MN long-term care association. Our 1,000+ members represent non-profit and for-profit organizations providing services along the full spectrum of care.
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Thx to members who participated in @mohamudnoor town hall—Tami Abla, Peaceful Living, spoke about struggles facing AL providers; Nasir Gabeyre, Stonecrest Living, spoke & stayed after to connect personally w/Sen. John Hoffman & Commissioner Jodi Harpstead #CPMAdvocates#mnleg
Angela Garin testified on the Governor's budget bill yesterday in the Senate Human Services Committee, highlighting disappointment that funding for senior care providers was absent & eliminates the disproportionate share program. #mnleg#CPMAdvocates
Racing from senate floor session, where an amendment took exempt settings language out of the Senate HS Policy omnibus bill, to testify in the House Human Services Finance committee on a bill that the LTCI provided technical assistance on.
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Thanks to Phoebe Trepp with Clare Housing who testified with concerns on SF4044 in the Senate Human Services Committee. The author is committed to ongoing conversations and negotiations.
Care Providers of Minnesota staff—Nicole and Angela, and Erin Hilligan, Lifespark Senior Living, attend a DFL House and Senate Pre-session event in St. Paul, meeting with key decision-makers and legislators.
Nicole Mattson poses with Senator Mary Kunesh at a fundraiser for Senator John Hoffman. (Senator Hoffman was a recipient of our 2023 Public Official Recognition award and was instrumental in getting funding for senior services during the 2023 Legislative Session.)
Such fun at our annual staff retreat! Goat yoga at the Hayloft MN in Hastings celebrating our retiring #GOAT, President/CEO Patti Cullen! #teambuilding#goatyoga
Senior care leaders in Minnesota applaud the Minnesota Legislature for its commitment to the well-being of seniors and their caregivers. #mnleg
Read the full statement here
https://t.co/bNTz4ydEnb
“Thank you to the CEOs of multiple LTC organizations from Care Providers of MN and LeadingAge MN who met with Gov Walz' Deputy Chief of Staff Richard Carlbom & Policy staff Josh Ney providing personal perspective on the financial & workforce crisis facing MN nursing homes
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Patti Cullen, with Care Providers of Minnesota, told House lawmakers last month..."it’s difficult to understand with this surplus why we’re forgotten.”
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read the article here: https://t.co/USSpkxuAgc
What we have in Minnesota is a long-term care crisis,” Patti Cullen, president and CEO of the Bloomington nonprofit Care Providers of Minnesota
Read the full article here: https://t.co/tPloUBfx8n
Robert Kupec: Minnesota seniors and their families are counting on you to help raise caregiver wages. Take a look at the ad in @inforum, and please act urgently on the caregiver crisis!
📣 "State leaders are responsible for ensuring this wave of aging Minnesotans receive the care they and their families know is needed." @melissahortman and @LizOlson218: Adequate state funding is the only way to solve the senior caregiver shortage! https://t.co/FL1g8PzYGJ
Special thanks to Paula Rocheleau and Jenny Gleason who spoke at at House GOP press conference today on the need to support funding for nursing homes.
Paula, did a great speaking & giving some real life examples. Jenny, focused on the need to support our staff. #mnleg