Sometimes a good talk with someone who understands helps relieve the stress of caregiving. In fact, that is the basis of most support groups. Just pulling the chairs in a
Ecumen Detroit Lakes is among 12 Minnesota organizations receiving grants through ACT on Alzheimer’s to help create more dementia-friendly communities. ACT on Alzheimer’s is a volunteer-driven, statewide collaboration preparing Minnesota
Thinking about an assisted living for yourself or a loved one? It’s a major decision requiring lots of due diligence. We take pride in helping you find the right solution
The Vital Aging Network, a nonprofit helping people 50+ live connected and vital lives, will host a Mayday Celebration May 1, 2014, to welcome spring with cool jazz, socializing and
Matt Schons, who works as a cook for the food service at Ecumen-managed Colonial Manor Balaton in Balaton, Minn., ran into a burning house after a gas explosion and saved the
The usual late afternoon snowstorm had mercifully subsided. From behind the steering wheel of my car, it was theoretically possible to make out traffic signals again and approaching cars with
In today’s Duluth News Tribune, reporter John Lundy gives a sensitive and compelling account of how Awakenings works to calm dementia without drugs. Shelley Matthes, RN, Ecumen’s director of quality
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
In a recent Opinuendo column the St. Paul Pioneer Press highlighted Ecumen’s Excellence in Dementia Care Award, a national honor received last week in Washington, D.C. Here’s what the Pioneer
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem was never one to hide her age. Today she turns 80, and by all accounts she is more effective than ever. She has stood against ageism
