In our communities, we don’t call them activity directors – we call them Community Life Coordinators – mainly because they are the heartbeat of the life of our senior living communities. While many think of the care that is provided first – to the resident,…
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Community Service Project gets underway at River Pointe of Moorhead
River Pointe will be doing a community service project this May. We will be hosting a shoe cutting party for solehope.com. We will be cutting out patterns for shoes for those in need in Uganda, Africa. Adults and children in Uganda work and play all day…
2014 Awards Banquet
Last night, we held our annual awards banquet for properties managed by Welcome Home Management at the Crow River Golf Club in Hutchinson, Minnesota. Awards were given for Resident Choice, Employee Choice, Best Community and North Star Leadership Awards. Presenting awards were Roman Bloemke, Director…
Online Dementia and Driving Resource Center helps families tackle a difficult topic
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…
2012 Award Winners Announced
Each year we bring our team leaders to Hutchinson for an educational conference. During our winter conference, we announce those who won awards during the previous year. Last night, we announced the winners of the 2012 awards. *Pictured above, L to R: Dean Bloemke,…
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…
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…
2011 Welcome Home Award Winners
Each year, Welcome Home gives out several awards for excellence in our senior living communities. Awards for Resident Choice, Employee Choice, Best Community Award, and the North Star Leadership Award were given to communities and individuals who qualified for the awards. Our teams did such…
Adding to our social network
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…
Thanks and Gratitude
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…