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…
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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…
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…
2010 Summer Conference wrap up
What an amazing conference! A large thank you to all of our speakers. The three days that we spent together was so informative and with such great sessions. I think as we looked around the room today, there isn’t a better group of professionals in…
It’s about people….Day 2 of the ASM conference
by Roman Bloemke, Director of Operations Day 2 of the conference focused on people. People who work for Welcome Home, people that call our communities home, their families and friends, and vendors who provide a quality product or service to help make the communities a great place…
Conference gets underway
The 2010 Winter Conference at Welcome Home got underway this morning. We’ve had several great speakers in this morning covering several timely topics. The first speaker of the morning was Dean Bloemke, President of Welcome Home Health Care. He talked about our vision and what…
Keeping busy before the holidays…
December has been a really busy month here at Welcome Home. This month we will welcome three new people to our team. New Director’s of Resident Services in Red Wing and North Mankato; a transfer of a current Director of Resident Services to our New Ulm…