NEWS & STORIES

Is it safe to continue living at home? Who can we turn to for professional support? Should we consider assisted living?
As these questions build up, our Knute Nelson family is here with answers you can trust. That’s what Julie Urke discovered when her father’s neurocognitive disorder began to progress. She could have never expected how Knute Nelson would change her life as well.

Working a part-time job while you are in school, high school, or college, has many advantages that can help you excel in life. Beyond earning an income, you can gain career-related experience as you define and refine goals, develop skills and self-confidence, and build a network of contacts. Here’s how you can gain that competitive edge.

Through our Hospice Life Enriching Services at Knute Nelson, we’ve seen the difference of tailored care firsthand. Learn the key benefits of therapeutic music from the lens of Jackson Burns, a therapeutic musician with Knute Nelson Hospice.

Risk factors can be detected, and falls can often be prevented. It may be time to assess your surroundings and make a few conscious changes to ensure safety for yourself or a loved one. Here are 11 easy tips you can take to reduce your risk of falling at home and while you’re out:

Managing Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) can be challenging, complex, and frightening. Here is how you can also make the condition manageable.

Through our highly trained staff of nurses, therapists, and home health aides, our dedicated Knute Nelson family has seen the difference firsthand that home health care can make for patients and loved ones. Along the way, we have empowered individuals to maintain their independence and quality of life while elevating their outcomes. Here’s how.

Thank you for another year of partnership! Your support enhances Knute Nelson’s mission of enriching the lives of everyone we serve. Thank you for walking alongside us in this incredibly meaningful work.

Knute Nelson leaders, Katie Perry and Angie Urman have taken on new positions within the organization’s senior leadership team.

With the way the economy is today, commuting to work can be challenging. Expenses can add up. Mike Wendt, Culinary Supervisor, worked at Knute Nelson for four and a half years, and he was happy. Knute invested in him as an employee, so he invested his time and talents, and enjoyed his work along the way. Yet, because of the economy, he felt a tug to find work closer to home.

Knute Nelson has launched a new pilot project called Connected Communities for Healthy Aging. This innovative initiative is facilitated through our Population Health division and funded by a grant through LeadingAge MN Foundation and UCare.

People with dementia require constant attention, and it can be easy for a caregiver to look past their own needs to remain focused on the person in their care. Although it is important that Dementia patients have close monitoring and consistent care, it is also important for the caregiver to fulfill their own needs.

Technology and remote health monitoring was a growing trend before the pandemic and has only seen an upswing in recent years, aging services providers are utilizing its potential to help local aging adults stay safe at home. Here are some life-changing ways individuals are using remote health monitoring technology right now.

Many donors who give to charitable organizations are planning their year-end giving priorities in the month of December.
This allows you to make gifts to organizations you are passionate about, while also receiving potential tax advantages for this year. As you revel in the holiday season and the gratitude that this time of year brings, we invite you to consider Knute Nelson Foundation in your charitable giving plans.

A positive workplace culture has open communication, meaningful work, and strong core values. Every company’s culture lives, breathes and evolves. It’s so important to be part of an organization that is alive and is evolving. Read on to find out why.

While our experienced staff is adept with everything from chronic illness management to personal care and companionship, we wanted to highlight the Home Health Care journey of Violet Davis. Her life was turned upside down after an accident.