About Minnesota Assisted Living
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topics: Minnesota Assisted Living: assisted living in Minnesota: Housing with Services: assisted living program: residential health care communities
- Assisted Living defined*
- An assisted living residence is a special combination of housing, personalized supportive services and health care designed to meet the needs -- both scheduled and unscheduled — of those who need help with activities of daily living.
These needs usually include meals each day served in a common dining area, housekeeping services, assistance with eating, bathing, dressing, toileting and walking, 24-hour security and staff availability, medication management, personal laundry services, and others.
*source: Assisted Living Federation of America, 1650 King Street, Suite 602, Alexandria, VA 22314-2747
- Assisted living facilities tend to be very different from one another. An assisted living unit may be as grand as a small apartment with a tiny kitchen in a large complex or as modest as a shared room with little more than a bed and dresser for each resident. One can find an assisted living facility housing 100 residents and providing on-site nursing care two blocks away from another facility that houses six residents and employs a staff with no healthcare expertise at all.
*source:
Assisted Living Consumer Alliance
- In Minnesota, Assisted Living:
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- Is called Housing with Services Establishment
- Most facilities provide one or more regularly scheduled health-related services, and two or more regularly scheduled supportive services.
- A home health care agency may be used to provide assistance .
- The Medicaid program may pay for assisted living services through a Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Waiver.
- Assisted Living means a service or package of services advertised, marketed, or otherwise described, offered, or promoted using the phrase "Assisted Living" either alone or in combination with other words, whether orally or in writing, and meets the requirements of Minnesota Statute 144G.
- In Minnesota, Housing with Services Establishments:
Minnesota does not regulate a specific category of facilities called assisted living. Instead, the
state separately regulates assisted living services and the facilities in which assisted living services are furnished. In most cases, an “umbrella” requirement of housing with services registration is superimposed over this separate regulation of services and facilities.
Most assisted living services in Minnesota are provided in facilities registered as housing with
services establishments. (A small number of elderly persons receive assisted living-type services
in family adult foster homes, which are exempt from housing with services registration.)
Source:Minnesota House of Representatives, Research Department (2001)
Minnesota Assisted Living information, links, brochures, articles & publications
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- web page:
What is Assisted Living?
source: Minnesota Senior Federation
languages: English
from the web page: ...In Minnesota, assisted living encompasses a wide range of residential settings that vary greatly in the services they offer. Assisted living facilities may offer a few services, such as housekeeping and meals, or they may offer a full array of supportive services and health care choices. ...
- more from Minnesota Senior Federation:
web page:
Adult Day Service Centers
languages: English
from the web page: ...Adult Day Centers provide a community-based service option for thousands of people throughout Minnesota. Structured, comprehensive programs provide a variety of health, social and related support services for adults who want access to services during any part of a day, but less than twenty-four hour care as in a residential facility...
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web page:
ASSISTED LIVING IN MINNESOTA
source: Aging Services of Minnesota
languages: English
from the web page: Contrary to popular belief, assisted living is a service concept, not a "place." In Minnesota, assisted living encompasses a wide range of building types and service packages. A variety of settings offering assisted living services are available, giving consumers a wide range of options:...
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web page:
Housing Options in Minnesota
source: Minnesota Board on Aging
languages: English
from the webpage: Adult Foster Care; Board and Lodge; Boarding Care; Continuing Care Retirement Communities; Cooperatives and Condominiums...
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web page:
Choosing Assisted Living -- What Do I Need to Know?
source: CaregiverMN
languages: English
from the web page: If you are thinking of a move to assisted living for yourself or a family member, how do you know the most important questions to ask? What key information will tell you whether a particular assisted-living program is right for you or your loved one? How do you choose from among the many options available?...
- more from CaregiverMN:
web page:
Types of Housing with Services
languages: English
from the web page: ...For people willing to leave their home, there are usually plenty of options, although there may be some confusion about what all the terms mean. You may hear about "board and care homes," "personal care homes," "life care" and "continuing care retirement facilities." All refer to some type of "assisted living" or service-oriented housing...
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web page:
STATE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON ASSISTED LIVING: MINNESOTA
source: Assisted Living Consumer Alliance
languages: English
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