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Join your colleagues in taking the Safe Lift: STOP for Safety Pledge – a shared commitment to protect residents and staff by reducing lift-related falls. By taking this pledge, your organization commits to implementing the Safe Lift: STOP for Safety 3-Step Process as a standard practice, ensuring every resident transfer is safe, respectful, and reliable.

Join us on Tuesday, Aug. 26 at 10:00 a.m. for the third and final session of our Meet the Experts summer series — a unique opportunity to connect directly with two of LeadingAge Minnesota’s trusted clinical and regulatory leaders: Kari Everson and Mark Schulz. 

Occupancy rates for nursing homes continue to show improvement, coming in at 84.8% statewide in the first quarter of this year and 84.2% in the second, both higher than any quarter since the first quarter of 2020, just before the pandemic hit.

We have received several calls from members recently regarding their Assisted Living license renewal process being very slow, or licenses expiring before the renewal is received.

The slow developing HCBS workforce incentive grant program, which was created and funded by the 2023 Legislature, has still not reached the point of sending money to employers despite plans to have done so a while ago.

In Minnesota, landlords are required to notify residential tenants about the availability of the Minnesota Attorney General's Office Landlords and Tenants: Rights and Responsibilities handbook. 

If you are an operator of a HUD community, you are invited to join our upcoming quarterly networking group. Get together with other operators to network, share best practices, and get the latest updates related to HUD.

In a July Advantage article, we shared that HUD has released draft forms to implement and comply with new HOTMA requirements.

CMS is proposing a steep 9% cut to the Medicare Fee for Service (FFS) payment rates for home health services. Our partners at LeadingAge have been analyzing the 2026 Home Health Payment System Rate Update, and when combined with the 8.8% payment reductions the agency has imposed since CY2023, the impact will be significant to all providers of home health care.

Operators of independent senior housing communities are invited to join the monthly networking group that is specifically designed for you! This virtual networking meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 19^th from 10 to 11 a.m.

You're invited to our next virtual networking meeting for fund development professionals in senior living!

A second round of grant funding to Support New Americans in the Long-Term Care Workforce has been released by the Department of Human Services.

If you are your organization’s designated dues contact, we need your help to complete one important step in our annual membership process—submitting your 2024 adjusted gross revenue report. This information helps us calculate your 2026 membership dues fairly and proportionally under our revenue-based model. 

During our 2026 Institute & Expo, we’re excited to feature photos of residents centered on our Institute theme of Changemakers.

Have you identified the people in your organization to nominate for LeadingAge Minnesota’s Stars Among Us Award nominations? This popular recognition program shines the spotlight on the best and brightest people working, living, and volunteering in our communities.