Assisted Living Report Card is live

Minnesotans shopping for assisted living can now turn to a valuable new resource for help.

The state’s new Assisted Living Report Card (alreportcard.dhs.mn.gov/) allows consumers to look up assisted living residences and find comparative ratings based on resident and family surveys, as well as ratings based on state inspections.

Modeled after Minnesota’s longstanding and successful Nursing Home Report Card (nhreportcard.dhs.mn.gov), the Assisted Living Report Card is designed to deliver useful information to help consumers make decisions about assisted living.

The Assisted Living Report Card currently features ratings for about 20 percent of the state’s assisted living facilities: focusing on the largest facilities, which are home to almost half of all Minnesotans who use assisted living. The report card will expand early next year, adding more facilities and ratings based on licensing surveys and investigations.

Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead said “we hope that this tool will help people make this important choice.”