Reducing Antipsychotic Medications in Nursing Homes - Ecumen Awakenings Initiative
Colleagues in Ecumen's nursing homes are doing pretty amazing work in reducing the use of antipsychotic medications.
You're Invited as Minnesota Unveils New Ways to Pay for Long-Term Care - December 14
Citizens League to unveil recommendations for creating long-term care financing system in Minnesota.
How is Senior Living Going to Change?
Creating the future of senior housing.
A Bumper Sticker Shaped By Experience
Love this bumper sticker anecdote from Ecumen's Kurt Hansen.
Honor: War Hero and Ecumen Customer Don Singlestad Led a Life of Service in Park Rapids and Far Beyond
Don Singlestad, an Ecumen customer, lived a life of service to the very end of his days on earth.
Thank You from Beyond the Playing Field
A thank you to the people who empower and honor their fellow human beings.
Charlie Brown, On-Demand and Senior Housing and Services
We live in an on-demand world, and the channels are changing in senior housing and services.
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Ways to Honor Our Veterans - Insights from State Chaplain, Minnesota National Guard John Morris
Ways to honor America's veterans on November 11th and every day.
Reverse Caregiving?
Intergenerational households have become an economic reality, with a sharp increase of children raised solely by grandparents since the recession began. Where’s a caregiving grandparent to turn for help?
9,999,999 Kindred Spirits
Richard Taylor, a retired psychologist, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's-type dementia in 2001 at the age of 58. Now 67, he is a champion for individuals with early-stage and early-onset Alzheimer's disease, and author of the book Alzheimer's from the Inside Out (Health Professions Press, 2006).
The following plea by Dr. Taylor expresses what we at Ecumen believe in most strongly -- empowering our residents with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia to live life as fully as possible. That's why we're embarking on a groundbreaking initiative at all of our skilled nursing centers to free these individuals from any and all unnecessary medications that are sadly, typically, prescribed to "calm" the most disturbing symptoms of dementia.
"Awakenings" is supported by a grant from the State of Minnesota...