First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who came out to see me speak with a good friend of mine at the Assisted Living Federation of America conference and expo last week in Orlando. I was incredibly nervous, but I calmed once I saw a…
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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,…
Video Games May Improve Seniors Health
A new study on motion gaming, video games that involve frequent movement such as playing games on Wii and Kinect gaming systems, finds that elderly individuals can benefit physically and emotionally from these fun activities. Video games that allow seniors to participate in previously enjoyed…
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…
Busy weekend ahead!
This weekend is going to be another busy one for many of our senior living communities. If you are looking for something fun to do, there are options out there! On Saturday, North Point Senior Living is hosting a “Classic Car Roll-In” from 2:00-4:00 p.m.…
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…
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…