Archive for April, 2012
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Davenport, Iowa Office
By Karen Cole Social Security District Manager Davenport, Iowa “TICKET TO WORK” INSPIRES BALLROOM DANCER TO DANCE ON Megan Riggs was just like many other people in their late twenties: bright, ambitious, and full of life. She earned Bachelor degrees in Forensic Science and Biology, with...
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Hidden Homecare Risks
By Dan Adams Lighthouse Homecare Part one of a two-part article about the hidden risks of using private homecare workers I had the recent opportunity to talk with Rona Bartelstone about private homecare workers and why it is important to work through an agency. She pointed me to one of ...
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Bettendorf Health Care Center Medicaid Program (Title 19)
By Roger Brann Administrator Bettendorf Health Care Up to 75 percent of residents living in a nursing home today are living there under the Medicaid program. Many seniors entering a nursing facility do not have funds available to pay for their room and board privately. In these cases, the...
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The Privileged Few
By Mary Schricker Gemberling The conclusion of a tale of Mary’s travels to South Africa and Zimbabwe Johannesburg, a city of more than five million people living in a land area of 250 square miles, is a dichotomy of wealth and poverty with its gold, silver and diamond mines in contrast to a...
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Annual Caregiver Conference
By Peggy Dykes Community Relations Director Generations Area Agency on Aging Family Caregivers are invited to attend the 2nd Annual Quad-City Caregiver Conference to be held Saturday, April 28 from 8 a.m. to Noon at the Waterfront Convention Center, in Bettendorf. This conference is for pe...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston I surely can't know, and recall all the objects and happenings taking place this month. We (most of us) think of April as the beginning of the Spring season. Lots of thinking about new and recurring vegetation, some which will bloom and bring forth fruit, more that will provide s...
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Awkward Parenting Decisions
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home One of the awkward parenting decisions that Linda and I made when our kids were young was that of outlawing video games in our home. Make no mistake: this did not make us too popular at times. And, it’s quite possible that many reading t...
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Go Green with your Grocery Shopping
By Beth Freehill, MS, RD, LD Hy-Vee Registered Dietician Clinton Hy-Vee 563-243-6162 We all can do something to help improve the health of the planet. No matter how small, everything helps. Since Earth Day is April 22, now is a great time to evaluate how environmentally friendly you really ...
