Welcome Home joined with 2,000 conference attendees this week to celebrate senior living’s efforts to fight ageism in America. Following a motivational speech by leadership guru, Steve Farber, attendees visited with exhibitors. All attendees later enjoyed the ALFA Hero Awards Lunch, concurrent sessions and an…
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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…
U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Moderates Assisted Living Discussion
On March 16, the U.S. Senate Aging Committee held a roundtable discussion entitled, “Assisted Living at the Dawn of America’s ‘Age Wave’: What Have States Achieved and How is the Federal Role Evolving?” The discussion included a wide range of stakeholder representatives from state and…
Deep Cuts Leave Seniors on Shaky Ground
The House Health and Human Services proposal includes a total repeal of rate equalization, but balances the budget by gouging already underfunded nursing homes and home health care programs designed to help seniors remain in their homes. When the House budget targets for Health and…
Welcome Home staff head to WALA’s Spring Conference
Team members from Welcome Home head out today for what looks to be a great week at the Wisconsin Assisted Living Association’s Spring Conference. Topics will include: Leadership, Regulations; Family Care; Clinical; Operations; Human Relations; and Marketing will be covered. Each year, we participate in…
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,…
Welcome Home LIVE: Managing the Stress of Being a Supervisor
This month’s leadership webcast is coming up tomorrow! This month, we tackle “Managing the Stress of Being a Supervisor.” Program starts at 1pm and will run approximately 45 minutes. Welcome Home LIVE is hosted by Roman Bloemke, Director of Operations at Welcome Home Health Care.…
New wheels for the residents of Thomas Landing Senior Living!
Last week, we had the great pleasure of delivering a “late” holiday present to the residents of Thomas Landing Senior Living Community in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. The picture of the smiles on the resident’s faces will be a lasting memory for me. I talked to…
Governor Takes Positive Steps to Protect Seniors
With a $1.2 billion improvement to the state’s budget forecast, Governor Dayton reverses some proposed cuts to older adult services After proposing an initial “hard times” budget that cut $87 million out of vital programs for Minnesota’s seniors, Governor Dayton is now using an improved forecast…
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