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Vital successful aging is our focus at Ecumen and in the senior housing communities that we serve.
Eric Schubert, Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs, Ecumen
phone: 651-766-4333
e-mail: ericschubert@ecumen.org
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Ecumen's Julie Murray shares what drew her to a career in senior housing development.
Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts talks about how technology is changing how seniors live in America.
The Vitalize! Wellness Centre is an example of how
senior housing and services are repositioning to serve more people earlier in successful aging.
Columnist Lori Sturdevant looks at the politics of long-term care and new ideas put forth by citizens at workshop convened by the Citizens League and Ecumen.
Ecumen is working to create a "virtual retirement community" in Minneapolis. It is patterened after Boston's Beacon Hill Village model.
New whitepaper highlights financing options for building senior housing.
Ecumen's Pathstone Living Community in Mankato is using technology to help customer stay at home and connected with family members long distance.
Lakeshore in Duluth is changing the paradigm of long-term care. This article is authored by Ecumen President and CEO Kathryn Roberts and John Hyduke, volunteer community advisory board chair at Lakeshore.
Aging services leader Kathryn Roberts calls for a short-term care system that makes long-term care better and more efficient nationally.
Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts has been appointed to lead Minnesota's Veterans Health Care Advisory Council.
Successful aging has to be an integral part of today's senior housing and aging services profession. Insights on successful aging and aging services are in this new whitepaper by Ecumen.
Ecumen's long term care consulting team releases 10 Tips to Help Nursing Homes Prepare for the Quality Indicator Survey (QIS.) Download the paper. To learn about Ecumen's nursing home and senior housing consulting services go here.
Ecumen's senior housing development team grows with the addition of Julie Murray, who joins Ecumen from Greystone Senior Living.
Ecumen leader says that "people want to manage their own health" and that technology must be integral to a national focus on wellness and prevention.
Imagine a phone that shows a picture of the person calling and tells you who the person is and the last time you talked to him or her. This isn't Star Trek.
Ecumen has developed a new type of senior center at its Parmly LifePointes community in Chisago City, Minn. It's focused on the six components of successful aging - physical, mental, intellectual, social, emotional and vocational wellness.
Ecumen is expanding its senior housing development and management services nationally.
Voice of America featured a story on Ecumen's use of technology in aging services and senior housing. Listen to the Story 
This seminar for directors of nursing and nursing staff is being taught at several locations in Minnesota and Wisconsin. It also can be taught on-site for groups at nursing homes and Continuing Care Retirement Centers (CCRCs). To learn more, go here.
Kathryn Roberts will be speaking at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. The session is open to the public. More details here.
Kathy Bakkenist, Ecumen's chief operating officer and senior vice president of strategy and operations, discusses Ivivi SofPulse technology in U.S. Senate hearing on the role of technology in aging.
Ecumen customer Honor Hacker shows the [m]Power and QuietCare technology she uses. Honor is discussing her use of technology today before members and staff of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging.
Visit our Successful Aging Library and download a white paper on how churches are expanding their ministries and building community through senior housing development.
January 22, 2008, Ecumen to Discuss Aging Services and Technology at U.S. Senate Hearing on Preparing for the Age Wave
Discussing aging and technology will be Kathy Bakkenist, Ecumen's chief operating officer and senior vice president of strategy and operations, and Ecumen customer Honor Hacker. To learn more about technology being used by Ecumen in aging services, go here, or download the white paper: Technology Transforming Senior Housing and Aging Services.
Ecumen's long-term care consulting and senior housing consulting practices will be headed by Mary Leber. Ecumen consults with continuing care retirement communities, long-term care providers and assisted living and independent living communities nationally.
Ecumen has created an employee investment fund to help colleagues in need. Read more about this unique employee program in the senior housing and aging services profession.
Technology is changing aging and and the long-term care profession. Read more about aging and technology in this new Ecumen whitepaper.
Ecumen has developed a whitepaper to look at new senior housing development trends in the United States.
Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts discusses why aging and the age wave are a business issue and an economic issue facing states.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) partners collaborate on a new senior housing development in Idaho that combines independent living and assisted living.
Monsignor Patrick McDowell, who resides and serves at Ecumen's Lakeshore community, is a role model for successful aging.
Political newsletter looks at the work being done by Ecumen to prepare for the Age Wave.
American Homes and Services for the Aging White Paper Looks at Leadership at Ecumen.
Ecumen welcomes four distinguished leaders to its Board of Trustees.
Ecumen CEO and President Kathryn Roberts discusses transformational leadership for the Age Wave.
Ecumen CEO and President Kathryn Roberts shares what she learned from Gov. Elmer Andersen, who was a great role model for successful aging.
Ecumen is named one of Minnesota's "Best Places to Work" for the third straight year.
Ecumen CEO and president Kathryn Roberts discusses the age wave and planning for liveable communities that promote successful aging.
