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Lutheran Homes of South Carolina hosts 1st Annual Wii Bowling Tournament
April 30, 2008 (Irmo) On Friday, May 2, 2008, Lowman Home will convert their Hoefler Gallery into a bowling alley as seven teams of active seniors from across the state don their wrist straps and use their remote controllers in a frame-by-frame virtual battle to win the coveted honor of 'Wii Bowling Champions.'  The seven teams represent residents  from the full service retirement communities of Lutheran Homes of South Carolina-Franke at Seaside (Mt. Pleasant), Lowman Home (White Rock), Rice Home (Columbia), RoseCrest (Inman), and Trinity Lutheran Home (Aiken).   With remote controls in hand, the senior bowlers will direct their own personalized Mii characters to mimic the actions of  rolling the bowling ball down the virtual lanes  to play against their fellow retirees in a three-match elimination tournament. Read more...

 

Dr. Daniel Westerkam Named Rehabilitation Medical Director for
Lowman Rehabilitation and Health Care Center
(White Rock, SC) Lowman Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is pleased to announce Dr. Daniel Westerkam as its rehabilitation medical director. Dr. Westerkam is contracted through Functional Pathways, the rehabilitation therapy provider at Lowman Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Read more...

Lowman Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Honored at 10th Annual Spirit of Caring Awards
(October 26, 2007) The residents and staff of Lowman Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center are pleased to announce that the Life Enrichment Department, which provides recreational activities to the facility’s 172 residents, earned special recognition at the 10th Annual Spirit of Caring Awards banquet held October 26.  The Spirit of Caring Awards, sponsored by SC DHEC, recognize long-term care facilities whose programs enrich the lives of the residents they serve. Read more...

 

Lowman Employee and Resident Receive Prestigious Awards
(April 2007) Lowman is proud to announce that the South Carolina Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging (SCANPHA) has chosen Mary Ruth Sims, CNA Supervisor, as a CNA of the Year and Marjorie Howarth, Lowman resident, as a Volunteer of the Year. Read more. . .

 

Lowman Home Featured at National Conference
(April 3, 2006) Lowman Home Nursing Center recently had an opportunity to discuss its successes with culture change and quality improvement initiatives on April 3, 2006, at the Institute for the Future of Aging Services (IFAS) annual conference in Washington, DC. IFAS is the research arm for AAHSA. Read more...