Congratulations to another one of our facilities who was awarded the grant to become a Music and Memory Facility! Congratulations Hillcrest Rehabilitation Center and The Estates at Linden!

We are excited to announce a new program, Music and Memory, that is coming to Hillcrest. We have been awarded a grant from the MN Department of Human Services to bring this to our residents. Kristin Ziemke of Avenues Music Therapy will be guiding the development and implementation of the program. Stay tuned!
https://musicandmemory.org/ ... See more

Please consider joining or supporting our Monarch team at the NAMI Walk on September 23rd!

Monarch Healthcare Management will be participating in the 2017 NAMIWalks Minnesota. Please consider joining us or donating to the cause to build better lives for millions of Americans affected by Mental Illness.
https://www.namiwalks.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.team&teamID=16882 ... See more

Today we had the opportunity to speak with Rasmussen College - Blaine Campus about employment opportunities with Monarch! Good luck as you continue in your final 30 days before graduation!! We hope to see many of you join the Monarch family in the near future! ... See more

Congratulations to The Estates at Linden in Stillwater on being selected to become a certified Music and Memory facility!

We are excited to have been selected to become a certified Music and Memory facility. The importance of the program is to bring personalized music into the life of a person with dementia to improve their quality of life. Music stimulates the mind, energizes the body, feeds the spirit, increases the connection with family, friends and caregivers, as well as decreases the use of behavior-alternating medications.
You can become a Music and Memory volunteer by calling Sherry Soehlig, Director of Therapeutic Recreation @ (651)439-5004 ext.118. Volunteers can help with organizing the music library on the computer, promote an iPod donation drive and help raise community awareness by becoming a Music and Memory Ambassador. To learn more about the Music and Memory program visit: http://musicandmemory.org
There are numerous you tube videos that you can watch to see the amazing affect music has on a person with dementia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyZQf0p73QM&t=1s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSle_-5uB8A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jb6PUp8PTw
There is also a wonderful movie that you can see "Alive Inside: A Story of Music and memory."
We are feeling very Blessed!! ... See more