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
Senior Housing Archives · Page 2 of 8 · Choice Connections Eunice Neubauer - Founder Assisted Living MN
June 4, 2024
April 7, 2024
Senior Living Community Leadership
Senior Living Community Leadership by Janelle Meyers, CSA, LALD Finding the right senior living community is important. Whether in assisted living, independent senior living, residential care, or memory care, stable leadership is central. Working in senior living operations for over twenty-five years in the Minneapolis area has given me firsthand experience of what it’s like
April 7, 2024
15 Years Of Senior Living Advising
15 years of Senior Living Advising As Eunice K. Neubauer, CSA® Founder and President of Choice Connections looks back on her tenure, here are some of the highlights she pointed out about the Twin Cities’ senior living industry and its evolution since 2009. Senior Living in the Twin Cites Has Matured As more investors and
March 7, 2024
Minnesota Assisted Living Report Card
Minnesota Assisted Living Report Card If you watch the news or read the paper in Minneapolis or St Paul, you may have heard that Minnesota has a new way of reporting quality and satisfaction in assisted living. The report card gives people information on assisted living quality when looking for a facility. It provides transparency
February 6, 2024
Senior Living Prices: What Will It Cost? By, Janelle Meyers, CSA(R), LALD
Senior Living Prices: What Will It Cost? Janelle Meyers, CSA®, LALD There are many things that people consider when choosing to move into senior housing. The location, activities, amenities offered, types of apartments are just a few. As a certified senior advisor, one of the most common question is, “what is this going to cost?”
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
January 4, 2024
More Than Bingo! Written by Janelle Meyers, CSA(R), LALD
More Than Bingo! Written by Janelle Meyers, CSA (R), LALD I began my career in senior living in 1996. I had just graduated with my bachelor’s degree in therapeutic recreation. My first job was working in a nursing home as an activity assistant in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota. For the next ten years, I devoted
January 4, 2024
SOULcial Salute
SOULcial Salute Jackie Byington, CTRS, Life Enrichment Director Cornerstone Assisted Living and Memory Care. Plymouth MN It’s All Just Fun and Games. Really! As we come up to this year’s National Activity Professionals Day on January 26th, we are enjoying shining our light on this most appreciated work. I was directed to Jackie Byington as
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
December 3, 2023
Celebrating The Holidays in Senior Living by Janelle Meyers, CSA, LALD
Celebrating The Holidays in Senior Living by Janelle Meyers, CSA, LALD Are you overwhelmed or stressed about the upcoming holidays? If you are, you are not alone. Maybe you or a loved one recently moved into an assisted living, nursing home or other senior care facility. It wiill be different from past years. However, you