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Ecumen Awakenings Educational Sessions Planned in North Dakota for Families Dealing with Dementia

Free educational sessions and luncheons for caregivers of people with dementia will be held April 25, 2016, in Mott, ND, and April 26, 2016 in Wishek, ND. The Mott session

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Eight New Ecumen Awakenings Trainers Certified

Eight Ecumen employees have been certified as Ecumen Awakenings facilitators with qualifications to train other employees in the Awakenings approach to dementia care.

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Ecumen Awakenings Receives Circle of Excellence Award from Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner

Ecumen Awakenings received a 2015 Commissioner’s Circle of Excellence Award from Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson for its outstanding contribution to improving the quality of life of

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North Dakota Dementia Caregiver Training Sessions Begin Today

The first of five free Ecumen-hosted educational sessions for caregivers of people with dementia in rural areas of North Dakota begin today. The first educational session and luncheon is today

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New Horizon Foods Wins Ecumen’s Annual Golf Outing, Helps Raise Money for Alzheimer’s Care

Ecumen hosted its annual golf tournament Monday to raise money for Alzheimer's care.

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Ecumen’s Maria Reyes To Speak on Integrated Dementia Care at Commons Health Conference in Duluth

Ecumen Quality Improvement Nurse Maria Reyes, RN, will speak on integrated dementia care Sept. 9, 2015, at the 2015 Commons Health Conference in Duluth, Minn.—an annual working conference designed to foster new

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Ecumen Awakenings Receives Business Journal Eureka! Award for Innovation

The Ecumen Awakenings™ program designed to care for elderly dementia patients without the use of highly sedating drugs has won the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s 2015 Eureka! award for innovation. 

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New Ecumen White Paper Offers 5 Key Steps to Reducing Antipsychotics in Dementia Care

Senior care professionals and nursing homes are challenged to conform to the 2012 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services initiative to decrease off-label use of antipsychotics. In many cases, the

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BYU Radio Explores Awakenings in Interview with Ecumen Nurses

Brigham Young University's Morning Show featured a 30-minute interview with Ecumen nurses about the Ecumen Awakenings program. Shelley Matthes, RN, Director of Quality Improvement, and Maria Reyes, RN, Awakenings Project

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Top 5 Most-Popular Blog Posts – December 15

Did you miss last week's most-read Changing Aging blog posts? Ecumen's online visitors found these articles most interesting: NPR Story Highlights Ecumen Awakenings Approach to Dementia Care Ecumen Awakenings once

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