Dove Healthcare

08/20/2025

Check out this pretty flower puzzle that Joan and Sharon put together! Great work, ladies!

08/19/2025

Ever heard of Julia Child's 'Queen of Sheba' chocolate cake? Well, we tried our hand at making one ourselves! Tina helped out Vonnie with creaming the sugar and butter. Once the cake rested for a few hours, we got to dig in! It's a delicious recipe, but also a funny reminder about why folks stick to boxed cake mixes... we had a blast, though!

08/18/2025

Skye, Wyatt, and Maya - in all their sweet, purple goodness - invite you to please join them (and their awesome mom, Rehabilitation Director Amy) in the upcoming Walk to End Alzheimer’s on September 13!

CHECK OUT THE DETAILS HERE:

Please sign up online to join our Walk to End Alzheimer’s team! We’d love to have your support.

You can make an online donation and/or register to join our September 13 team by going to our Walk page here:

https://tinyurl.com/mebjxwdm

PLEASE: Be sure to specify our team name, Dove Healthcare - Spooner, when registering and/or making your donation.

The Sept 13 event starts at the Shell Lake Community Center:
-Event Opens at 8:30AM
-Ceremony at 9:30AM
-Walk at 10AM

Don’t hesitate to contact Amy if you have any questions. Thank you!
Amy Scribner, COTA, Rehabilitation Director
2025 Walk to End Alzheimer’s Chairperson
715-635-1415 or amy.scribner@dovehealthcare.com

08/15/2025

Stop by our nurses station and purchase your tickets for a chance to win this amazing art basket! All proceeds support the Spooner Area 2025 Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Thanks for your support!

08/01/2025

Here's a collection of joy-filled days in July for your monthly 'Dose of Dove!'

07/25/2025

Different types of wheelchairs offer a variety of options for not only how they look, but also how they feel, how they fit, how they respond, and what they can enable you to do. Choosing the correct wheelchair can mean the difference of maximizing your mobility and experiencing chronic discomfort or worse, adding additional medical problems.

Visit our website to read more about the benefits of a wheelchair, and how to determine the proper fit.
https://www.dovehealthcare.com/blog.phtml/how_to_determine_proper_wheelchair_fit

Contact us about our outpatient and inpatient therapy:
info@dovehealthcare.com
715-723-9348, ext 1250
https://www.dovehealthcare.com/rehabilitation.phtml

07/24/2025

Please sign up online to join our Walk to End Alzheimer’s team! We’d love to have your support.

You can make an online donation and/or register to join our September 13 team by going to our Walk page here:
https://tinyurl.com/mebjxwdm

PLEASE: Be sure to specify our team name, Dove Healthcare - Spooner, when registering or making your donation.

The Sept 13 event starts at the Shell Lake Community Center:
-Event Opens at 8:30AM
-Ceremony at 9:30AM
-Walk at 10AM

Don’t hesitate to contact Amy if you have any questions. Thank you!

Amy Scribner, COTA, Rehabilitation Director
2025 Walk to End Alzheimer’s Chairperson
715-635-1415 or amy.scribner@dovehealthcare.com

07/22/2025

Residents and their families, as well as our employees, of Dove Healthcare - Spooner and Spooner Assisted Living: Tim Thompson, outreach specialist with the Veteran Service Center in St. Paul, will be on-site July 23 starting at 3PM to present information about VA benefits. No need to RSVP. Call Carol in recreation with questions: 715-635-1437

07/17/2025

The Heart of the North Spooner Rodeo was one to remember! We had a blast catching all of the action with our friends next door at Dove Healthcare - Spooner on a beautiful summer night. Our favorite parts of the show were Gizmo the Clown, and of course, the bull riding and roping! The rodeo is one of our most anticipated events to attend each year, and it surely lived up to the excitement again this year. Thank you to everyone at the rodeo for your hospitality!

07/12/2025

We are excited to announce the HomeGROWN promotion of Emily Gudis to director of operations for Dove Healthcare’s six assisted living locations!

Emily is responsible for overall performance and operations, which includes supervising the assisted living directors and assisted living nurse consultants. Our assisted living locations will benefit greatly from an enhanced, collaborative focus on developing goals, implementing strategy, identifying efficiencies, and leveraging resources

Dove Healthcare has experienced great success over the years with our HomeGROWN approach: recognizing passion, dedication, and capabilities in team members and then supporting them with growth as opportunity arises.

