The Cook family of Aitkin recently made a $1,400 donation to the Oncology department at Riverwood Healthcare Center. This donation, made in memory of Richard Cook Sr., who passed away in December 2016, will be used to purchase gas cards for cancer patients who need to travel a long distance from home for their care. […]

For any new mother interested in learning more on how to care for herself and her baby, there’s a helpful educational series coming up in Aitkin. Riverwood Healthcare Center is partnering with Aitkin Community Education to host a 6-week education series called “Mommy & Me”. Six 1-hour classes will be held at Riverwood in Aitkin […]

As part of its wellness program, Riverwood Healthcare Center recently partnered with Aitkin Acupuncture, LLC, to offer acupuncture services. Acupuncture is used to prevent and treat disease, relieve pain, balance mood, improve sleep, decrease stress, increase fertility, and improve overall health and wellness.  It is one of the oldest continually practiced medical modalities in the […]

  It’s a girl! The first baby of the year, Harper Nirvana Rose Bartkowicz, was born to parents Michael Bartkowicz and Emily Olson of Aitkin on Jan. 11 at 6:52 a.m. at Riverwood Healthcare Center. Weighing 6 lbs., 11.5 oz., and 19 inches long, she was delivered by Dr Michael Cady. Kristine Layne, Chief Nursing […]

Are you or someone you know suffering from heartburn or reflux disease? If so, there’s good news about the treatment options available locally. Learn more at a Reflux and Heartburn Solutions program on Tues., Jan. 24, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the Fireside Inn in McGregor. Hear from Dr. Paul Severson, reflux specialist with the […]

Esophageal cancer is the fastest growing cancer in the U.S. with more than a 600% increase in just the past three decades. Gastroesophageal reflux disease casuses chronic inflammation in the esophagus, which can lead to Barrett’s esophagus, a precancerous condition that causes esophageal cancer. Collaborating with Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, Riverwood launched a […]

Riverwood Healthcare Center is pleased to announce that Faith Peterson, family nurse practitioner, has joined its medical staff. Her practice will be dedicated primarily to seeing patients in the Urgent Care Clinic in Aitkin, which is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Peterson’s experience includes working as a family nurse practitioner at […]

The first official week of the 2016-17 flu season has arrived with influenza patients now being treated locally and Minnesota hospitals beginning to restrict visitors. Riverwood Healthcare Center would like to remind the public to stay home if you have been ill for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to get […]

Riverwood Healthcare Center’s clinics in Aitkin, Garrison and McGregor will be closed for the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays on Mon., Dec. 26, and Mon., Jan. 2. The Urgent Care clinic in Aitkin will follow the same holiday closing schedule. The Garrison clinic will be closed Sat., Dec. 24, too. Riverwood’s support services wing […]

Feeling numb? Going through the never-ending demands of life with your emotional energy tank on empty? Join Mindfulness Coach Julie Anne Larkin on a journey to set your New Year’s intention to increase energy and vitality by reconnecting to the compassion and kindness that already exists within you. Riverwood Healthcare Center is offering “Mindfulness Training: […]

On Nov. 17, Riverwood Healthcare Center honored 34 employees and retirees who have celebrated milestone anniversaries or retirement in the past year at a special dinner at Ruttger’s. Their collective years of service totals 517! The program focused on celebrating the honored employees individually and included sharing of valued contributions the respective employees have made […]

Giving the gift of music during the holiday season brings joy to so many.Riverwood Healthcare Center is recruiting volunteers to play holiday piano music, or other instruments, in its hospital and clinic lobby in Aitkin weekdays, Dec. 1 to 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Two-hour shifts are preferred but shorter ones will be […]

Riverwood Healthcare Center is offering additional flu clinics for the public by appointment at all three of its clinics on the dates and times listed here. Aitkin clinic: Nov. 11 and 23, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Garrison clinic: Nov. 15, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. McGregor clinic: Nov. 8, 16 and 23, 8:30 a.m. […]

Smells of roasting turkey tempted the taste buds of many employees at Riverwood Healthcare Center on Oct. 27. The second in a series of monthly meals in the Farm2Riverwood program for patients, and employees and visitors who dine in the hospital cafeteria, featured a menu of locally grown and produced fresh food. Turkeys came from […]

Riverwood Healthcare Center is pleased to welcome Danielle Francen, a third-year medical student at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, who is participating in the Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP). Through the RPAP program, a third-year medical student lives in a rural community for nine months and participates in rotations of hospital and clinic […]