SOULcial Salute December 2024 Sara Rubio, Housekeeping Supervisor Summit Place Senior Campus, Eden Prairie Housekeeping By Any Other Name Always Keeps Things Sweet Sara’s title was Caretaker when she began with Summit Place’s sister property, Village Shores in Richfield, in 2000. Today she goes by Housekeeping Supervisor. Either way, the exceptionally good work that she
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SOULcial Salute October, 2024
SOULcial Salute October 2024 Senior Living Nursing: Done Best, It’s A Lifestyle Sue Weinzierl, Director of Nursing, LALD – Rivers of Life – Savage and Eagan For Sue Weinzierl her exceedingly high-level approach to providing care began developing while growing up on a farm with all that it entails. A large part of achieving excellence
July 3, 2024
SOULcial Salute July 2024
Adult Day: A Caregiving Double Header Carol Ashwood, MSW, LICSW by Greg DeMarco, CSA Adult Day services allow one to both give care to a recipient and provide respite to family caregivers at the same time. Such services are a significant support in helping older adults and their caregivers to maintain independence while managing either
June 4, 2024
SOULcial Salute June
SOULcial Salute June 2024 by Greg DeMarco Funeral Pre-Planning Is More Gift Than Task Jeanne McGill, CSA, has spent the last 27 years consulting families in planning funerals. The most frequent comment she’s heard from adult children after their parents’ death is “Why didn’t somebody tell me?!” It is a reaction to the processes, documents
March 7, 2024
SOULcial Salute, March, Edina, MN
Becky Zinn-Caulfield, MSW, LICSW Normandale Center for Healing and Wholeness Edina, Minnesota Celebrating Social Workers, Senior Style March is Social Work month. It has me wondering if it was chosen to align with “March Madness”. After all, when certain areas of life are creating a bit of madness you will usually find a social worker
February 5, 2024
SOULcial Salute
SOULcial Salute Mark Ford, Maintenance Suite Living Senior Care, Twin Cities Senior Living Facilities Management Wasn’t Part Of The Plan Despite Mark having a fondness for his grandparents when he was younger, senior living was not part of his planning when he started in the trades in the late 1980’s. Mark spent over 30 years
December 7, 2023
SOULcial Salute to Santa
SOULcial Salute Arlyn Grussing, “Santa Arlyn” Santa’s North Pole Experience, Eden Prairie MN Santa in Senior Living?! After raising a family and wrapping up careers in the Bloomington area followed by 15 years of being Father Christmas to thousands of kids “Santa and Mrs. Claus (Arlyn and Bonnie Grussing)”, at age 78, are enjoying the
November 11, 2023
Palliative Care and Hospice – what’s the difference?
Palliative Care and Hospice – what’s the difference? There are some misconceptions surrounding these terms and they are often used interchangeably. While there are similarities between palliative and hospice care, there are also significant differences. All Hospice care is considered palliative, meaning a “team” approach is used to provide comfort care and support to the
November 11, 2023
SOULcial Salute
SOULcial Salute Lisa Engdahl, LSW, Social Worker, Senior Outreach & Caregiver Services Senior Community Services, Minnetonka MN Caregiving Was In The Cards From The Start While Lisa has been in her current role since 2013 she has been supporting caregivers for decades. It started before high school babysitting their neighbors kids(aka respite care). Through high
November 9, 2023
Caring for the Caregiver
Caring for the Caregiver Each year in November, we honor and recognize family caregivers across the United States. An estimated $375 billion dollars in care is provided by family caregivers annually according to National Alliance for Caregiving and Evercare. Caring for a loved one is a personal choice. There are many reasons why a family