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. …
Ecumen To Receive National Award for Excellence in Dementia Care
Ecumen will receive a national honor March 17 as the winner of the Excellence in Dementia Care Award presented by LeadingAge and EMA at the Great Minds Gala in Washington, D.C.
Ecumen is receiving the award for its Awakenings program, which over the last five years has significantly reduced the use of antipsychotic drugs on dementia residents in its communities by implementing non-pharmaceutical…
National Wear Red Day – Raising Awareness in the Fight Against Heart Disease in Women
Women (and men) across the country are wearing red for "National Wear Red Day" today. At Ecumen, we see the effects heart disease has on women of all ages. Many of our employees are wearing red today to support more research and awareness of the No. 1 killer of women.
Please join us by learning more about heart disease and stroke at www.goredforwomen.org, including "Factors That…
An Unshaggy Dog Story Unfolds at Ecumen Lakeview Commons
Fred had hit bottom. He was homeless and malnourished, living in a godforsaken shelter somewhere in Arkansas. His body was covered in sores, and his teeth were falling out. But even in this depth of despair, there was something about his spirit.
You could look through his eyes right into his beautiful soul. And that’s what saved his life. A stranger saw who he was on…
There Is a Santa Claus at Ecumen’s Luther Park at Sandpoint, Idaho
On Christmas morning in Sandpoint, Idaho, a dozen or so small children gather around the tree to see what Santa has brought them. The kids all have at least one thing in common: Santa is definitely not their parents. They are the kids of Kinderhaven, a group foster home and emergency shelter in this small northern Idaho town. They have been removed from their homes and placed…