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 […]

Riverwood Healthcare Center was one of seven Minnesota hospitals honored by the Minnesota Hospital Association with an annual health care award. The Minnesota Hospital Association Annual Health Care Awards honor the best and brightest in Minnesota health care — individuals who have offered dedicated service to hospitals and organizations that have implemented successful, innovative programs. […]

Riverwood Healthcare is offering free biometric health screenings to help you learn your vital health numbers and how to live healthier. Each screening, which will be conducted by Riverwood health professionals, will take about 30 minutes. It involves filling out permission forms, completing a blood draw, checking your height and weight, and taking a blood […]

Beginning this summer, Riverwood will offer a national prevention program called I CAN Prevent Diabetes. This community-based, lifestyle change program offers diabetes prevention education for people with pre-diabetes or who are at risk for pre-diabetes. Meeting with a trained Riverwood instructor, you will learn how to create a healthier lifestyle and prevent diabetes. Participants will […]

The Riverwood Healthcare Center Governing Board of Directors has selected Chad Cooper as chief executive officer with an anticipated start date of July 8. Michael Hagen, current Riverwood CEO for the past 12 years, announced his retirement last fall. Cooper is an experienced and accomplished health care executive with 16 years of successful and progressive […]

  Congratulations Dr. Hughes! The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) has selected Dr. Don Hughes, Riverwood family physician, as the 2013 Family Physician of the Year. The award will be officially presented to Dr. Hughes on April 18 at the MAFP Annual Meeting in St. Paul. See the full MAFP news announcement here and the […]

Golf Scramble & Outdoor Barbeque at Ruttger’s Bay Lake Lodge The 30th Annual Hospice Charity Event will be held on July 14 at Ruttger’s Bay Lake Lodge in Deerwood, Minn.  This year’s event will feature an outdoor barbeque to commemorate the 30th anniversary milestone.  “I’m very excited to help organize this year’s Hospice Charity Event,” […]

If you’re a new mother of a newborn or expecting a baby for the first time, you probably have questions about breastfeeding. RiverwoodHealthcareCenterhas nurses specially trained as certified lactation counselors who are available to offer education and support to women on breastfeeding. Beginning on April 2, Riverwood will offer ongoing weekly support sessions on Tuesdays […]

Riverwood Healthcare Center in Aitkin, Minn., was recently named one of the HealthStrong™ Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the United States for the second time, the first ranking coming in 2011. “Riverwood is proud of the efforts of its physicians and all of our health care team members who have contributed to our […]

The renovations at Riverwood Healthcare Center include new space for its diabetes education and wound care clinic services, which have been located in the outpatient services facility at 601 Bunker Hill Drive. Beginning Mon., March 25, patients can access diabetes education and wound care services in a newly renovated space in the hospital, just around […]

  On March 6, 10 Aitkin High School (AHS) students met at Riverwood Healthcare Cente for an orientation to the Health Career Exploration curriculum, a joint partnership between Riverwood Healthcare Center and Aitkin High School. AHS juniors and seniors who participate in the program learn firsthand what career opportunities await them in the healthcare field. […]

Riverwood Healthcare Center is pleased to announce the election of Tom Lundberg to Riverwood’s Governing Board of Directors.  He fills the position vacated by Robert Lewis, who served on Riverwood’s board for nine years from 2004 through 2012. “As a life-long resident, Tom’s knowledge of Aitkin and area communities is a huge asset for our […]