Faith Community Nurse Network

10/16/2026

Are you a community caregiver? Do you care for a family member, partner, or friend over 60+ with a chronic condition? FCNN is offering a Powerful Tools for Caregivers Workshop Series starting November 4 designed to help caregivers learn important tools that will help them care for themselves. Because we all know that to care for others, one must care for themselves. This workshop will meet for 90 minutes once a week for 6 weeks. Wednesdays from 3:00 to 4:30 PM. This will be held via zoom, is free, and registration is required. PLEASE SHARE!

10/16/2026

Action Alert: A little-known state advisory council is about to make recommendations that could change how Minnesota supports older adults, people with disabilities and the community organizations that serve them. This would primarily impact Live Well At Home and Eldercare Development Programming.
FCNNTC believes that eliminating these programs would have a devastating impact of the quality of life for older Minnesotans and Minnesotans living with a disability.
Eliminating Live Well at Home grants: These grants, about $7.7 million a year, fund community organizations that provide caregiver support, respite, transportation, chore services and home modifications for people 65 and older at risk of needing nursing home care.
Eliminating Eldercare Development Partnership grants. These grants, about $1.8 million a year, fund local staff who help communities plan services for older adults and help organizations apply for and manage grants like Live Well at Home.
Raising Alternative Care fees. Older adults with incomes below the federal poverty guideline, who now pay nothing, would begin paying 5% of their service costs, and fees would rise at every other income level.

What to do?
Learn more here: https://metroaging.org/a-state-council-is-weighing-cuts-to-aging-services-heres-whats-at-stake/

Email [email protected] by October 21!!!!

09/26/2026

It's International Deaf Awareness Week!!!
Did You Know???
Under-diagnosis and under-treatment are common due to a lack of sign language -fluent healthcare staff and insufficient Deaf awareness in clinical settings.

09/24/2026

Continuing on with International Deaf Awareness Week, today's fact is about the connection between Deafness and Dementia.

Did you know?
The Deaf community can experience higher rates of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors (such as hypertension and diabetes) that also contribute to vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

09/23/2026

There are still spots available for this A Matter of Balance Workshop in Saint Paul.

September is Falls Prevention Month! Did you know that Minnesota has the highest fall rate in the country? The good news is most falls can be prevented! FCNN is partnering with St Paul Community Education to host A Matter of Balance workshop this fall - registration is now open! Class starts in early-October, if you know someone that has a fear of falling or is interested in reducing their risk of falls - please share this 8 week class with them! Questions? Email [email protected].

09/23/2026

September 21 - September 27 is International Deaf Awareness Week.
Did you know:
American Sign Language (ASL) is a fully realized natural language with its own unique grammar, syntax, and regional dialects. It is not signed English.

09/22/2026

There are still appointments available at our Tuesday, October 6 Whole-Person Wellness Screening in Roseville. Come have an insightful conversation about your wellbeing while preparing the next generation of nurses. Individuals 60+. (Co-Sponsor: Roseville MN Dementia Info)

09/22/2026

As we continue on to Day Two of International Deaf Awareness Week, we would like to share another "Did You Know?"
Did you know??? >
The American football huddle was invented at Gallaudet University—a famous university for the deaf—so players could hide their ASL play calls from the opposing team.

09/21/2026

To Our Jewish Brothers and Sisters...
Tzom kal
May this sacred day bring forgiveness, renewal, and peace to your heart.

09/21/2026

Happy Deaf Awareness Week! FCNNTC will be sharing a fact each day this week that we have learned over the past 3 years of getting to know Deaf Older Adults in the Twin Cities. We still have a lot to learn but are committed to improving access to wellness screenings, dementia education, and health promotion programs within the Deaf Community in the Twin Cities.
Today's Fact: >
Minnesota opened the country’s first deaf social club in 1916 - Charles Thompson Hall. Charles Thompson died in 1915. Margaret Thompson decided to honor his legacy by using her inherited wealth to hire Olof Hanson, a well-known architect who was himself deaf, to specially design a clubhouse for Minnesota's deaf community.
FCNNTC is proud to offer Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance classes at Charles Thompson Hall for Deaf Older Adults.