When reporter Ina Jaffe started covering aging for National Public Radio, she quickly learned how sensitive older people are about how they are referred to in the media. This prompted
As out of town visitors saw during All Star Week, Minneapolis is a pretty cool place. What it lacks, however, is cool senior housing in a primetime location such as the
Survey after survey affirms that the vast majority of people plan to age in their own homes rather than downsizing or moving to retirement communities. And most experts tend to
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Gus is in the business of making people happy, and residents of Ecumen Lakeview Commons are his best clients. Gus, the year-and-a-half-old Border Collie roams the halls of Lakeview Commons
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal has announced that Ecumen will receive a “Best Places to Work” award — for the ninth time in the past decade. The award is based
Ecumen has named two directors to lead the expansion of its nationally recognized Ecumen Awakenings™ program that emphasizes managing dementia without highly sedating drugs. Maria Reyes, a registered nurse who
