Archive for May, 2012
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We can learn a lot from a tree
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Amid the monuments and the towering mature trees along a pleasant knoll at Oakdale Memorial Gardens, I had the privilege to share a few words with the family at a recent graveside service. The setting was beautiful. Nearby, an age-old...
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May is National Osteoporosis Prevention Month
By Chrissy Watters, MS, RD, LDN Hy-Vee Registered Dietician (309) 793-0684 cwatters@hy-vee.com Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, • 10 million Americans are estimated to have osteoporosis. ...
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How to “Preserve your wealth” in purchasing your new senior housing
By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes As some of our readers may know, almost every weekend I’m doing an open house at one of our residential communities in the area. I really enjoy doing that, because it’s a wonderful opportunity for me to better understand what buyers are thinking about for their ...
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Honor Flight News
By Bob Morrison Development Director of Ridgecrest Village If you haven’t heard, local community leaders have created a chapter of the Honor Flight Network, called Honor Flight of the Quad-Cities. It all started at Ridgecrest Village in Davenport when William Shore, a resident WWII Veteran as...
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Health Minute With CASI
The Amazing Work of Our Central Nervous System, Part 1 The Nervous System is divided into two parts: The Central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord. The Pheripheral nervous system includes the 12 pairs of cranial nerves, and 31 pairs of spinal nerves, and all their branches. The P...
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Rock Island, Illinois Office
By Christina Vital Manager Rock Island Social Security office FASTER DISABILITY APPROVAL FOR PEOPLE WITH ALS May is National ALS Awareness Month. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that att...
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Ask the Audiologist – Why do digital hearing aids sound so different than my analog hearing aids?
By Janet Liddicoat, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. Why do digital hearing aids sound so different than my analog hearing aids? New digital hearing aids have computer technology that processes the sound. With this technology, your audiologist is able to tailor the sounds and your co...
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Hidden Homecare Risks – part 2
By Dan Adams Lighthouse Homecare Part two of an article about the hidden risks of using private homecare workers In our April issue, we looked at excerpts from an article by Rona S. Bartelstone, Senior Vice President of Care Management at Senior Bridge in Florida. It is full of important...
