NPR Series Probes Dementia Care: What’s Wrong and What’s Right
National Public Radio Correspondent Ina Jaffe, who covers the aging beat, recently took a deep dive into the issue of overmedicating elderly nursing home residents in a revealing three-part series.
Well-Traveled Ecumen Lakeshore Residents Jay Amato and Pat Richard-Amato Love Duluth as Their Retirement Haven
It's been a long and circuitous route that brought Jay Amato and Pat Richard-Amato to Ecumen Lakeshore in Duluth. But both agree that coming here was one of the best choices they ever made.
Top 5 Most-Read Articles - November 24
In case you missed out, here are the articles Ecumen's online visitors found most interesting last week:
The LIfe-and-Death Experience of Ecumen Board Member Kris Linner
“There is no way to explain that feeling of life leaving,” says the Rev. Kris Linner, who has spent the last 15 years doing hospice work, ministering to hundreds of people as the spirit leaves the body. How can she do this? It’s a probing question she gets all the time, and this is her mystical answer ...
Ecumen Awarded LeadingAge Innovation Grant to Test Dementia Care Light Therapy
Ecumen has been awarded a $29,800 LeadingAge Innovations Fund grant to integrate light therapy into memory care units for adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). ...
Ecumen Home Care-Twin Cities Inaugerates New Office Space
Ecumen Home Care - Twin Cities held an open house Nov. 17, 2014, to show off its expanded new offices at 199 Coon Rapids Boulevard, Suite 111, in Coon Rapids, Minn. ...
Ecumen New Richland Chef Troy Thompson Gets Rave Reviews
The folks at Ecumen New Richland are raving about Chef Troy Thompson. His food is “delicious above all conception,” said one resident. Thompson’s exceptional culinary skill recently merited a story in the Albert Lea Tribune. ...
Ecumen Lakeshore Knitting Group Helps Women's Shelter in Duluth
The Ecumen Lakeshore Knitting Group in Duluth is using its talents to help support the Safe Haven Shelter in a joint project with the Duluth Woman’s Club. A story in the Duluth Budgeteer News tells how the knitters are using yarn provided by the Woman’s Club to create a variety of handmade gifts such as caps, scarves, mufflers and slippers. ...
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Ecumen Lakeshore Knitting Group Helps Women’s Shelter in Duluth
The Ecumen Lakeshore Knitting Group in Duluth is using its talents to help support the Safe Haven Shelter in a joint project with the Duluth Woman’s Club.
A story in the Duluth Budgeteer News tells how the knitters are using yarn provided by the Woman’s Club to create a variety of handmade gifts such as caps, scarves, mufflers and slippers.
The shelter offers safety for women who are battered and their children, and works to end violence against women.
Ecumen and ArtSage Team Up To Connect Aging and the Arts
Ecumen is developing innovative programming to bring high-quality art experiences to its senior communities in a partnership with ArtSage, a Minnesota nonprofit that connects artists and the arts with aging through training programs, consulting services and other resources
Top Five Blog Posts - September 15
In case you missed out on one of our most popular Changing Aging blog posts, here are the stories our online visitors found most interesting last week:
Ecumen Pedicab Provides New Lakeshore Ride in Duluth
Ecumen New Richland Housing Manager Christina Cauble Has a Passion for Creating Home
St. Croix Hospice Wins Annual Golf Outing, Helps Raise Money for Alzheimer's Care
The Gift of GAB to Young and Old at Ecumen Scenic Shores
To read more Changing Aging stories or to learn morea bout Ecumen, please visit www.ecumen.org.
Last Week's Top 5 Blog Posts - August 18
In case you missed out on the latest Changing Aging news, here are the blog posts our online visitors found most interesting last week - including: Dementia Care: It Doesn't Have To Be This Way, How I'm Preparing to Get Alzheimer's, Enjoying Art in Duluth, Oh That Beautiful Doll and more. Click here to read these great stories:
Dr. John Brose on Dementia Care: It Doesn't Have to be this Way
TED Talk Video: How I'm Preparing to Get Alzheimer's
The Pure Enjoyment of Art at Ecumen Lakeshore
Oh, That Beautiful Doll Returns to Ecumen North Branch
Ecumen Century Club: Happy 104th Birthday Grace Zemlin
To read more Changing Aging blog posts or to learn more about Ecumen, please visit www.ecumen.org!
The Pure Enjoyment of Art at Ecumen Lakeshore
Aches and pains and daily struggles fade away when residents of Ecumen Lakeshore get lost in their art. Join them as they paint...
Last Week's Top 5 Blog Posts- August 11
Dr. John Brose, Oh That Beautiful Doll, Thrifty White Pharmacy, 11 Effective Stress Reducing Activities, Ecumen Leaders Speak at Caregiver Conference..
In case you missed out on the latest news, here are the blog posts our online visitors found most interesting last week:
Dr. John Brose on Dementia Care: It Doesn't Have To Be This Way
Oh, That Beautiful Doll Returns to Ecumen North Branch
Thrifty White Pharmacy: Ecumen's Innovative Partner in Making Seniors' Lives Better
11 Effective Stress-Reducing Activities From Americans Who Know
Ecumen Leaders Speaking at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Caregiver Conference
To read more Changing Aging blog posts or to learn more about Ecumen, please vist www.ecumen.org!
Duluthian Magazine Features “A Superior Way of Life” at Ecumen Lakeshore in Duluth
“Who wouldn’t want this lifestyle?” a resident asks in a recent article in Duluthian Magazine article profiling Ecumen Lakeshore on Lake Superior in Duluth. When Ecumen opened the campus in 2005, one of its goals was to counter the prevailing stereotypes of senior living. Take a look at the Duluthian article for some residents’ perspectives on what it’s like to live by the lake and watch the ships come in.