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During the season of Advent as we prepare for the coming of Christ and Christmas, we see and hear the drum beat of December 25th coming closer and closer each and every day. Today's hopeful message comes from the book of Isaiah....

In a season of social distancing and amidst a global pandemic, Immanuel is determined to help seniors safely celebrate this holiday. Immanuel Communities, the Midwest leader in retirement living and senior services, hosted holiday parades for residents at eight of their campuses around the Omaha metro and in Lincoln. The parades featured live reindeer, elves, Mr. and Mrs. Claus, and are just one of the ways Immanuel is putting residents first this season. ...

In a year unlike any other, the holidays are sure to look different, especially for seniors. With a virus that most threatens those with underlying health conditions and people over the age of 65, and an increasingly digital world, older generations and their families are entering the holiday season with many questions and a great deal of added stress. The stakes couldn’t be higher. While our community sees new highs of COVID-19 cases, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends those most at risk, including seniors, stay home whenever possible. But even before the pandemic, senior loneliness was a growing trend among seniors and research points to it being as dangerous to health as chronic conditions including heart disease and dementia. ...

Our non-profit mission means we’re continuously improving and reinventing retirement living for residents. Despite a global pandemic, we’re on-schedule creating new senior living services and innovative spaces at west Omaha’s Pacific Springs. While construction began this spring on renovations that would bring additional assisted living apartments, memory support, onsite restaurants, a chapel and more to the campus, we celebrated this fall with a stud signing ceremony in dedication of residents past and present. ...