Advancing Quality Assessment in Assisted Living: Insights Inspired by a Landmark Minnesota Validation Study

We read the recent publication entitled “Unpacking Quality in Assisted Living: Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Quality of Life and Family Satisfaction Surveys in Minnesota's Assisted Living Report Card” by Bucy et al.1 Research established an important step toward standardized measurement of quality of assisted living (AL) through psychometric validation of surveys of residents and family. Nonetheless, many limitations limit their findings’ interpretability, generalizability, and practical utility.