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Long-term care in Minnesota including our local community is an economic engine that provides valuable jobs and economic development. The total economic impact of long-term care is $6.7 billion annually—much of which is returned into the economy in the form of wages that are spent in local communities. The largest expense in a nursing home is the employees’ wages.  At Divine Providence Community Home and Lake Villa Maria it takes about 100 employees to take care of 58 residents and provide housing to 20 tenants. Both full time and part times employees are needed to provide quality care to our seniors. In order to staff the home 24 hours a day 7 days a week, we depend on employees who need full-time, year around work, employees who only want to work part-time, high school students who can work evenings and weekends, college students who only want full-time work in the summer or during school breaks, and casual employees who are available to fill in where needed.  In return these employees spend their wages in the local community buying products and services. Long-term care supports 112,000 Minnesota jobs.

 

In small rural communities such as Sleepy Eye, long term care providers are very important to the local economy. Divine Providence provides a valuable service to seniors in the Sleepy Eye area and the community provides the many employees that are needed to provide the quality of care and quality of life that Divine Providence is committed to providing. By investing in senior care in Minnesota, we can improve the quality of care for seniors and at the same time boost our economy.

 

 Jayna Groebner, Administrator