Resources

Below is a list of links, information, and contacts that may be helpful
when navigating long-term care.

  • Reporting Maltreatment
  • Choosing a Nursing Home, Assisted Living, or Long-Term Care Provider
  • Directories and Vacancies
  • Report Cards and Comparisons
  • Advocacy and Consumer Organizations
  • Provider Organizations
  • State Agencies and Information
  • Costs and Benefits to Pay for Long-Term Care
  • Bills of Rights
  • Minnesota
  • Assisted Living Bill of Rights Addendum (Before 8/1/2021)– Minn. Stat. § 144A.441
  • Assisted Living Bill of Rights (Beginning 8/1/2021) – § Minn. Stat. 144G.91
  • Assisted Living Bill of Rights (Beginning 8/1/2021) – § Minn. Stat. 144G.91
  • Health Care Bill of Rights – Minn. Stat. § 144.651
  • Home Care Bill of Rights – Minn. Stat. § 144A.44
  • Hospice Bill of Rights – Minn. Stat. § 144A.751
  • Minnesota Human Rights Act – Minn. Stat. § 363A
  • Persons Subject to Guardianship/Conservatorship - Minn. Stat. § 524.5-120
  • Federal
  • Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504; 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.
  • Requirements Relating to Residents’ Rights (Medicare) – 42 U.S.C. § 1395i-3(c)
  • Requirements Relating to Residents’ Rights (Medicaid)– 42 U.S.C. § 1396r(c)
  • OBRA Regulations (Resident Rights) - 42 CFR § 483.10
  • Common Acronyms
  • AC – Alternative Care Waiver
  • BI – Brian Injury Waiver
  • CAC – Community Alternative Care Waiver
  • CADI – Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver
  • CDC – Centers for Disease and Control
  •  CMS – Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • AC – Alternative Care Waiver
  • BI – Brian Injury Waiver
  • CAC – Community Alternative Care Waiver
  • CADI – Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver
  • CDC – Centers for Disease and Control
  •  CMS – Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Publications Authored by Suzanne Scheller