Top 5 Blog Posts — Aug. 31

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

Ecumen Century Club: Happy 102nd Birthday Lorna Smith
Ecumen honors Lorna Smith, a resident at Ecumen Seasons at Maplewood, who is 102. 

Washington Post: My Mother Had Alzheimer’s. Will My Fate Be the Same?
As she turned 50, inquisitive science writer Carol Berkower was haunted by the prospect of getting Alzheimer’s — the disease that killed her mother. She posed the question: Is there a way to cut through the hype and find out what measures, if any, will help stave off dementia?  Then she went on a fact-finding mission that took her all the way back to the prominent New York doctor who first diagnosed her mother.

Ecumen Century Club: Guthrie Theater Legend Annette Garceau Celebrates Her 102nd Birthday
Legendary Guthrie Theater costume designer Annette Garceau, a resident of Ecumen Lakeview Commons in Maplewood, Minn., just celebrated her 102nd birthday. 

Ecumen Blogger Jim Klobuchar — Sometimes Big Men Cry
When Fran Tarkenton stood up for Mick Tingelhoff at his NFL Hall of Fame induction, tears were flowing because their friendship was even bigger than the award.

Ecumen of Litchfield Gets Medicare’s Highest 5-Star Quality Rating
Ecumen of Litchfield Emmanuel Care Center has received the highest possible overall quality rating of 5 stars from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). 

You can read these articles and more at www.ecumen.org