AASD and DSD eList announcement
Date: Jan. 30, 2024
To: Licensed assisted living providers, lead agency staff, people looking for and/or receiving assisted living services
From: DHS Aging and Adult Services and Disability Services divisions
Purpose: To inform the public of a new assisted living quality rating tool
Contact: dhs.aasd.hcbs@state.mn.us
Minnesota launches new Assisted Living Report Card
On Jan. 29, 2024, Minnesota launched a new resource to help people when they search for assisted living.
The state’s new Assisted Living Report Card allows people to look up assisted living residences and find comparative ratings based on resident and family surveys and state inspections.
Modeled after the Nursing Home Report Card, the Assisted Living Report Card is designed to deliver useful information to help people make decisions about assisted living. Nearly 63,000 Minnesotans live at more than 2,200 licensed assisted living facilities across the state.
Background
The Assisted Living Report Card is a work in progress. It currently features ratings for about 20% of the state’s assisted living facilities, with a focus on the largest facilities that are home to almost half of all Minnesotans who use assisted living. The state will expand the report card early next year to add more facilities and ratings based on the Minnesota Department of Health’s licensing surveys and investigations.
Governor Tim Walz and the 2019 Legislature authorized the Assisted Living Report Card. DHS, the Minnesota Board on Aging and the Minnesota Department of Health partnered to develop it. Dr. Tetyana Shippee at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health led research and development of the quality measures.
For an overview of the project timeline and milestones, refer to DHS – Assisted Living Report Card.
Assisted living in Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Health licenses and regulates assisted living. DHS and the Minnesota Board on Aging manage the Assisted Living Report Card and conduct the resident and family surveys. The University of Minnesota School of Public Health developed the quality measures based on state data.
Additional resources
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