A recent article in the New York Times describes the benefits of non-pharmacological techniques that create positive emotional experiences for seniors living with Alzheimer’s. Scientific studies as well as anecdotal evidence indicate that using food, scheduling, art, music, and exercise to create a pleasing environment…
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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…
Memory loss – planning ahead
For those who have family members who have been diagnosed with memory loss, what lies ahead can be daunting. Recently KARE 11 Extra shed light on memory loss hitting close to home (see link). This news story expresses the importance of planning ahead and speaking out…
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…
Many Use Vacation Time for Caregiving
A new study finds that 61% of American workers took at least one day of paid vacation time in the previous year to care for another person. The Hartford Financial Services Group and ComPsych Corp. conducted a survey of 862 employees over the age 45…
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…
Busy week at Welcome Home
What a great week it has been so far! Our week started with a fantastic grand opening at Thomas Landing. A great big congratulations to the entire staff at Thomas Landing for putting on one of the smoothest running grand openings we’ve seen. All of…
Join us for the Grand Opening of Thomas Landing
Be sure to join us November 15th from 11am to 4 pm for Thomas Landing’s Grand Opening. There will be live music provided by Take 5, a local jazz ensemble. Tour guides will be available to take individual small groups through the many options Thomas…