Nursing-home staffing levels affecting care; Minnesota homes' quality may be below U.S. average.(NEWS) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (7/25/2000)
...believe, that we know is not true. Minnesota does not give better-than-average nursing home care." In fact, by various additional measures, Minnesota nursing homes do not compare well nationally. In...

NURSING HOME REPORT CARD; COMPARING THE EXTREMES; Care has highs and lows across the state; If you take the nursing home ratings by each region of Minnesota, metro-area facilities rank the lowest on average. But experts say trends gleaned from the rankings shouldn't be your only guide.(NEWS) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (2/6/2006)
...612-673-7253 NURSING HOME REPORT CARD State officials ranked 393 Minnesota nursing homes, awarding up to...highest-ranked homes are in southwestern Minnesota, the lowest in...Tribune analysis of ...

Minnesota practice not unique; Ill sex offenders are housed in nursing homes in other states, a situation some activists hope to change.(NEWS) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (5/28/2004)
...Minnesota nursing homes is not known...scattered around Minnesota," said Rick...Providers of Minnesota, a nursing home trade group...supervises nursing home inspections for ...

Nursing home quality under the microscope; A new Web site and phone line lets consumers compare quality of care at homes in Minnesota and nationwide.(NEWS) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (11/13/2002)
...50 largest Minnesota nursing homes with measures...a nursing home was incorrect...000 nursing homes, including 427 in Minnesota. For several...inspection of a nursing ...

Rating Minnesota nursing homes; 'Report cards' from the state will award stars to each of Minnesota's 396 nursing homes. The online version can help families make choices, experts say.(NEWS) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (1/20/2006)
...president of the Minnesota Health and...Alliance, a nursing home trade association...out which homes to look at...people are in Minnesota nursing homes. That number...decades as home health ...

Nursing home restraints; Restraints still common in nursing homes Despite dangers, belts, ties and drugs are used more often on the elderly in Minnesota than in other states.(NEWS) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (9/13/1996)
...national concern Minnesota's initiative...about how nursing homes should deal...nursing-home laws...that nursing homes offer when...since the Nursing Home Reform law...But ...

List reports good and bad in state's nursing homes; Consumer Reports put nine Minnesota homes on its "avoid" list, identifying them as among the nation's worst 10 percent. Officials from two of those homes say Minnesota's own review program gave them top ratings.(NEWS) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (8/8/2006)
...state's top nursing-home inspection official...of good or bad homes is no guarantee...division at the Minnesota Department of...residents in homes and specific...relative in a nursing home," said ...

Nursing homes facing change; A report today will recommend revamping rules that govern homes in Minnesota. The industry, in general, is ready to listen.(NEWS) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (2/1/2000)
...Minnesota nursing homes became heavily...thirds of state nursing home residents...poor farms. Minnesota built more...percent more nursing-home beds per 1...Providers of ...

10 Minnesota Nursing Homes Named in Class Action Lawsuit Against Extendicare. Life Science Weekly (11/11/2008)
...Inc. and Extendicare Homes, Inc. was filed on...long-term care and nursing care industry the admissions...admitted, violates Minnesota law. The contract includes...personal property. Minnesota law (section 144...expressly says that a nursing ...