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Posted on December 20, 2019December 20, 2019

Online Holiday Shopping… When the Weather Outside is Frightful

Two people shopping online with a laptop

December is a month of many holidays and several of them involve gift-giving. Especially in Minnesota, with its icy weather and roads, online shopping with home delivery can be a very tempting option. Though online retail (37%) hasn’t quite caught … Read more

Posted on November 6, 2019November 21, 2019

Meet the Cassia Learning Lab for Age Tech

Are you an older adult looking into the future? If you live in Minnesota, you can expect to live longer and healthier lives than people in 48 other states, all except Hawaii. That’s the good news for actively aging Minnesotans. … Read more

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LOCATION:
The Learning Lab
7171 Ohms Lane
Edina, MN 55439

TO LEARN MORE, CONTACT:
Kate Ingalls-Maloney
Director, Technology Integration and Education
Mobile: 612-554-2317
Email: kate.ingalls-maloney@cassialife.org

From 2016 to 2019, the Learning Lab existed as a welcoming community destination, open to the general public, where visitors could learn about a variety of simple, affordable technologies that supported safe, healthy and independent living. Learning Lab staff provided hands on demonstrations and family coaching to increase awareness and comfort with low-tech tools for the home environment.

When the Learning Lab space was shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, staff focused almost entirely on acquiring communication devices―laptops, tablets, intercom systems―that helped Cassia residents maintain contact with their family and friends when ‘in person’ visits weren’t possible. They worked hand-in-hand with Cassia’s Philanthropy team to uncover resources to fund these devices, many of which came from Cassia’s generous family members.

Currently, the Learning Lab collection is being reinstalled at Cassia’s home office location in Edina, in beautiful display cases donated by the Science Museum of Minnesota. The collection will continue into the future as an educational exhibit documenting the early Learning Lab and Cassia’s commitment to emerging technologies that help people live healthier lives with a little support from technology.

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