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This campaign season, urge MN lawmakers to support seniors and their families
As our state’s senior population grows, seniors and caregivers need strong advocates in the legislature who understand and prioritize their needs. This campaign season is our opportunity to hold our representatives accountable. Contact your lawmakers and candidates today and demand that they support policies that strengthen long-term care!
How you can make a difference
The Long-Term Care Imperative will closely monitor campaigns and legislative actions throughout the 2024 election and 2025 legislative session to support those who are committed to enhancing the quality of long-term care. Join our mission with these easy action steps!
Contact Your Lawmakers: Write, call, or email your local and state representatives. Let them know that supporting seniors in long-term care is a top priority for you.
Engage with Candidates: Ask candidates about their plans for supporting long-term care during their campaigns. Your voice can influence their stance on these critical issues.
Spread the Word: Encourage friends, family, and community members to learn more about how state policy impacts the experiences of seniors and caregivers. Follow us on social media to stay up to date on the latest long-term care news in Minnesota!
It’s time for lawmakers to make senior care a campaign priority
For nearly a decade, the Long-Term Care Imperative has regularly surveyed Minnesotans to understand and reflect voters’ values in our advocacy priorities. Over the course of this research, one thing has never changed: Minnesotans consistently agree that state lawmakers should place a higher priority on funding and support for long-term care.
Minnesotans agree: Our state is underinvesting in senior care
In 2023, Minnesotans who believed that legislators are not allocating enough funding toward long-term care outnumbered those who said too much is being spent – by a 4 to 1 margin.
In addition, 87% of Minnesotans agree that seniors have a fundamental “right to care” that includes basic housing, medical care and support.
Minnesotans agree: Caregivers deserve higher wages for their essential work
Improving care for Minnesota’s seniors is impossible without a strong workforce of professional caregivers. Without legislative reforms to Minnesota’s reimbursement system for long-term care, many care settings are unable to pay the wages needed to recruit and retain caregivers.
Across the state, 84% of Minnesota residents agree that caregivers deserve similar pay and benefits as those who perform similar work in other areas of healthcare. Minnesota’s lawmakers must step up to ensure we can improve compensation for these essential workers.
Minnesotans agree: Minnesota isn’t ready for the senior boom
The time to act is now. In 2023, 77% of Minnesotans said that our state is not ready for the impacts of the senior boom – that’s 16% higher than 2020.
You can help make a difference by writing or calling your state legislators. Encourage them to make senior care a top priority during the 2024 campaign season and beyond!
Minnesotans agree: Convenient access to care is a critical priority for families
Nearly half of Minnesotans surveyed say they would resort to volunteer caregiving, reduce work hours, or leave their job as an alternative to looking for care over an hour away from their home.
Minnesota seniors and their families deserve convenient access to these critical services. Lawmakers have an opportunity to improve access to care for their constituents and prevent families from making undue sacrifices to provide their loved ones with the care they need.