Archive for April, 2011
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Understanding a Nursing Home Care Plan – Part 1
By Deb Toal GolderCare Solutions Your Advocacy Connection - Offering Comprehensive Care and Financial Advocacy It’s quite an adjustment for anyone when their loved one needs to enter a nursing home. We might wonder how the nursing home staff will know how to provide for our loved one’...
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Davenport, Iowa Office
By Karen Cole Social Security District Manager Davenport, Iowa FAST MEDICARE COVERAGE EVEN WHEN YOU’RE NOT RETIRED You’ve made your decision: although you’re eligible to collect Social Security payments, you’re going to keep working and delay receiving your retirement benefits. ...
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The Importance of Planning Ahead
By Mary Schricker Realtor - Ruhl & Ruhl Real Estate None of us plan to take care of a parent. We don’t set aside money or time for the task. We don’t begin researching and reading books when our parents reach a certain age. For the most part our parents’ old age and the needs and dilemma...
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On the Go With Joe Hutter
Seniors And Law Enforcement Together (SALT) By Joe Hutter Spring is finally here, and with spring comes the person who will call you or stop by to fix something on your home. Remember…Do not pay before the work is done. Check with the Better Business Bureau or the Attorney General’s Of...
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What is new in the world of hearing devices?
By Dr. Molly Parker Audiologist Parker Audiology, PC (Don White Hearing Aid Center) According to Better Hearing Institute (www.betterhearing.org) 60 percent of those with hearing loss are below the age of 64. Hearing loss is not just an “aging” problem. Hearing loss occurs gradually and p...
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St. Patrick’s Day Events a Great Success
By Thomas Bahls CEO – CASI The dust has settled after an amazing weekend worth of activities held on March 11 and 12 in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. After a five year absence, the Center for Active Seniors, Inc. (CASI) moved our largest and most significant fundraising events back to D...
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April Dates & Facts
By Eloise Graham April has varied celebrations. As Max Molleston states in his column, April is National Poetry Month. I found out it is also National Poetry Writing Month. In 1996, the Academy of American Poets stated that April would be National Poetry Month. Now every April, publishers, books...
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Lighthouse Homecare is Here to Serve
By Dan Adams Lighthouse Homecare We, at Lighthouse Homecare, realize that you didn’t spend your entire life to reach the point where you are not able to enjoy it to its fullest in your later years. That’s why we know that it is important to provide you with as many types of services as possi...
