Blog
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What is Aducanumab (Aduhelm)?
From the desk of guest author Joseph E. Gaugler, PhD, Professor and Robert L. Kane Endowed Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging, School of Public Health On June 7, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Aducanumab (Aduhelm), the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in almost 20 years. Aducanumab is a medication that may…
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Should an Individual Still Drive Following a Diagnosis of Dementia?
By guest blogger, Kathleen Kiefer, OTR/L, HealthPartners Center for Memory & Aging Between 1980 and 1990, it became evident that there was an increasing number of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory disorders. The devastating impact of Alzheimer’s on patients and their families is known to all of us. During that time, the Alzheimer’s Research…
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Memories Live On at Emerald Crest Burnsville
Memories live on through Jim’s baseball autograph collection, at Emerald Crest Memory Care in Burnsville MN As a fourteen-year-old in 1949, Emerald Crest Memory Care resident Jim was a serious baseball fan. He pined for autographs from baseball heroes such as Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. Jim finally decided there was only one way to…
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Many of My Friends Don’t Know Me
Friendship with Someone Living with Memory Loss or Dementia Many of my friends don’t know who I am. I certainly know them, can tell you things about them, about their past and present. I can tell you names of their kids and grandkids. But they can’t tell you much about me. Many can’t tell you…
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COVID-19 Vaccinations in Memory Care
How COVID-19 vaccination improves interactions with those in Memory Care I’m so happy to have been able to be vaccinated. While it has not completely changed my life, it has made me feel much better about my interactions with your loved ones. It also has made me feel like I can do a few more…
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Cassia-Genevive Partnership Strengthens Caregiving
Cassia is excited to announce our partnership with Genevive, which will enhance the care we offer to our older adults Care is provided in skilled nursing, rehabilitation and assisted living settings. A cornerstone of the Genevive practice is family conferences, which engage the patient, family members, and providers. The goal is to understand patients’ journey…
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A Christmastime Blessing
The Gift We Give This Season: Gratitude, Blessing and Sacrifice for Others This past year has been difficult in so many ways. There is not enough space for me to attempt to detail the struggles that so many, and indeed all the world, has been through and is going through. I was talking to my…
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Move-In Special
Move-In Special: Admission Fee Waived October 1, 2020 to October 31st, 2020 Total Savings of 1,500 Reservations made in the month of October will need to move into an Emerald Crest location no later then November 10th, 2020 in order to qualify for these savings. Emerald Crest Memory Care: • 12 to 15 suites in…
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Essential Caregivers Visit Loved Ones in Memory Care
The experience of time passing during COVID-19 may have been different for those in memory care For just over a month now, essential caregivers have been able to go to a variety of senior care facilities across the state and be reunited with their loved one from whom they had been cut off for so…
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Memory Care, Restrictions & COVID-19
A view from within senior living memory care during the pandemic It is getting close to three months since visiting restrictions began at Emerald Crest. The week before the restrictions, I was ice fishing on Leech Lake and now we’ve had temperatures in the 90s. Winter is a distant memory. Where our world was, or…