A Fairview Partners member home since 2006.

A 220 bed facility, Golden LivingCenter of St. Louis Park offers services for long term and short term care residents. Golden LivingCenter of St. Louis Park is part of the Golden Living Corporation.

The Fairview Partners care team:

GRETCHEN COLE, M.D.
Fairview Geriatric Services
West 66th Street, Suite 290
Edina, Minn 55345
(952) 836-3839

“My role as a physician is to help patients and their families with the many difficult decisions regarding their chronic and acute illnesses, appropriate level of care and quality of life.”

Education and Training
Gretchen Cole has a medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency training in internal medicine at the University of New Mexico Affiliated Hospitals.
Experience
Cole has been practicing with Fairview Geriatric Services for many years, providing care to Fairview Partners patients in both the long term and short term care setting at several nursing homes in the metro area, including Edina Care and Rehabilitation Center where she is also the medical director. She is also the practicing physician for the Memory Loss Assessment Clinic. Prior to joining the Fairview team, Cole was a primary care physician with St. Joseph’s Health Care System and the Medical Network of New Mexico. She was also the Medical Director for the Senior Health Center as well as the Transitional Care Center at St. Mark’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Licensure and Certifications
Cole is board certified in internal medicine.
Professional Associations
Cole is a member of the American College of Physicians.
Interests
In her free time, Cole enjoys playing the piano, hiking, running and spending time with her two children.

MARGARET O'BRIEN, R.N., G.N.P.
Fairview Geriatric Services
3400 West 66th Street, Suite 290
Edina, Minn 55435
(952) 836-3839

“In caring for older adults in nursing homes, I believe in prevention, continual watchfulness and early treatment. Even when health problems are chronic or incurable, it is always possible to help people feel better by managing pain or other symptoms. Independence is important to people regardless of their age or living situation and I work to help people improve their ability to care for themselves.”

Education and Training
Margaret O’Brien received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Minnesota and her Master of Science in Nursing from Wayne State University.
Experience
O’Brien has been a gerontological nurse practitioner (GNP) for over 25 years, primarily working with nursing home patients. She has been working as a GNP for Fairview Partners since the inception of the program in 1996. She is currently the Director of GNP services for Fairview Partners and Geriatric Services. O’Brien currently provides care to Fairview Partners patients at Golden Living of St. Louis Park.
Licensure and Certifications
O’Brien is certified as a gerontological nurse practitioner and an adult nurse practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
Professional Associations
O’Brien is a member of the Minnesota Nurses Association.
Personal Interests
In her free time, O’Brien enjoys traveling, knitting and birding.

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