This past week, residents of Potter Ridge Assisted Living (Red Wing) along with residents from Orchard Hill Assisted Living (New Ulm) took a road trip to the North Shore of Minnesota. On Tuesday thirty residents, family and staff, boarded the Sugar Loaf Charters bus and…
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2011 King and Queen of Orchard Hill
I just wanted to pass along a link to the New Ulm Journal about the coronation of King and Queen as Orchard Hill kicks off Assisted Living Week. You can view the short article here. Congratulations to Charlie and Bonnie!
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…
Hundreds of Seniors and Caregivers Rock the State Capitol to Urge Lawmakers to Prioritize Funding for Senior Care
Residents and staff from Welcome Home communities gathered with hundreds of seniors, care providers, and long-term care supporters from throughout Minnesota Rallied at the Minnesota state capitol today to urge state legislators to take in to account the shifting state demographics and prioritize the budgets to…
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…
Rally for Older Adult Services at the Minnesota State Capitol is coming soon
Aging Services members are being encouraged to begin planning now for the Long-Term Care Imperative’s Rally in the State Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday, May 3, starting at 1:30 p.m. Communities who are planning on participating at the rally should start making plans to attend. Residents,…
Award Winners Announced
Today we take a moment and recognize the communities who have achieved high level of excellence in senior living. We have several awards to get to, but before we go any further, we’d like to make a special mention to all of those team members out…
Thankful
When we started this blog just over a year ago, one of our very first posts was was on what we were thankful for. This year, we asked each of the Director’s and Memory Care Coordinator’s what they were thankful for. We have an awesome…