last week, you can now watch it here.

On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division announced a final overtime rule which will take effect on July 1, 2024, with updates starting on January 1, 2025.

LeadingAge Minnesota and our Imperative partner will soon launch a new resource aimed at promoting careers in aging services to job seekers in Minnesota. Organizations are invited to register and update their profile on this new site.

Sam Orbovich, an attorney with Fredrickson & Byron, and a long-time Business Partner of LeadingAge Minnesota, survived a traumatic accident thanks to the acts of several heroic individuals.

On Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a long-awaited rule to impose minimum staffing ratios on nursing homes nationwide. 

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently finalized a rule to establish minimum staffing ratios in nursing settings, a decision that has stirred significant concern within our provider community.

No-cost, virtual Mental Health First Aid sessions are being offered to LeadingAge Minnesota members this spring. Don’t wait—there is only free session left, so register yourself and your teams now.

Attend an upcoming webinar to learn how to connect with talented high school nursing assistants who are ready to enter the long-term care workforce.

A new grant opportunity, Workplace Safety Grants for Health Care Entities, has been released by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and is open for applications until June 7.

The workforce application within the LeadingAge Minnesota Data Portal has over two years of member-submitted data on employee turnover, retention, and vacancy metrics.

Earlier this year, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) released a new and improved Nurse Aide Registry online system. This new system transitioned to a fully digital experience, which streamlines and improves updates and renewal processes for nurse aides.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) has posted updated quality reports on the DHS Provider Portal.

The Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released two reports on April 3 outlining concerns about nursing home facility-initiated discharges.

Are you looking for a way to give back to your community? The Alzheimer's Association MN-ND, an associate member of LeadingAge Minnesota, is seeking caring individuals to volunteer as facilitators for their virtual support group, "Moving Forward - Life After Dementia Caregiving (For Partners)."

Kraus-Anderson has begun the $41.5 million expansion of Trillium Woods, an independent living retirement community located at 5855 Cheshire Parkway in Plymouth, Minn.

Attend an upcoming webinar to learn how to connect with talented high school nursing assistants who are ready to enter the long-term care workforce.

No-cost, virtual Mental Health First Aid sessions are being offered to LeadingAge Minnesota members this spring. To accommodate the schedules of the professionals in our settings, we are hosting two virtual Saturday sessions.

A new grant opportunity to Support New Americans in the Long-Term Care Workforce has been released by the Department of Human Services (DHS). It is open for applications until May 6.

A new grant opportunity, Workplace Safety Grants for Health Care Entities, has been released by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and is open for applications until June 7.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) informed the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) that it has selected Minnesota to participate in their pilot for a risk-based survey (RBS) approach for nursing home standard recertification surveys.

Saint Therese, a LeadingAge Minnesota member, has welcomed Cindy Olson as the new Chief Sales and Marketing Officer (CSMO). Olson is tasked with enhancing the organization's mission through innovative marketing strategies, aiming to boost sales and expand its impact across all services.

An art program at Sanford Health Sylvan Court, a LeadingAge Minnesota member, was recently featured in McKnights Long-Term Care News.