https://youtu.be/qsMvneGLUe0 Transcription: Here we are a few days into our Illuminate the Darkness of Dementia campaign, and we've had several donations, and people coming forward to help us meet our $50,000.00 matching donor by Thanksgiving of which is November 28. [...]
By: McKenna Selissen, MT-BC Life Engagement Coordinator & Music Therapist at Gianna Homes, Minnesota “When words fail, music speaks.” These powerful words reflect the impact music has on many of us throughout the course of our lives, especially as we [...]
https://youtu.be/gywzLv3PRx8 Please join us in participating in our Capital Campaign for 2018/2019. All donations for the Captial Campaign will go towards much-needed updates and renovations at our Minnetonka property, Sursum Corda. You can find the Capital Campaign details and projects [...]
This year’s first ever, Couch Potato Ball was so much fun. We are completely in awe of how our Gianna Homes family and friends came together, completely online, to raise necessary funds for our amazing residents. We are so honored [...]
Our Angels Among Us Gala is just around the corner! Monies from the event will go to the Steve and Mary Mattson Fund. You can help us and the families we serve in several ways. The Annual Gala is set [...]
Dementia Residents Create their Own Angels through Mneme Therapy Earlier this year, our residents who have dementia worked with Mneme therapist, Suzy Volden (http://artwithoutboundaries.net/SV.html), to create beautiful renderings of angels. Mneme therapy (http://artwithoutboundaries.net/e1.html) uses everyday experiences like creating artwork and [...]
Gianna Homes has long used music therapy to support our residents and families. Claire Klein is a Board-Certified Music Therapists and serves as the Program Director. She sat with two of our dementia residents to listen to and talk [...]
Earlier this fall, COMPAS artist and poet Rachel Moritz worked with the residents of Gianna Homes - Sursum Corda to create their own poem. Here is the holiday blessing they came up with! Merry Christmas! From All of us at [...]
This fall, Rachel Mortiz, a poet who works with COMPAS creative community arts program, helped our residents at Gianna Homes - Gladys' Place write their own poem. She was able to elicit responses from even our more non-verbal residents! Here [...]