By Laurie and Chris Kemp, CSAs Being a caregiver can be physically and mentally exhausting. To be successful at it, one of your top priorities needs to be taking care of you. If you get sick or injured, you cannot do the caregiving that is needed. Here are some tools and strategies for taking care […] Continue reading → 
By Eunice K. Neubauer, CSA A past client emailed me recently to tell me she had moved into Lyngblomsten subsidized apartments. I had talked to her in December 2014 and recommended via email various options she should call to get on a wait list. She chose this campus as they have services in this location […] Continue reading → 
By Eunice K. Neubauer, CSA Recently, my mother went to her eternal home. She was 90, her mind was strong but her frail body wore out. She had been on hospice for a few months and we thought she might graduate in March, but the Lord said it was time on April 19th. She went […] Continue reading → 
By Eunice K. Neubauer, CSA Senior industry business owners and managers are challenged today to find enough staff to fill all of their open care positions. Demographics play a part in this as there are less people available for those jobs as well as the fact that these are lower paid positions and it is […] Continue reading → 
By Chris and Laurie Kemp, CSAs We have passed 60 and have pretty well established habits. Change is something we like to encourage others to do, but of course we don’t want to change ourselves. But something must have been in the air this Spring. After hearing that some friends had been on something called […] Continue reading → 
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It is also the month that NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Health) is celebrating it’s 40th Anniversary. They are an organization that provides hundreds of free classes and presentations each year to educate people on mental health topics. They also offer over 70 support groups for families and […] Continue reading → 
By Chris & Laurie Kemp, CSAs April is financial Literacy month. It is a good time to review all of your finances. While doing that it is also a good time to review your Power of Attorney, Healthcare Directive, will, trust if you have one and titling of how you own things, Important things to […] Continue reading → 
By Diane Bjorkman, MTRS, Co-Owner Gentle Transitions After thirty-seven years of a career serving older adults, I continue to find that an older adult’s decision to move can carry with it an entire range of emotion. No matter how one comes to the decision to move, the factors and issues related to each move are […] Continue reading → 
By Eunice K. Neubauer, CSA What is one of your favorite childhood memories? One of mine is playing in forts we built in the fence rows along our gravel road by our farm. We had forts on the ground and in the trees and would bike to them and spend hours playing. This question kicked […] Continue reading → 
By Laurie & Chris Kemp, CSAs We have found at our house that winter is a great time to downsize. Why? The main reason is the weather. It keeps us inside more than we would like. That make is a great time to open a closet or go down the basement and pull out a […] Continue reading →