When villa resident Mary Ellen Murphy organized a 12-day western tour primarily for fellow church members, eight others who are residents of Western Home Communities jumped at the chance to visit Utah’s five national parks: Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Bryce Canyon and Zion.

A naturally talented and competitive villa resident ended the summer of 2022 with flair: In August, Margene Grady won her third Super Senior Women’s Amateur title at the 57th annual championship at Lake Panorama, and then her team overthrew the reigning champions to win the 61st IGA Women’s Club Team championship by one stroke.

Dementia care throughout Western Home Communities focuses on creating moments of joy for the person living with a dementia diagnosis.

An interest in Iowa’s native prairie grasses prompted villa residents Jerry and JoAnn Kramer to attend the open house when UNI’s Tallgrass Prairie Center first opened nine years ago.

Perhaps you already met a few of our international interns in Jorgensen Plaza. If not, we’d like to introduce you to a few new faces.

Watching their garden grow brought on several summer outings for residents of Thalman Square Assisted Living Memory Support.

Most of us have fond childhood memories of a favorite teacher, yet it’s rare to become friends and neighbors with them later in life.

Laura knows her story is unusual: Not many 26-year-old women spend months in a nursing home to recover from life-threatening complications of childbirth.

Stepping onto Betty’s patio in the Windcove courtyard is like stepping into a secret garden.

Paul’s hydroponic system for growing tomatoes outside his Windgrace home is clever.

Cherie Dargan made good use of down time during the pandemic. She has always been a storyteller and decided to bring to life a series of books she’d had in mind for a decade, inspired by a dozen vintage quilts she inherited.

Hansen to be inducted into Business Hall of Fame

A country served with honor, pride and humility: This describes our veterans and certainly Al Stamberg, who served in the United States Navy for more than 23 years.

“I can’t imagine anything else that I could do that would mean as much to me as helping my residents.”

Prairie Parkway garden, a collaborative community space designed to teach about healthy living and eating through gardening is just across from south campus behind the UnityPoint Clinic on Prairie Parkway.

Jamaica interns with J-1 visas arriving this month

It doesn’t take long to see why assembling Legos is fun at any age. They’re detailed, colorful and challenging.