Elder Care

Finding Elder Care

Career/Life Alliance Services (CLAS)

CLAS offers a free referral service to locate elder care housing and health care resources. The login for the website is “university” and password is “minnesota”. CLAS can also be reached at 952-894-0727 or 800-736-6416.

MinnesotaHelp.info Senior Link

Senior Link offers a free, online elder care resource search. The site also provides a wealth of resources to support caregivers.

Paying for Elder Care

Dependent Daycare Flexible Spending Account offers pre-tax savings for elder care services. You may be able to take advantage of this program if your elderly parent or relative:

• is claimed as a tax exemption on your federal income tax return because they are physically or mentally unable to care for themselves.
• regularly spends at least eight hours per day in your household

Long-term Care Coverage is a plan that pays for services not covered by other types of insurance. Long-term care services can range from help with meal preparation and personal assistance to 24-hour monitored care. Long-term care can take place in a variety of settings including nursing centers, assisted living facility, or your own home.

Employees, spouses/same-sex domestic partners, parents or step-parents of employees may be eligible for long-term care coverage. Each person buys his or her own policy and premiums are based on the enrollee's age, not on the age of the employee.

Elder Care Resources

• MinnesotaHelp.info Senior Link
• Minnesota Board on Aging
• Medicare
• Social Security Administration