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North Star Leadership Award Nominee #4

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This week, we are honoring team members who were nominated for our North Star Leadership Award.  We are also submitting those who were nominated to Aging Services Stars Among Us campaign. As we continue to honor those individuals who were nominated for Welcome Home Management’s…

North Star Leadership Award Nominee #3

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This week, we are honoring team members who were nominated for our North Star Leadership Award.  We are also submitting those who were nominated to Aging Services Stars Among Us campaign. As we continue to honor those individuals who were nominated for Welcome Home Management’s…

North Star Leadership Award nominee #2

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As we mentioned earlier this week, we are honoring team members who were nominated for our North Star Leadership Award.  We are also submitting those who were nominated to Aging Services Stars Among Us campaign. For the past three years, Welcome Home has honored an…

Senior Olympics at Excelsior Place prove you’re never too old to play!

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We started talking about 3 months ago on how we could get our residents moving more through out the winter months and have tons of fun doing it.  I brought the idea to the Supervisor’s meeting and we discussed what activities to have that the…

Welcome Home honors North Star Leadership nominees by submitting them to Aging Services of Minnesota’s Stars Among Us campaign.

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Next week, Aging Services of Minnesota will be showcasing people who work in the senior living industry at their annual Institute.  The goal of their program, called “Stars Among Us”, is “to shine a light on the people who are the backbone of our support system…

Mandatory Consultation – 4 months later, how’s it going?

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Roman Bloemke, Director of Operations at Welcome Home was quoted in a story recently published on the Assisted Living Federation of America’s news releases. The story takes a look at Minnesota’s new requirement regarding mandatory consultation since it was implemented October 2011. While we are…

Online Dementia and Driving Resource Center helps families tackle a difficult topic

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Due to the progressive nature of Alzheimer’s, every person with the disease will eventually become unable to drive. Some people are able to continue driving in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, but it requires ongoing evaluation to ensure safety. As hard as it is…

Adding to our social network

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For the past three years, we have been looking at the best outlets for our message and ways for families to see what Mom and Dad or Grandpa and Grandma are doing on a daily basis. We first dipped our toes in the social media…

Klobuchar’s bill aims to protect seniors, vulnerable people

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U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, is introducing a new bill aimed at protecting seniors and vulnerable people. She was recently in Duluth, Minnesota to hold a town hall meeting on the proposal.  According to the Duluth News Tribune, “Klobuchar’s bill, the Guardian Accountability and Senior Protection…

Obesity May Influence Older Adults’ Risk of Falls

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Article from the Assisted Living Federation of America. A new study indicates that obese seniors are more likely to fall than their recommended weight counterparts. When these falls resulted in injury, researchers found obese individuals less likely to recover. The study, published in the Journal…