Mission will offer intensive training in person-centered and person-directed care. With the current CMS changes going into affect, the need for training in culture change and dementia are needed to be successful. For over a decade now, Mission has been practicing the culture change movement of the Eden Alternative and have embraced the principles created […]

Welcome to my new series, Remember Memory. In this series, we will explore ways to prevent dementia, what to do if you are diagnosed, and research in memory care. New studies are being conducted on a regular basis on the cause of dementia, medications, therapies, and ways to prevent dementia. There is still no cure […]

Since 1990, Mission Health Services, a non-profit organization, has been serving Utah’s most vulnerable residents. Our homes include skilled nursing, rehabilitation, assisted living, memory care and a home for adults living with developmental disabilities. MHS is the largest non-profit Senior Care organization in Utah. In April 2017, Mission became affiliated with Community Nursing Services (CNS) expanding its […]

First, let’s talk about ageism from a youth perspective. Have you ever been told, “You are to young to do that.” Everyone has experienced ageism in one form or another. When a person is told that they are too young or too old, we are placing them in a bucket with everyone else that age, […]

In the traditional nursing homes, memory care was not thought of as being anything more than providing the same activities and services as all other residents in the home. Often times, residents with dementia spend the majority of their time wandering around the building. When the residents wander, they don’t have anything or anyone to […]

This year marks 30 years for Mission Health Services! Mission Health was formed in 1990 as a non-profit organization. What’s a non-profit? A non-profit means that even though we make money to pay our bills, nobody gets to take home any money for their personal finances. No body owns Mission Health and the president, Gary Kelso, […]