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. ...
You can read these articles and learn more about Ecumen at www.ecumen.org.
The Life-and-Death Experience of Ecumen Board Member Kris Linner
The Rev. Kris Linner, an Ecumen board member, has been working in hospice the past 15 years,helping people die with dignity. In the process, she has learned a lot about living.
Celebrate National Rural Health Day Today
Ecumen honors doctors, caregivers, farmers, business owners, families and community leaders as they celebrate National Rural Health Day today.
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.
St Croix Hospice Wins Annual Golf Outing, Helps Raise Money for Alzheimer's Care
Ecumen hosted its annual golf outing on Monday, Sept. 8, at Midland Hills Country Club in Roseville. Over 80 golfers came out to support Ecumen Awakenings, a nationally honored care approach that significantly reduces the “chemical restraints” and sedating medications often prescribed to people with Alzheimer’s and dementia.
Ecumen and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Form Partnership to Address Rural Senior Care Shortage
New nursing education partnership and workforce development partnership launched by Ecumen and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities supported by $1.9 million Margaret A. Cargill Foundation grant.
St. Croix Hospice Team Wins 2013 Ecumen Changing Aging Invitational Golf Tournament
Congratulations to Team St. Croix Hospice, winners of the 2013 Ecumen Changing Aging Invitational held earlier this month in Roseville, Minn. Twenty-two teams participated in this year's tournament and helped raise funds and awareness for Ecumen Awakenings. Ecumen's innovative Awakenings program is working to transform America's culture of care for people living with Alzheimer's and related dementias by reducing the use of psychotropic drugs and other medications. Visit www.ecumenawakenings.org for more information or www.ecumengiving.org to lend your support!
Dena Meyer Named Ecumen Director of Business Development
Dena Meyer has been named director of business development at Ecumen.
Dena has 15 years of senior housing experience in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors and has developed more than 1,000 senior housing units in the Twin Cities. She recently served as interim housing manager of Ecumen Seasons at Apple Valley and was the first director of marketing for that community, overseeing initial sales efforts and opening events. Before that, she was the developer of the award-winning Ecumen Seasons at Maplewood, and she also worked on the development of Ecumen Seasons at Apple Valley.
“Dena has a deep understanding of how planning, marketing, development and operations relate to successful communities,” said Steve Ordahl, Ecumen senior vice president of business development. “She forges strong and productive business relationships and approaches her work with resourcefulness and imagination.”
Dena is a graduate of the College of St. Benedict/St John’s University and lives in Prior Lake.
Jim Klobuchar: Vikings Get More than a Victory in London
You can read Ecumen blogger Jim Klobuchar's analysis of the MInnesota Vikings' first victory in this post he did today for MinnPost.