Did you miss last week's most-read Changing Aging blog posts? Ecumen's online visitors found these articles most interesting…

Did you miss last week's most-read Changing Aging blog posts? Ecumen's online visitors found these articles most interesting:

The Dallas Morning News: The Toll Alzheimer's Disease Has Taken on the Rhinestone Cowboy
Article by Pamela Yip, The Dallas Morning News: Alzheimer’s disease plays no favorites. It’s the Great Equalizer. Just ask Kim Campbell, wife of singer Glen Campbell, who was diagnosed with the disease in 2011 and now lives in a memory care community in Nashville. Read the full article online: The Toll Alzheimer's Disease has Taken on the Rhinestone Cowboy on www.dallasnews.com

Ecumen Bethany Community’s Lori Zastrow: Caregiver of the Year
The routine morning meeting of department heads at Ecumen Bethany Community was just wrapping up, and Director of Nursing Deb Buker had one final big announcement: Lori Zastrow has been selected by LeadingAge Minnesota as District C “Caregiver of the Year.” Lori was the most surprised person in the room. She’s not a nurse or a nursing assistant. She’s a Health Information Coordinator. But, as her colleagues make clear, she is a caregiver of the first order.

Ecumen Scholars Rural Nursing Program Accepting Applications
Ecumen Scholars, a workforce development initiative created to address the nursing shortage in rural Minnesota, is now accepting applicants to its fellowship and internship programs for Summer 2015. The program is a collaboration of Ecumen and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU).

USA Today: Retirement: Boomers Want to Keep Working-If They Can
Baby Boomers continue to shatter stereotypes. Many work well into traditional retirement age. And financial advisers and counselors are encouraging them. Read the full article online: Retirement: Boomers Want to Keep Working – If They Can

TV Through the Looking Glass — By Ecumen Blogger Jim Klobuchar
So you think TV news is in a mess today?  Jim Klobuchar puts things in perspective recalling the early days of television — back when money and glamor were not an issue. 

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