Meals are an essential part of each day. They provide nourishment for our bodies, as well as a wonderful opportunity to relax and socialize. A lunchtime sandwich with your favorite soup is great, but the same sandwich and soup in a beautiful setting with friends leaves you feeling even better! Residents and guests at Lutheran [Read more...]

The Lutheran welcomes and gives thanks for their new Deaconess, Heather Merhenke. Heather is a graduate of Concordia University Chicago, in River Forest, Illinois. She was introduced to the Lutheran Home by Pastor Rockemann, the Lutheran Home’s on-site Pastor. He visited some Concordia classes to talk about Lutheran Home’s Ministry of Care and offered a [Read more...]

The American Association of Homes and Services (AAHSA) held their 2009 national convention in Chicago’s McCormick Place the week of November 8. “Changing Lives” was the exposition’s theme. 9,000 people gathered to discuss ways to enrich services and options to older adults through the best quality, transitions, talent, finance and technology. Storyteller Garrison Keillor headlined [Read more...]

Gero Solutions offers moving options to people who have need to downsize as they move. Move management and relocation services include assistance with home sales, move consultation, packing/moving services, estate sales, charity pick-up services, floor planning in the new residence, unpacking services and much more. Gloria Bersani, co- founder of Gero Solutions has helped Rita [Read more...]

Roger W. Paulsberg, President and CEO of Lutheran Life Communities, as well as Fr. Michael Boland, President and CEO of Catholic Charities of Chicago, have been named the recipients of the 2009 Gutenberg Award from the Chicago Bible Society. Named after Johan Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press that first allowed people to own a [Read more...]