Bickford, Merrill Gardens, New Perspective Leaders Envision ‘Transformational Change’ for Senior Living Industry

Leaders of Bickford Senior Living, Merrill Gardens and New Perspective agree: the senior living industry is in need of “transformational change” in the years to come. Looking across the senior living industry today, they see many opportunities for change, from solving workforce challenges to finding new and better ways to care for residents amid the challenges of the pandemic. And

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Senior Living is Still Searching for Answers to Worker Shortage, Says C-Suite Panel at Argentum Conference

MINNEAPOLIS — The worker shortage situation in seniors housing has improved marginally in recent months, but remains a “crisis,” said Tana Gall, president of Seattle-based Merrill Gardens, an owner-operator with a portfolio of 72 communities across 20 states. The veteran executive urged the industry to leave no stone unturned in its quest to find new employees, but discouraged the practice

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Dr. Odom on the Benefits of the COVID-19 Vaccine

Dr. Odom – Benefits of the Vaccine from New Perspective on Vimeo. Learn more about the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine from our friend and partner, Dr. John Odom. Dr. Odom founded Odom Health & Wellness in 2006 to help people live life to their fullest potential. He has been practicing medicine in the Twin Cities for over 20 years

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Voices United Winner is…

Click on the image above to see who won the $500 Prize Drawing for submitting an “I’m getting the vaccine because..” selfie. Thanks again to everyone who submitted a video!

PB&J Chicken Wings with Michael Davis on Paula Sands Live in the Quad Cities

PB&J Wings

Michael Davis, Culinary Services Director at New Perspective Franklin, made an appearance on Paula Sands Live to share his delicious and unique Thai Chicken Wings with Berry Drizzle (PB&J Wings) recipe. If you’re looking for comfort food to help fight off the winter blues, be sure to try this out! Watch the interview and get the full recipe.

Updated Guidance on Face Masks from the CDC

Couple Wearing Surgical Masks

Fox News reports that the CDC has expanded on their previous stance on mask wearing. Their original guidance focused on the benefit of wearing masks for those around the mask wearer—they have now updated this, saying that it is also a benefit to the person wearing a mask: “The CDC said early research supports community masking to lower virus spread,

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Business People: Sunday, March 3

ADVERTISING/PUBLIC RELATIONS Public relations and government affairs firm MZA+Co, St. Paul, announced that Melissa Lesch will be joining the firm as senior vice president-state & local government affairs. … CNH Architects, Apple Valley, has hired certified interior designer Ashley Klis. AGRICULTURE Zinpro Corp., an Eden Prairie-based livestock nutrition company, announced that Chris Reinhardt has joined the company as technical beef

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Milwaukee Milkmen name additional sponsors for Franklin ballpark

Construction on Routine Field to wrap up prior to team’s May 24 home opener by Maredithe Meyer | Originally Posted February 26, 2019, 2:08 PM Local businesses Zuern Building Products, Milwaukee Sausage Company and WaterStone Bank have partnered up with new minor league baseball club Milwaukee Milkmen as sponsors of its ballpark, Routine Field, which is being constructed at The Rock

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New Perspective Senior Living acquires Minnetonka building, plans upgrades

  By Melissa Turtinen mturtinen@swpub.com  | Feb 18, 2019 MINNETONKA — New Perspective Senior Living has acquired a new community, expanding its footprint to the Lake Minnetonka area. The Eden Prairie-based company said in a Feb. 5 news release that it has acquired the Brookdale Carlson senior living community located at 500 Carlson Parkway in Minnetonka. The community, now being

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New Perspective Senior Living Announces Winners for First Annual Resident Christmas Card Contest

MINNEAPOLIS (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 17, 2017 New Perspective Senior Living has unveiled the winning artwork from its first annual resident Christmas card contest. Seven winning designs were selected from more than 100 entries across the organization. The winning artwork was created by residents ranging in age from 65 to 95 years old. “Last year we created custom Christmas cards using artwork created by

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