Confident Choices Brochure

Purpose of the Confident Choices for Senior Living Initiative

Confident Choices for Senior Living is an Aging Services of Minnesota initiative designed to:

• Improve quality in Housing-with-Services settings, including those with assisted living programs
  
• Increase public trust and consumer confidence
  
• Inform consumer decision-making

This initiative has been designed specifically for housing-with-services and assisted living settings, where consumers can choose from a wide variety of options. The requirements have been developed by experienced housing-with-services providers and are based on standards of practice that truly influence the quality of a consumer's experience.

Aging Services of Minnesota believes the Confident Choices for Senior Living will improve quality in housing-withservices settings by:

• Encouraging providers to put into place all of the elements that the program has identified as important components of quality housing-with-services
  
• Enabling applicants to receive feedback from peer reviewers and enabling peer reviewers to experience a variety of settings and programs, expanding their own expertise
  
• Identifying "best practices" that applicants are willing to share with other providers
  
• Providers working together voluntarily to increase standards for housing-with-services and assisted living providers.

 Providers that meet the requirements of Confident Choices are recognized with the Confident Choices designation. It is envisioned that consumers will look for the Confident Choices logo as they are choosing their housing provider and that those organizations earning the Confident Choices designation will be viewed by their peers, consumers and others as being among the best in the field.

Click here for a list of those providers that have earned the Confident Choices designation.

Aging Services of Minnesota
Housing-with-Services Code of Ethics
Look for this seal to find providers who have adopted the Aging Services of Minnesota Housing-with-Services Code of Ethics. These organizations have agreed to standards for the quality of care and open communications that residents and their families should expect. By adopting the Code of Ethics, they pledge to strive to provide high quality services and to operate under principles that will earn your trust.

Click here for a list of those providers that have adopted the Code of Ethics.

Aging Services of Minnesota
Guiding Principles for Dementia Care
Choosing the right care for someone with memory problems can involve a confusing array of choices. However, Aging Services of Minnesota has a helpful program called the Guiding Principles for Dementia Care. Aging Services' members with extensive experience in caring for people with Alzheimer's Disease and other forms of dementia created the Guiding Principles for Dementia Care. These principles guide consumers toward understanding the key components for dementia care programs and provide a guide to the questions they should ask when they are seeking dementia care services for a loved one. Facilities that adopt these principles display a gold seal at their facility and in their advertising to consumers.

Click here for a list of those providers that have adopted Guiding Principles for Dementia Care.