Enjoy the convenience of just-picked fruits and veggies at a new location in Aitkin. Sprout MN will sell fresh produce at a stall in the support services wing parking lot of Riverwood Healthcare Center in Aitkin. The market will be open on Thursdays from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. through the summer, except for the July […]
Over the Memorial Day weekend, Tim McCoy was enjoying a short vacation stay at Big Sandy Lodge with his family in the McGregor area when a life-threatening health emergency arose. About 3:00 a.m. on May 26 he became extremely short of breath and his son called 911. “I had a suffocating feeling and saw my […]
Research has shown that exclusive breastfeeding for six months is crucial for the health of mothers and infants. The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), launched in 1991, is an effort by UNICEF and the World Health Organization to ensure that all maternities, whether free-standing or in a hospital, become centers of breastfeeding support. In 2012, Riverwood […]
Working as part of a broad-based coalition of hospitals and care providers, Riverwood Healthcare Center has made progress in preventing avoidable hospital readmissions between Jan. 1, 2011 and Dec. 31, 2012. The hospital is participating in the RARE (Reducing Avoidable Readmissions Effectively) Campaign working to achieve the triple aim of improving population health, the experience […]
Fit City Aitkin is teaming up with Warren Fossum to start a Bike Share Program in and around the City of Aitkin. The program is asking for any abandoned or unwanted bicycles. All bikes will be fixed up, painted, and placed around town for people to use. Bike sharing allows individuals to check out bicycles […]
Get outside, get active this summer. With long hours of daylight, school vacations and family travel, summer offers rich opportunities for fitness and fun. Think of the warm weather and sunny days as a chance to improve your own and your family’s physical fitness. Riverwood Healthcare has put together a new Community Wellness Resources guide that […]
A woman’s lifetime risk by age 85 of getting breast cancer is one in eight. Lend your support in a global movement to end breast cancer forever. The Cuyuna Riverwood Breast Health Alliance is organizing a team for the annual Brainerd Lakes Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® to be held Saturday, June 29, […]
What was the big newsmaker in Aitkin in 1948? Local community members were getting behind the building of a new community hospital that would grow to become a state-of-the-art, integrated 25-bed hospital and clinic health system today. In late May, Riverwood Healthcare Center put up a new history wall display in the hospital corridor between […]
