Friends of Thomas Landing, Several weeks ago, we announced the purchase of Thomas Landing by Bear Paw Properties. In effect, the previous ownership group expanded the ownership structure to include members of our families. Each member of the new group has been affiliated with Thomas…
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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…
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…
Noticing signs of Alzheimer’s in friends or family at the holidays
The holidays offer busy and remote families an opportunity to gather and spend time with loved ones who they see only occasionally during the year. While visiting, you may notice changes in a relative that raise questions about their health. It’s often difficult to know…
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…