Last Week’s Top 5 Blog Posts – May 12
In case you missed one, here are the blog posts our online visitors found most interesting last week:
On National Nurses Day: Honoring Anne Diekmann, Exemplary Ecumen Nurse
What It's Like to be 100 Years Old, in 10 Charts
The Minnesota Boychoir Brings Early Mother's Day Joy to the Residents at Ecumen Lakeview Commons
Changing Aging Video: Ashley, LPN at Ecumen Bethany Community
Young…
Changing Aging Video: Ashley, LPN at Ecumen Bethany Community
"It's a good variety. A lot of people think nursing can be the same thing every day when you work in a nursing home. But it's completely different. You have different challenges every day and you definately need to stay on the ball. It's just great - I love it!"
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Last Week’s Top 5 Blog Posts – May 5
In case you missed them, here are the blog posts our online visitors found most interesting last week:
A Handy Guide to Communicating With People Who Have Dementia
Young Man's 89-Year-Old Prom Date Gets a Standing Ovation
Jane's Beautiful Birthday Dream Grows at Ecumen of Litchfield
Ecumen Resident Bertha Smith, First Black Teacher in Minneapolis School District, Remembered as Pioneer and…
Bertha Smith, First Black Teacher in Minneapolis School District, Remembered as Pioneer and Role Model
Bertha Smith, the first black teacher in the Minneapolis School District, is being remembered by local leaders as an extraordinary educator, tireless volunteer and dedicated community advocate. Smith, a resident at Ecumen Prairie Lodge, passed away on Friday, April 18, at the age of 94. Our condolences to Bertha's family, friends and all those who were influenced by her.
Ecumen is honored to…
Young Man’s 89-Year-Old Prom Date Gets a Standing Ovation
Austin Dennison didn't ask his high school sweetheart to prom. Nor did he ask a celebrity via Twitter. Austin, a "kind of fellow who looks like he just stepped out of central casting," asked his 89-year-old great grandmother to his senior prom. And she said yes. You can read the full story in this Fox News Article: "Teenager Takes His Great-Grandmother to Prom."
Last Week’s Top 5 Blog Posts – April 28
In case you missed them, here are the blog posts our online visitors found most intereesting last week:
Ecumen's Corporate HR Team Takes Big Lessons from an Afternoon at Feed My Starving Children
Ecumen Job Openings Now on Twitter
Honor: Seven Teachings on a Life Well-Lived from Sen. Nancy Brataas and Her Daughter Anne
Thankful Family Honors Grand Village Caregivers
Ecumen Prairie Lodge:…
Last Week’s Top 5 Blog Posts – April 21
In case you missed them, here are the blog posts our online visitors found most interesting last week:
Thankful Family Honors Grand Village Caregivers
How to be a Good Caregiver When the Caregivee Doesn't Want Your Help
Ecumen's Christy Johnson Gets Very Serious About Fun and Games
Great Minds Gala Video: Ashley and Shannon Campbell Perform Tribute to Their Father
A Look at…
Last Week’s Top 5 Blog Posts
In case you missed them, here are last week's Top 5 blog posts:
Great Minds Gala Video: Ashley and Shannon Campbell Perform Tribute to their Father
Ecumen's Christy Johnson Gets Very Serious About Fun and Games
Ecumen's Annual Report to the Community
A Look at Alzheimer's Through the Eyes of a Young Doctor
Ecumen Detroit Lakes Receives Grant to Advance Its Dementia-Friendly…
Ecumen Medical Consultant Dr. Tracy Tomac: A Psychiatrist Blazing New Trails in Dementia Care
New Ulm, Minn., 18 years ago: The bus from the nursing home moves through the below-zero snowy prairie to the clinic where a freshly minted young doctor has just started practicing. The bus attendant unloads the elderly patients in their wheel chairs and rolls them, one by one, into the clinic.
The doctor, a Mayo resident in psychiatry, feels well equipped to handle this, newly…
Honoring Verna Bloom, Age 104, at Ecumen-Managed Sunnyside Care Center
Everybody wants to know Verna Bloom’s secret. She’ll tell you being 104 years old “surprises” her because she has “no secret of any kind.”
“Every day is a gift from God,” Verna is fond of saying.
The staff at Ecumen-managed Sunnyside Care Center in Lake Park, Minn., where Verna lives, has some insight into her longevity. …