This week, we have had the pleasure of hosting 70 of our team leaders here at Welcome Home for our Winter Conference. Yesterday, we had a wonderful beginning session with a friend of ours, Steve Gasser. Steve is one of my friends and is an…
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Training begins at Woodstone-Hutchinson
This week, our team has begun their initial orientation for Woodstone of Hutchinson. We’ve heard from both internal and external experts and our team has been really involved, which has been great. Today we’ve heard from Mike Schumann from the Hutchinson Fire Department about fire…
Recap of the WHMC Summer Workshop 2012 – It’s all about Teamwork
For the past two days, we’ve been hosting our Summer Workshop series here at Welcome Home. Team members from each of our communities have been hear learning and sharing about a variety of topics. As managers, from top to bottom, can feel like your on…
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Unfortunately, we live in a world where those who are vulnerable are at risk for being taken advantage of – young and old. It’s not right, so today we, along with thousands of providers, doctors, home health agencies,…
Meeting of the Minds Dementia Conference 2012
This weekend, Welcome Home and some of our community representatives will be attending the Meeting of the Minds conference from the MN/Dakota Alzheimer’s Association in St. Paul. We are proud to be one of the sponsors for this year’s event! The Meeting of the Minds…
2012 Winter Conference is quickly approaching
Where does the time go when you’re having this much fun!? This past year has been a fast paced one. We’ve welcomed new faces to the organization and have had a great time getting to know them. These new faces are getting ready to attend…
Mandatory Consultation – 4 months later, how’s it going?
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…
Heart and Soul – LCM Workshop
Today, the heart and soul of the care providers visited Welcome Home for their Fall Workshop. We covered a variety of topics, but the overall goal was sharing information between all of the communities. What works, best practices, scheduling ideas, taking inventory, and being a…
Great day of discussion – Community Life Coordinator’s Fall Workshop
What an amazing day filled with ideas and great discussion among a bunch of talented people! Today, we hosted our Community Life Coordinator’s and the Director’s of Resident Services from our communities. Quite honestly,
Legends at Heritage Place adds “Legends Academy”
October is here and The Legends at Heritage Place is excited about one of their upcoming events for the month. Called “Legends Academy”, their new educational program is focused on providing useful information to family and friends who know someone with memory loss. “This has been a…