Ecumen Lakeshore Gets Creative to Offer Outdoor Visits

Ecumen Lakeshore gets creative to offer outdoor visits Duluth News Tribune | Written By: Andee Erickson | Jul 12th 2020 - 8pm The Minnesota Department of Health recently released guidelines allowing one designated "essential caregiver" to enter the long-term facility in order to help with care. Before long-term care facilities began restricting visitors back in March to keep…

Shelley Kendrick Joins Select Thought Leaders on the International Council on Active Aging’s COVID-19 Senior Living Task Force

Shelley Kendrick joins select thought leaders and prominent industry associations from across North America on the International Council on Active Aging's (ICAA) COVID-19 Senior Living Task Force. With a focus on the health, safety, and quality of life of residents and staff, the Task Force will develop, in conjunction with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

Ecumen Named Among 6 Senior Living Providers to Watch in 2020

Ecumen: Leading the way in nonprofit innovation February 3, 2020 | Published by Senior Housing News | Article by Chuck Sudo   Although nonprofit senior living providers have shown an appetite for growth through affiliation in recent years, they have lost market share to their for-profit counterparts, who have greater willingness to assume risk for the sake of growth and…

History

Ecumen’s roots extend to 1862 when the Lutheran Church began providing foster care in Minnesota. At the beginning of the 20th Century, we began serving seniors. Several of our communities began in the early 20th Century, including Ecumen Pathstone Living in Mankato, Minn., Ecumen Lakeshore in Duluth, Minn., and Ecumen Detroit Lakes in Detroit Lakes, Minn. In 1923, this growing…

SEASON OF GRATITUDE: Ecumen Volunteers Help Homeless Veterans

In the holiday spirit, a group of Ecumen volunteers helped out last week at The Anoka Veteran Housing Project, which is providing quality housing for homeless veterans by restoring three cottages at the Anoka State Hospital and turning them into veteran housing.  Read more

Song and Prayer to Honor Our Veterans at Ecumen Lakeview Commons

Ecumen Lakeview Commons residents gathered November 9 for a Veterans Day service to honor people like 100-year-old Madeline Allen, who sat in the front row. She served in the Army in the South Pacific during World War II, at Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters. Read more