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Minnesota Assisted Living Report Card Report Released

A new report is available related to the development of an Assisted Living Report Card to measure and report on the quality of individual assisted living settings across Minnesota.

The report summarizes feedback from a wide array of stakeholders on what quality means in assisted living and how it should be measured. The report was produced by the University of Minnesota (UMN) under contract with the Minnesota Department of Human Services Aging and Adult Services Division and in partnership with the Minnesota Board on Aging.

The new report builds upon a July 2019 report where the UMN summarized the results from a national literature review and environmental scan on assisted living quality and quality measurement.

The new report, UMN’s earlier report, and additional information about this project are available on the Assisted Living Report Card webpage.

Please direct all questions about this project to: [email protected].

Bringing Together Minnesota’s Best Minds in Geriatrics Care and Education

The Minnesota Board on Aging is proud partner of the University of Minnesota. Together they and many other partners are working to:

provide greater access to community education in aging and dementia

improve geriatrics training in health professions

transform primary care clinical training and practice sites to provide age-friendly care.

The U of M received a five-year, $3.74 million federal funding award from the Health Resources and Services Administration at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP). Minnesota Northstar GWEP will work to facilitate and strengthen meaningful support and collaboration of key partners in the geriatrics field.

The Minnesota Board on Aging’s Executive Director, Kari Benson, serves on the Community Advisory Board for the Minnesota Northstar GWEP. Learn more about Minnesota Northstar GWEP.