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Driven to transform and enhance the experience of aging.

LeadingAge Minnesota is the state’s largest association of organizations serving older adults. Together with more than 60,000 caregivers, our members provide quality care, services and support to nearly 70,000 older adults in independent living, assisted living, adult day, home care, and skilled nursing.

Media Contact

Seeking information on older adult services? We connect media with organizations that serve older adults in communities across the state and provide expert analysis and commentary on a wide range of issues, such as:

  • Insight and analysis of the laws and regulations for older adult services in Minnesota
  • Data and research of key demographic and economic trends
  • Information about quality, standards and best practices for delivering care and services
  • The changing landscape of older adult services, including consumer trends and new services
  • Public policy that impacts older adults and caregivers
  • Technology and innovation in older adult services
  • Workforce trends in older adult services 

For more information, contact Libbie Chapuran, Director of Communications, at (651) 659-1443 or lchapuran@leadingagemn.org.

Media Statements and Press Releases

Media Statement

March 21, 2023 - Long-Term Care Imperative Responds to Insufficient Human Services Budget Target

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Press Release

Feb. 27, 2023 - February Forecast Underscores Necessity to Address Senior Care Crisis

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Press Release

Feb. 27, 2023 - Legislators, Long-Term Care Imperative Leaders and Caregivers Urge Legislature to Address the Senior Caregiver Shortage

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Press Release

Jan. 31, 2023 - Bill to Support Seniors and Caregivers Receives Hearing in House Human Services Finance Committee

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Press Release

Jan. 24, 2023 - Minnesota Caregivers Respond to Governor Walz’s Long-Term Care Budget

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Media Statement

Dec. 6, 2022 - Portion of Record-Breaking Surplus Must Be Used to Support Seniors and Their Caregivers

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Press Release

Sept. 29, 2022 - New Survey Reveals That Minnesota Seniors Continue Losing Access to Care 

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LeadingAge Minnesota In the News

March 22: Senate Human Services leaders talk about needs of LTC sector (Almanac at the Capitol, TPT)

March 18: Community In-Depth featuring Benedictine Living Community - Regina staff (KDWA - Hastings)

March 18: Minnesota nursing homes in crisis (New Ulm Journal)

March 17: Crookston skilled nursing facility RiverView Memory Care to close (Grand Forks Herald)

March 16: Time for state to contribute more for senior care (Rochester Post Bulletin)

March 15: Readers view: Legislature positioned to fix senior care system (Duluth News Tribune)

March 15:Opinion: State lawmakers need to act to fix staggering workforce shortage at nursing homes (Detroit Lake Tribune)

March 15: State lawmakers need to act to fix staggering workforce shortage at nursing homes (Perham Focus)

March 14: Rural Nursing Homes hope for legislative change (KEYC-TV)

March 14: Editorial counterpoint - Health care ailment spreads far beyond hospitals (Star Tribune)

March 13: Minnesota malnutrition deaths rose during pandemic (Star Tribune)

March 12: Sara Blair: Minnesota should invest in elderly care (Winona Daily News)

March 11: Readers Write - The root cause of trouble (Star Tribune)

March 10: Minnesota Matters featuring Dustin Lee, Praire Senior Cottages (Minnesota News Network)

March 7: Letter: Prioritize and support adequate funding for senior care (Alexandria Echo Press)

March 6: Saint Therese President & CEO Craig W. Appointed To LeadingAge Minnesota Board of Directors (Yahoo! Finance)

March 3: Samaritan Bethany's Matt Hrabak named district caregiver of the year (Rochester Post Bulletin)

March 2: Jasinski hears from care facility: Help wanted (Steele County Times)

March 2: Minnesota Matters featuring Sue Knutson, Samaritan Bethany (Minnesota News Network)

March 1: Crookston nurse named Caregiver of the Year (Crookston Times)

Feb. 24: Minnesota Matters featuring Kari Thurlow, LeadingAge Minnesota (Minnesota News Network)

Feb. 23: Workforce Shortages In State Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Centers (Fergus Now)

Feb. 18: Olson hears care center concerns (Fairmont Sentinel)

Feb. 18: Leann Wright Named Board Trustee of the Year by LeadingAge Minnesota (Fargo Forum)

Feb. 17: Bel Cellini named district caregiver of the year for her work at Bethesda Sunrise Village in Willmar (West Central Tribune)

Feb. 17: Mowry named Benedictine 'Volunteer of the Year' (Owatonna Peoples Press)

Feb. 16: Carrie Stamm named Caregiver of The Year (Isanti Chisago County Star)

Dec. 13: Senior care should be a state funding priority (Marshall Independent)

Dec. 12: University of Minnesota study shows largest staffing shortages in nation (KAAL)

Dec. 9: Prioritize seniors with state budget surplus (Mankato Free Press)

Dec. 8: Advocates want $1B of surplus to improve long term care in Minnesota (Minnesota News Network)

Dec. 6: LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation invests $400,000 in 24 workforce grants (McKnight's Senior Living News)

Dec. 3: Above average is still failing on boosters (Star Tribune)

Nov. 29: Workforce shortage crippling Minnesota long-term care providers (WZFG)

