St. Benedict's Senior Community

The St. Benedict's Senior Community is getting part of a state grant to launch a new program to better monitor patients' activity and sleep patterns. A watch will be put on the wrist of the seniors to monitor things like noise, light and restlessness.

The St. Benedict's Senior Community received a surprising gift last month from an unexpected donor. 8-year-old Emmalee Theisen, from Jesup Iowa, present a check for $225 to the facility to honor her late great-grandmother, Beverly VanderEyk, who was a resident at St. Benedict's.

Members of CentraCare Health and the St. Benedict's Senior Community will be hosting memory screenings tomorrow (Wednesday). The event is part of National Memory Screening Day, an annual initiative the Alzheimer's Foundation of America hold in November.

For the past four years, Clearview Elementary students have been forming a special bond with seniors at St. Benedict’s Senior Community. Twice a month, 4th grade students in Andrea Coulter’s class are paired with a senior to spend an hour of time together

In our final installment of Cuisine Unseen, we head to the St. Benedict's Senior Community in St. Cloud to check out their cafe, whose wide-ranging menu feeds all who come through.

Back in July we told you that CentraCare Health is building a new 100-unit senior apartment building in Sartell. Now today (Monday) ground has been broken on the site.

Back in July we told you that CentraCare Health is building a new 100-unit senior apartment building in Sartell. Now a location may have been found.

CentraCare Health is moving forward with a new senior living facility in Sartell.

The St. Benedict's Senior Community along with St. Cloud Hospital will hold a mock disaster tomorrow. The drill will test how well the St. Benedict's and hospital staff are prepared to handle a large-scale evacuation of elderly residents.

The Minnesota Department of Health blames poor training and supervision for the death of a resident at a St. Cloud nursing home. The resident slipped out of a mechanical lift at St. Benedict's Senior Community last June and hit her head on the floor.