Happy Holidays from Ecumen
Please join us in celebrating another successful year at Ecumen! Enjoy our Ecumen Holiday Video featuring images of employees and customers from 2011.
Top 10 Lessons for Living from America's Most Experienced and Wisest Citizens
Interesting lessons for living from The Legacy Project and Ecumen customers and staff.
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Jim Klobuchar - Our Last Mountain
Jim Klobuchar, contributor to Ecumen's blog, shares insights from a mentor and the mountains of Switzerland.
Three Pieces of Holiday Advice from Larry Minnix
Larry Minnix, who leads LeadingAge, is a tremendous thinker, leader and writer. This column has great insight.
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Creating a New Way to Pay for Senior Services in Minnesota
Interesting discussion in yesterday's Star Tribune on future of long-term care financing.
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Jim Klobuchar-Need Help? From Manila With Love
The problem with my computer could have been solved by any 11-year-old with the juvenile’s basic exposure to locking taskbars and unpin options.
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Building the Future of Senior Living in North Branch - Clayton Anderson's Legacy
Ecumen lost a feisty friend and benefactor when Clayton Anderson died last Friday. Clayton was 101. He served the North Branch area his entire life with his energy and personal resources, making North Branch a better place to live.
Godspeed, Mr. Anderson, on your next journey.
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CNN PHOTOS: "Remembered: The Alzheimer's Project"
Photographer Gregg Segal created "Remembered: The Alzheimer's Project," as a way to honor those living with Alzheimer's. The photos contain projected images from the subject's younger years, illustrating how we often forget who those with Alzheimer's once were. Click the link to see the images and learn about how the powerful images were created.
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Thank you! Together, We're Changing Aging.
Your voices were heard. On Give to the Max Day, we raised more than $5,000 in support of Ecumen and Awakenings!
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Ecumen Academy of Lifelong Learning: Because you're never too old to learn!
Twenty-three senior citizens this fall took Inver Hills Community College courses designed especially for them, and which were brought to them at the Ecumen Seasons at Apple Valley senior residence.
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