Marjorie Belmonte just turned 102 and still lives at home — alone in her pink house in West St. Paul, Minn. And that’s exactly how she likes it. But it
Three years ago, Bobby Vee started forgetting the lyrics to the hit songs he had performed thousands of times since the height of his career in the 1960s. Alzheimer’s was
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
We have the opportunity at Ecumen to serve many optimistic people. But a new report by the Pew Research Center shows the United States is generally in a better place
Most seniors still prefer to stay in their homes if they can, and a recent trend is toward the “village” cooperative model of assisted living where communities of seniors ban
You said “older,” didn’t you? The answer, according to a new Pew Research Center survey, is that there is no significant difference by age group in rates of reading books.
Ecumen Centennial House in Apple Valley, Minn., was named “best assisted living” community in Sun Thisweek newspaper’s Readers Choice Awards. The results were published January 24, 2014, based on a
As Super Bowl Week builds with excitement, Dallas Cowboys legend Rayfield Wright goes about his life in a fog of dementia. He played in five Super Bowls, helped win two,