Ecumen is opening a state-of-the-art senior housing development in North Branch, Minnesota.
July 4, 2007, Pastor David Olson Talks About Senior Housing Development
Ecumen is joining with the First Lutheran Church of Sandpoint, Idaho on this project.
July 1, 2007, Ecumen Leader Named to AAHSA Board of Directors
Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts appointed to AAHSA national board of directors.
June 25, 2007, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Senior Boom
Ecumen forms senior housing development partnership called TEAM Ecumen.
 June 25, 2007, Litchfield Independent Review, Boughton Positions Augustana for Change
Ecumen leader in Litchfield discusses changes at Augustana Lutheran Homes.
 June 19, 2007, Hutchinson Leader, Seniors Benefitting from Technology
Ecumen senior housing communities in Hutchinson introduce QuietCare technology.
June 18, 2007, Senior Housing Development Services Launched by Aging Services Provider Ecumen
Nationwide senior housing projects get easier with formation of new development partnership.
 June 13, 2007, WCCO-TV, Senior Housing Technology on TV
Ecumen COO Kathy Bakkenist
discusses how technology is being used in senior housing.
 May 18, 2007, Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal, 40 Under 40
Eric Schubert, Ecumen's Director of Communications, honored as a "40 Under 40".
May, 2007, Cambridge Star, The Villages of North Branch Welcomes New Team Members
Monica Nelson and Julie Walton have joined The Villages leadership team.
May 18, 2007, Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal, Ecumen Now Consulting on Senior Housing
Ecumen brings its experience in managing premier senior housing communities to the business of senior housing development.
May 15, 2007, Star Tribune, 'Congregation' Means More Than It Used To In This Church
Ecumen contributes to article on Shepherd's Path, a new church community in Prior Lake, that will include senior housing, a teen shelter and a YMCA.
May 6, 2007, Star Tribune, A Generation That Expects A Different Retirement
The Ecumen Age Wave Study reveals that baby boomers must fund more of their retirement.
 May, 2007, Twin Cities Business Magazine, Living Longer
Will policymakers find ways to make health care more affordable for baby boomers?
 April 30, 2007, Minnesota Good Age, Maintain Your Brain
Ecumen is piloting brain exercise technology at its Maplewood assisted living community.
April 30, 2007, Minnesota Good Age, Baby Boomers A Prophetic Name
Ecumen's Age Wave Study shows that 80 is the new 60.
April 12, 2007, Connecting Senior Housing Development to the Larger Community
First Lutheran Church of Sandpoint, Idaho is working with Ecumen to develop a new senior housing community connected to the church.
 April 9, 2007, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, An Opportunity to Change How We Think About Aging
Kathryn Roberts has an op-ed on preparing the region for the age wave.
April 6, 2007, Governor Pawlenty Appoints Kathryn Roberts to Vets Home Commission
Governor Pawlenty has appointed seven members to develop Vets Home solutions.
March 25, 2007, Assisted Living Initiative Earns Senior Housing Community Emmanuel Gubernatorial Award
Ecumen's Emmanuel Community Receives Award from Governor Pawlenty for its Mobile Assisted Living Initiative.
March 19, 2007, Star Tribune, Does Brain Exercise Fight Dementia
Ecumen is featured in this story on the emerging of brain fitness.
March 10, 2007, Star Tribune, State Can Encourage In-Home Senior Care
A number of options exist for policymakers to help seniors live independently.
 March 7, 2007, Minnesota Public Radio, Our Aging Population
Listen to the Midday program with Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts.
February 26, 2007, Mpls./St. Paul Business Journal, Boomers Study Shows Future Demand for Health Technology
Baby boomers point to technology to help them live independently.
February 20, 2007, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Independence Leads Baby Boomers' Senior Wishes According to Ecumen Age Wave Study
Minnesota baby boomers discuss their views on aging.
February 18, 2007, Star Tribune, Silent Guardians
Motion sensors, virtual dinner companions and a talking pill could help baby boomers age more independently.
February 11, 2007, Minnesota Public Radio, Mind Exercises Provide Hope for Seniors Worried About Dementia
Ecumen is piloting a cognitive fitness program called [m]Power.
January 25, 2007, Star Tribune, Let's Not Drown in the Silver Tsunami
Read Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts' thoughts on preparing for the age wave.
January 23, 2007, Ecumen Joins Partnership With Commercial Equity Partners
Ecumen joins CEP on new housing proposal in Woodbury.
January 16, 2007, Minnesota Public Radio, The Future of Long Term Care
Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts discusses the future of long term care . . . . Listen
January 12, 2007, Ecumen Trying Tech Tool to Ward Off Alzheimer's, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
Ecumen is testing Dakim [m]Power, new interactive brain fitness technology.
January 7, 2007, Star Tribune, Exercise Program for the Mind
Ecumen pilots Dakim [m]Power, the world's first cognitive fitness system.
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