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Senior LinkAge Line staff brief Pine County commissioners on services and funding pressures
Summary
Representatives from Central Minnesota Council on Aging told the board Senior LinkAge Line provided long‑term care options counseling and programs in Pine County in 2024 but that nutrition and other services face funding cuts without new state support; they asked commissioners to support pending state funding proposals.
Representatives of Senior LinkAge Line (Central Minnesota Council on Aging) briefed the Pine County Board on the program’s services, service volume in Pine County and funding pressures that are reducing meal and in‑home supports in 2025.
LaVonne Sorensen, Senior LinkAge Line representative for the region, described the program as a free, statewide information and referral service that helps older adults and caregivers with Medicare questions, long‑term care options counseling and referrals to local supports. "Our job really, again, is not to advise, but to give free, educational information for you to make an informed decision,"…
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