Top 5 Blog Posts —October 19

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

A Walk Through Time with Dr. John Sanford and Dr. Julie Moller at Ecumen Lakeshore 
Today, like every day, Doctors Sanford and Moller are making their rounds at Ecumen Lakeshore in Duluth.  It’s been a few years since they practiced medicine, but their regular walks through the rehabilitation unit and around the campus are a reassuring ritual.

Rose Senior Living Breaks Ground on State-of-the-Art Senior Living Community On Providence-Providence Park Hospital Campus in Novi, Mich.
Rose Senior Living, a privately held Michigan real estate development and management company and strategic partner with Ecumen, officially broke ground October 14 on a new state-of-the-art senior living community on the Providence-Providence Park Hospital campus in Novi, Mich.

Ecumen Trustee Debbie Cervenka Forges New Paths Supporting a Mission That Is Personal
The future looked bright for Ecumen Trustee Debbie Cervenka and her husband Bob.  They had just sold the highly successful company they built together and were making big plans for the next phase of their lives. What happened next totally shattered their dreams— but gave Debbie the resolve to turn their life-changing event into a mission to help others.

Ecumen Parmly LifePointes Moves and Shakes and Smiles
About 150 people — residents, families, staff and community members — gathered at Ecumen Parmly LifePointes in Chisago City, Minn., to celebrate Active Aging Week. “Movement is so good for our bodies and minds,” celebrity fitness trainer Chris Freytag told the participants.  “And any movement counts. The best movement ever is a smile.”

Les and Lil Johnson: Staying Together and Praying Together for 70 Years
Meet Les and Lil Johnson, residents of Ecumen Parmly LifePointes, who held hands on the school bus in the 1940s and are still holding hands after 70 years of marriage.

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