Emily is the perfect fit for this new position having achieved multiple promotions since joining our team almost 10 years ago. She has advanced from resident assistant, lead resident assistant, assistant director, director, multi-location director, and administrator.

We are thankful for Emily’s amazing results with employee recruitment and retention, strong occupancy, positive survey performance, and overall operations. Her breadth of experience - combined with positivity, passion, and commitment - has prepared her for success as director of operations – assisted living.

Emily and her husband stay busy raising their two young children and tending to the needs of their growing hobby farm.

Please help us in congratulating Emily on this HomeGROWN promotion!

07/10/2025

A tracheostomy is a surgically created opening through the neck into the trachea to provide an airway and remove secretions from the lungs. Tracheostomies can be either temporary or permanent depending on the person's medical condition.

The introduction of a tracheostomy can be overwhelming. Visit our website to learn more about specialized tracheostomy care and its benefits: https://www.dovehealthcare.com/blog.phtml/intro_to_tracheostomies_101

07/04/2025

Happy Independence Day!

07/02/2025

Here's a 'Dose of Dove' with a collection of joy-filled days from June!

07/02/2025

As we move through the summer, you may be looking to enjoy some time outside, which may mean walking on uneven terrain such as grass or gravel.

Visit our website to find tips for walking on uneven ground:
https://www.dovehealthcare.com/blog.phtml/tips_for_walking_on_uneven_ground

Contact us about our outpatient and inpatient therapy:
info@dovehealthcare.com
715-723-9348, ext 1250
https://www.dovehealthcare.com/rehabilitation.phtml

06/27/2025

As we age, the gradual decline in muscle mass and strength worsens with each passing decade. There are several factors that contribute to the loss of strength over the years with decreased participation in physical activities being one of the factors. "If you don't use it, you lose it."

Continue reading about the importance of physical activity as we age on our website:
https://www.dovehealthcare.com/blog.phtml/the_importance_of_physical_activity_as_we_age

Contact us about our outpatient and inpatient therapy:
info@dovehealthcare.com
715-723-9348, ext 1250
https://www.dovehealthcare.com/rehabilitation.phtml

06/19/2025

Thanks to the students from Spooner Area School District Middle School for painting birdhouses with us yesterday! We appreciate all the time you have spent with us this week.

06/17/2025

Mrs. Baier, 5th grade math teacher in the Spooner Area School District, brought her summer school class to our building for some summertime fun with our residents! They will be here the rest of this week and next, participating in games, crafts, and activities. We look forward to sharing time and making friends! Thanks for visiting us.

06/15/2025

Happy Father's Day!

06/12/2025

Judy enjoys stopping down at Dove Healthcare - Spooner to play cards regularly with the residents next door. She and Frank had a fun time playing their best hands the other day!

06/12/2025

It's National Certified Nursing Assistant Week June 12-18! To each of our frontline heroes, there aren’t enough words to tell you how much you’re appreciated and valued. Thank you for everything you do to care for your residents with such great compassion, empathy, and dedication.
Please take time this week to thank the special CNAs in your life.

06/10/2025

Speech language pathologists (also known as speech therapists) work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in all ages.

Speech therapy can be traced back to a few different moments in history. It has continued to evolve into the field that it is today, covering a wide range of disorders.

Continue reading about the role of speech therapy in chronic health conditions and rehabilitation: https://www.dovehealthcare.com/blog.phtml/the_role_of_speech_therapy_in_chronic_health_conditions_and_rehabilitation

For more information, contact Regional Director of Rehabilitation Angella Niblett:
info@dovehealthcare.com
715-723-9348, ext 1250

06/04/2025

Here's another 'Dose of Dove!' Enjoy this collection of joy-filled days from May!

06/03/2025

We're so excited to start the summer off right! We hope you can enjoy the evening with us.

Are you ready to start off the summer with a bang? Come on down to the Summer Kickoff Party in Spooner TOMORROW from 5:30-7:30PM! Rain or shine, We'll have a bounce house, live music by Blu Kanu, a food truck from Cobble Haus - Food Wagon, and an evening full of fun. And don't forget your lawn chairs! We can't wait to get our summer going, and we hope you can join us!

05/07/2025

Let’s give a round of applause for Lisa, Rachel, and Abbie, our wonderful assisted living nurse consultants! As registered nurses for Dove Healthcare’s six assisted living locations, they stay busy as ever providing compassionate, professional nursing services (as well as employee skills training) for those entrusted in our care.