How to Say Thank You to a Caregiver This Thanksgiving
As we count our blessings tomorrow, please remember to thank those who provide care for friends and relatives. Here are 10 ideas for how to thank those who care for your loved ones.
Ecumen Century Club: Angeline Lee, 108, and Eunice Anderson, 103
Angeline Lee and Eunice Anderson, who live at Ecumen-managed Clarkfield Care Center, have a Nov. 30 birthday in common and also share extraordinary longevity. This Sunday they will be celebrating their birthdays that add up to 211 years of living.
Ecumen Blogger Jim Klobuchar: Geese Lover Strikes Out
Once again, no good deed goes unpunished, as Jim Klobuchar's well-intentioned goose intervention turns to comic chaos.
Top 5 Most-Read Articles - November 24
In case you missed out, here are the articles Ecumen's online visitors found most interesting last week:
The LIfe-and-Death Experience of Ecumen Board Member Kris Linner
“There is no way to explain that feeling of life leaving,” says the Rev. Kris Linner, who has spent the last 15 years doing hospice work, ministering to hundreds of people as the spirit leaves the body. How can she do this? It’s a probing question she gets all the time, and this is her mystical answer ...
Ecumen Awarded LeadingAge Innovation Grant to Test Dementia Care Light Therapy
Ecumen has been awarded a $29,800 LeadingAge Innovations Fund grant to integrate light therapy into memory care units for adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). ...
Ecumen Home Care-Twin Cities Inaugerates New Office Space
Ecumen Home Care - Twin Cities held an open house Nov. 17, 2014, to show off its expanded new offices at 199 Coon Rapids Boulevard, Suite 111, in Coon Rapids, Minn. ...
Ecumen New Richland Chef Troy Thompson Gets Rave Reviews
The folks at Ecumen New Richland are raving about Chef Troy Thompson. His food is “delicious above all conception,” said one resident. Thompson’s exceptional culinary skill recently merited a story in the Albert Lea Tribune. ...
Ecumen Lakeshore Knitting Group Helps Women's Shelter in Duluth
The Ecumen Lakeshore Knitting Group in Duluth is using its talents to help support the Safe Haven Shelter in a joint project with the Duluth Woman’s Club. A story in the Duluth Budgeteer News tells how the knitters are using yarn provided by the Woman’s Club to create a variety of handmade gifts such as caps, scarves, mufflers and slippers. ...
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Dementia-Friendly Communities Emerging in Midwest
Around Minnesota and Wisconsin, you will be seeing more businesses posting a new window cling with a purple angel symbol and this message: “We are a Dementia Friendly Business.”
The Life-and-Death Experience of Ecumen Board Member Kris Linner
The Rev. Kris Linner, an Ecumen board member, has been working in hospice the past 15 years,helping people die with dignity. In the process, she has learned a lot about living.
Celebrate National Rural Health Day Today
Ecumen honors doctors, caregivers, farmers, business owners, families and community leaders as they celebrate National Rural Health Day today.
Ecumen New Richland Chef Troy Thompson Gets Rave Reviews
The folks at Ecumen New Richland are raving about Chef Troy Thompson. His food is “delicious above all conception,” said one resident.
Ecumen Lakeshore Knitting Group Helps Women’s Shelter in Duluth
The Ecumen Lakeshore Knitting Group in Duluth is using its talents to help support the Safe Haven Shelter in a joint project with the Duluth Woman’s Club.
A story in the Duluth Budgeteer News tells how the knitters are using yarn provided by the Woman’s Club to create a variety of handmade gifts such as caps, scarves, mufflers and slippers.
The shelter offers safety for women who are battered and their children, and works to end violence against women.
Ecumen Home Care – Twin Cities Inaugurates New Office Space
Ecumen Home Care - Twin Cities held an open house Nov. 17, 2014, to show off its expanded new offices at 199 Coon Rapids Boulevard, Suite 111, in Coon Rapids, Minn.
PICTURED AT RIGHT, Frances Fernandez, Director of Ecumen Home Care -Twin Cities, and Terry Mahar, Ecumen Regional Director of Home Care and Hospice, welcome open house guests with cake and refreshments.
Ecumen Home Care - Twin Cities is a Medicare-certified home health agency that provides medical and non-medical home care services for the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area to help older adults live independently longer in their homes.
Medical home health care is prescribed skilled care provided by a licensed medical professional. Non-medical care assists with daily activities and functions, such as homemaking, personal care and social wellness.
In addition to the Twin Cities area, Ecumen Home Care is a licensed provider serving older Minnesota residents in the Duluth, Litchfield and Mankato.