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As Minnesota high schoolers head back to school this fall, don’t forget—they have new incentives to work in long-term care.

LeadingAge Minnesota this week honored key leaders in the aging services field during our 2024 Annual Meeting.

On Tuesday, Senators Boldon and Murphy visited Samaritan Bethany in Rochester for a site visit and a conversation with residents and staff.

On Wednesday, Sept. 11, Vista Prairie hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for their newest development in St. Francis.

The Connected Communities grant opportunity is available to LeadingAge Minnesota members outside the seven-county Twin Cities metro area.

DHS recently sent an email to all the nursing homes that received 2023 Workforce Incentive Grant (WIG) funds. Roughly one year, ago DHS issued WIG payments to nursing homes. 

Elections will be held for several open District Officer and Director positions during the upcoming October district meetings. This is a call for nominations to fill these important leadership positions.

Our national partner, LeadingAge, released their newest white paper, The Immigration Imperative, a report that explores how to reform our outdated immigration system to welcome more foreign-born workers to long-term care—and create a foundation for them to thrive in our communities.

What does it look like for a community to prepare for the future to support older adults as they age? That is the question Perham Health has been trying to answer for the last four years.

In partnership with the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office, LeadingAge Minnesota is hosting a webinar on resident voting on Thursday, September 12 from noon to 1:00 p.m. This webinar is free to all LeadingAge MN members.

This election season, LeadingAge Minnesota members around the state are hosting candidate forums to provide a platform for local candidates to discuss issues affecting older adults and Minnesota’s aging services sector.

LeadingAge MN Solutions is excited to announce a new pharmacy partnership with A & E Pharmacy.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) made appeals guidance available for its NSPIRE housing inspection protocol on August 19.

The Department of Labor and Industry is reminding employers that Minnesota’s minimum-wage rate will be adjusted for inflation on Jan. 1, 2025, to $11.13 an hour for all employers in the state.

Knute Nelson Walker Methodist (KNWM), leveraging a grant from the LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation, has developed a Connected Communities project to address the social determinants of health for seniors across five counties in west central Minnesota, focusing on whole-person health through care management, mental health support and technology.

Registration is open for the Nov. 5 webinar, Executive Leadership Transitions and the Board’s Role.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) center for homeless and housing resources sponsored a webinar on August 7 titled “Public Housing and Serious Mental: Practical Recommendations for Housing Providers.” The recording is now available.

This election season, LeadingAge Minnesota members around the state are hosting candidate forums to provide a platform for local candidates to discuss issues affecting older adults and Minnesota’s aging services sector.

The LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation (LAMF) has re-opened the opportunity to apply for our Connected Communities for Healthy Aging grant.

LeadingAge Minnesota has a selection of on-demand webinars approved for clock hours.

The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA) announced the opening of its much-anticipated High-Rise Sprinkler System Grant Program (HRSS Program) this week.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has updated the State Operations Manual, Appendix PP, to reflect the previously released advance copy information for the revised facility assessment requirements found in the Quality, Safety and Oversight memoranda, QSO-24-13-NH.

As part of our advocacy efforts, and in response to our direct requests of the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to provide routine reconsideration data to providers, the agency has provided its second quarter 2024 calendar year assisted living and home care licensures reconsideration data to us.

On Wednesday, Aug. 14, the Legislative Taskforce on Aging met to hear a proposal for a new cabinet-level Department on Aging.

CaringCareersStartHere.com has helped connect job seekers with long-term care employers over 2,000 times since the site’s launch in May.

Kari Thurlow, LeadingAge Minnesota CEO, provided a statement to McKnight’s Senior Living in an article covering Walz’s selection as Kamala Harris’s running mate.

The 2024 LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation Golf Tournament helped raise funds for the next round of caregiver scholarships. In total, thanks to golfers, sponsors, volunteers, and ticket sales, the event raised over $86,000 before expenses.

This week, the Harris campaign announced that Minnesota governor, Tim Walz, has been selected as the Democrats’ nominee for vice president of the United States. He will appear on the ballot in November, presuming Kamala Harris and Walz are officially endorsed at their national convention later this month.

The city of Minneapolis is considering enacting an ordinance creating local labor workforce boards to ‘protect the health and safety’ of workers.

Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final Medicare payment rule for SNFs for the year that begins Oct. 1.