Posts Tagged Medical Care

  • Your Advocacy Connection - Who Is Your Advocate? Your Advocacy Connection – Who Is Your Advocate?

    By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions GolderCare Solutions solves long term care problems, and one of the services that we offer is Patient Advocacy. Patient advocacy isn’t unique to a certain population, but is critical across the life span. It changes as we age. It is as critical in our later ...

  • Annual Enrollment Period continues Annual Enrollment Period continues

    By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor The Medicare Annual Enrollment Period is the time during which people with Medicare can make new choices and pick plans that work best for them. Each year Medicare plans typically change what they cost and cove...

  • Parenting, Again Parenting, Again

    By Pam Haumann Director of Programs Child Abuse Council When parents are unable to raise their own children, grandparents often times step up and assume that responsibility. You might ask, why? Grandparents assume the role of parent in an effort to keep their family together and their gra...

  • The Talk The Talk

    By Curt Ford Nash Nash Bean & Ford It’s a beautiful, sunny day as you head out to the garden with your grandfather. You’re happy to steal a few precious hours with him, and as the two of you settle in and work side by side, you think back to the long afternoons you used to spend a...

  • Offering Comprehensive Care and Financial Advocacy Offering Comprehensive Care and Financial Advocacy

    By Jamie Long GolderCare Solutions and Jamieson Long & Associates “I always knew aging could be a pain. I just didn’t know it could be so expensive!” The character Sophia on The Golden Girls sums up the problems that we encounter every day. It is at the heart of coordinated care. ...

  • What is Assisted Living?

    By Courtyard Estates of Walcott Courtyard Estates of Walcott celebrated its 2nd Anniversary this past August and is still occasionally referred to as a nursing home. One way that Assisted Living differs from Nursing Homes is that assisted living communities are to assist active adults who...

  • Your Social Security Your Social Security

    By Christina Vital Manager Rock Island Social Security Office DECLARE YOUR INDEPENDENCE FROM WAITING IN LINE BY APPLYING FOR SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS ONLINE This month we celebrate Independence Day … and you declare your freedom from waiting in line by taking advantage of Social...