According to Changing Aging, the Ecumen blog, “Parmly LifePointes, an Ecumen community in Chisago City, Minnesota, is embarking on a very cool new journey built upon successful aging.” Ecumen, affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is one of the nation's largest nonprofit providers of housing-and-services to seniors.
Once you get past that pesky extra “e” in LifePointes, you’ll probably agree that the Vitalize! Wellness Centre (don’t get me going about the ! or the other oddly placed “e”) is indeed a very cool venture.
It’s an up-to-the-minute gym with “TechnoGym weights and TechnoGym aerobic fitness equipment that digitally measure one’s personal progress, a warm-water lap pool, a warm water pool with a treadmill, herbal teas and great food, exercise rooms, massage, plus classrooms for lifelong learning that helps people explore, personalize and enhance dimensions of successful aging."
There’s also a feng shui garden.
One of the coolest things about it is that it’s multigenerational and open to community members. According to the blog, “Vitalize! will be the place where a 25-year-old certified nursing assistant (what a great asset this will be for Parmly employees) and an 85-year-old who might have a chronic condition and lives in assisted living or the nursing home, go to take greater control of their life and how they travel through it.”
Cool indeed!
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