The years seem to fly by so quickly sometimes. It seems like we just wrote our annual Thanksgiving post here on the blog. Roman Bloemke, Welcome Home Management This post for me comes really easy every year, because we have so much to be thankful…
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Home for the Holidays
By Todd Corrow, Marketing Associate at Legends at Heritage Place and Lisa Lehmann, Director of Resident Services at Twin Town Villa. As families gather together during this upcoming Holiday Season, some may face seeing changes in their parents. Our goal is to assist all families…
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,
Excelsior Place getting ready to host its annual Fall Open House
Preparing for a future move is very important for older adults. With winter on the way, many people are considering what their options are. With that in mind, Excelsior Place Assisted Living community in Baxter, Minnesota will be holding its annual Fall Open House on Tuesday,…
For the love of food
In an older adults life, food plays a vital role. How it looks, how it tastes, the texture, to how it is perceived. Every year, we bring our Food Service Director’s together for workshops where we cover topics that are useful to them and their…
Don’t Write Off those with Alzheimer’s
I’ve been thinking for awhile now, on how to write this particular story, because it is so important. Kristen Gerencher wrote a wonderful piece in the Wall Street Journal recently that really says it all. Please take a moment and read the article “Don’t Write Off…
Fighting Ageism in America
We recently returned from the Assisted Living Federation of America conference and there was a common theme we would like to share. In today’s society, there seems to be a lot of “ageism” out there. Ageism is defined as discrimination against people on the grounds of…
Aging Parents: 5 warning signs of health problems
Recently, I had a chance meeting with one of our families outside of the work environment and we got to talking about a variety of things. One of the points of conversation that was most interesting is the process that families go through when looking…
Welcome Home visits with Minnesota legislators
This past week, we were privileged to join with 300 other senior living providers at the Minnesota state Capitol as we visited with our state representatives. Visiting from Welcome Home were Linda Beyers, RN and Trincy Faas, Director of Resident Services at Potter Ridge Assisted…