Enventis Grant Brings More Technology to Ecumen Pathstone Living
Thanks to a technology grant from Enventis, a communications company headquartered in Mankato, Minn., more residents at Ecumen Pathstone Living are going digital.
Enventis, formerly known as HickoryTech, gave a $2,000 grant to Ecumen Pathstone Living to purchase iPads and iPods, which residents are now using to listen to music, play games and access YouTube. Also, some residents are using the devices to listen to church services as well as nature sounds. The grant money was also used to purchase a $250 Amazon gift card to be used for downloading books and music.
In the photo (below) resident Willy Kjarum learns about the iPad from Jodi Fales, a recreation assistant. 
Beth Colway, the development coordinator at Ecumen Pathstone Living, says the activities staff has been introducing the new equipment to residents, who are enjoying all the new possibilities.
Enventis offers broadband Internet, digital TV, and voice and data services to businesses and consumers in southern Minnesota and northwest Iowa and other communication and data systems to businesses across a five-state region.
Ecumen Pathstone Living, which has been serving the Mankato area for more than 75 years, provides services including skilled nursing care, short-term rehabilitation, memory care, and assisted living apartments. Pathstone also offers home care, adult day services, and catering services. More than 500 people each day benefit directly from Pathstone services. Ecumen Pathstone Living is owned by Ecumen, the most innovative leader in senior services.
In the photo (below) Enventis representatives Jennifer Spaude and Janet McCullough make the ceremonial check presentation to Jennifer Pfeffer, executive director of Ecumen Pathstone Living.
Heritage at Irene Woods Hosts Holiday Grand Opening
Heritage at Irene Woods, a new Ecumen-managed senior living community near Memphis, Tenn., hosted a festive holiday gathering of about 150 guests at its grand opening to the public on Saturday, December 14.
The open house included a visit from Santa Claus, horse-drawn carriage rides and a performance by the Houston High School Chorus dressed in Victorian costumes. The event also included a “parade of homes” apartment tour conducted by residents, along with a pasta bar lunch and drawings for prizes.
Heritage at Irene Woods recently opened with independent living, assisted living and memory care units. This is Ecumen’s first managed community in Tennessee and with partner Edward Rose & Sons, headquartered in Michigan. In the summer of 2014, Ecumen will begin managing another Edward Rose community in Clinton Township, Mich.
The 150-acre Heritage campus, between Germantown and Collierville, will become a multi-generational neighborhood over the next five years that not only has a broad spectrum of senior living services, but also an adjacent multi-family apartment development sharing the amenities. The campus includes a three-story independent and assisted living building and a one-level memory care community with connected outdoor gardens and views overlooking Irene Woods. The entire community totals over 165,000 square feet and offer 140 units of senior living apartments, all available on a monthly rental basis with no entrance fees.
For more information call 901-737-4735 or visit www.HeritageIreneWoods.com.