Nov. 28: Senior living and care facilities turn away older adults 11K times in 1 month due to workforce crisis: survey (McKnight's Senior Living News)

Nov. 27: Smart kick-start to a health care career (StarTribune)

Nov. 11: State leaders have a duty to protect senior care (MinnPost)

Nov. 11: Minnesota VA explains issues facing veterans today (KARE 11)

Oct. 27: Staffing shortages hitting nursing homes; leaders work to increase wages (KTTC)

Oct. 15: Reader's View: Let’s not leave Minnesota seniors behind (Duluth News Tribune)

Oct. 5: Fears, frustration mount as Minnesota’s long-term care staffing crisis deepens (MPR)

Oct. 3: State announces amount to be given for Minnesota frontline worker bonuses (Albert Lea Tribune)

Sept. 28: How to determine the right time for a move into assisted living (MinnPost)

Sept. 17: Relief for Minnesota's long-term care providers stalls again (Sauk Rapids Herald)

Sept. 15: Letter: Let’s help our seniors and senior caregivers (Hometown Source)

Sept. 15: Habitat for Humanity celebrates five years of Aging in Place Program locally (Voice of Alexandria)

Sept. 10: Troubled Twin Cities nursing home ordered to pay millions in neglect cases (Star Tribune)

Sept. 2: Minnesota to start offering updated COVID boosters (Kare 11)

Sept. 1: Minnesota using COVID funds to extend nursing assistant training program (KSTP)

Aug. 18: Opinion: Senior care in crisis while legislative fix stalls in St. Paul (Detroit Lakes Online)

Aug. 10: Letter: State budget surplus gives hope for senior support programs (Hutchinson Leader)

Aug. 9: Letter to the Editor: Caregiver shortage and care crisis is completely avoidable (Austin Daily Herald)

Aug. 3: Letter to the Editor: Despite Budget Surplus, Greater Minnesota Seniors Left Behind in Legislative Session (Marshall Independent)

July 21: Rochester care providers still fighting to overcome worker shortage issue (Post Bulletin)

July 1: Letter: Legislators left long-term care hanging (Morrison County Record)

June 29: Staffing Shortages Have U.S. Nursing Homes in Crisis (SouthernMinn.com)

June 23: Commentary: State leaders have abandoned Minnesota seniors (Star Tribune)

June 22: New Minnesota healthcare law fails to address assisted living’s most pressing challenge: staff wages (McKnight’s Senior Living)

June 10: $500 million ‘hero pay’ initiative goes into effect for assisted living and other workers (McKnight’s Senior Living)

June 8: Impasse at Legislature puts help for Minnesota’s long-term care providers in limbo (MinnPost)

June 1: Rochester nursing home lowers capacity due to staffing shortages (ABC 6 News)

May 21: Letter: Crunch time for legislators and long-term care facilities (Post Bulletin)

May 20: Southeast Minnesota long-term senior care facilities struggle through financial crisis, staffing shortages (Post Bulletin)

May 19: Nursing Homes Will Fail Without State Help, Sholom Says (TC Jewfolk)

May 17: Legislator need to support long-term care and workers | Letters To The Editor | mankatofreepress.com

May 9: Saint Therese CEO Barb Rode to Retire, Marks Decades of Service in Senior Care - CCX Media

May 9: Assisted living communities in more danger of closing than nursing homes

May 9:  The quality, cost and future of long-term care in Minnesota  | MPR News

May 6: Survey found hundreds of Minnesota senior care centers may close (Y.105 FM: Rochester’s Best Variety Radio)

May 4: Readers’ Views: State Legislature: Help needed for seniors in our community (Fairmont Sentinel)

May 4: Letter: To legislators, support professional caregivers (Edina Sun Current)

May 3: Local View: Long-term senior care needs legislator attention (Duluth News Tribune)

April 30: Opinion: Wages should reflect importance of caregivers (Mankato Free Press)

April 29: Pandemic prompts Duluth caregiver to shift careers (Duluth News Tribune)

April 28: Letter: Senior caregivers need a living wage (InForum)

April 28: Letter to the Editor: Raise wages of caregivers (SW News Media)

April 27: Opinion: Sara Blair: Urgent legislative action needed to support seniors and caregivers (Winona Daily News)

April 21: Letter to the Editor: Our Seniors deserve nothing less (SW News Media)

April 12: Unreported COVID tests mean Minnesota will no longer calculate positivity rates (Pioneer Press)

April 9: Minnesota legislators aim to tackle ‘dire’ staffing shortages in long-term care (Star Tribune)

April 6: $1.322 billion human services budget addresses Minnesota’s long-term care workforce crisis (MN Senate Republican Caucus newsroom)

April 5: Our Opinion: Cheers to Minnesota's CNA training program and the long-term care staffing relief it provides (Detroit Lakes Tribune)

April 4: Our View: State’s nursing assistant program should continue (Mankato Free Press)

March 29: Minnesota surpasses goal of recruiting 1,000 new certified nursing assistants (Star Tribune)

March 29: Nearly 1,300 nursing assistants recruited through Minnesota's free tuition program (Duluth News Tribune)

March 29: Senators Abeler and Housley introduce $1.322 billion budget priority to address long-term care workforce crisis (Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus)

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