How To Help Alzheimer’s Patients Enjoy Life, Not Just ‘Fade Away’ By Judith Graham Alzheimer’s disease has an unusual distinction: It’s the illness that Americans fear most — more than cancer, stroke or heart disease. The rhetoric surrounding Alzheimer’s reflects this. People “fade away” and are tragically “robbed of their identities” as this incurable condition progresses, we’re told time and again. Yet, a
Effectively Communicating with Older Adults: Expert Advice Abounds Many adult children have experienced this paradox: At the very time they need to communicate with their aging parent about important issues in their life, the older person begins experiencing impediments that make communication difficult. Many times, it’s a medical problem—i.e., recovery from a stroke, cognitive impairment, diminished hearing or eyesight. Other
Theresa Guelzow, Hero Award Winner Tell us about a specific time when the nominee went above and beyond day-to-day responsibilities and demonstrated an exceptional commitment to residents. One example of Theresa’s dedication to our residents occurred in July of 2018 when our community was forced to partially evacuate our residents due to an explosion that occurred down the road from
Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, launched 13 years ago by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the United Nations. It’s purpose: to remind the world of the need to protect every senior citizen from physical, emotional, financial, and even sexual abuse. According to the National Council on Aging, 1 in 10 Americans age 60
MINNETONKA, MN- (September 23, 2019) – New Perspective announced today that Ryan Novaczyk has been appointed CEO and Chris Hyatt has been appointed President of New Perspective. “I’m thrilled that Ryan and Chris will be leading the charge towards our vision of 10,000 seniors Living Life on Purpose® in our communities by 2025,” said Todd Novaczyk, who will assume the
As seen on startribune.com (http://www.startribune.com/senior-living-developer-opens-minnetonka-headquarters/560779292/) By Neal St. Anthony SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 — 9:59AM New Perspective Senior Living, which operates 24 senior living complexes in Minnesota and elsewhere, has opened a 30,000 square-foot headquarters and staff resource center in Minnetonka. The 21-year-old company said the refurbished rental building includes a 100-seat training center, conference rooms, video production center and a
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
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
Sabina Badola | Feb 25, 2019 New Perspective has acquired its 22nd senior living community at 500 Carlson Parkway, across from the Carlson Towers in Minnetonka. A multimillion dollar renovation is planned for the three-story building, which has 87 assisted living units and 35 memory care apartments. “With our planned renovation and expansion, we will add to the already great
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