Archive for June, 2016

  • RSVP: Lead With Experience RSVP: Lead With Experience

    By H. Gayle Lundeen RSVP Disaster Services Coordinator Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illnois They CERT-ainly Want to Help A prominent author states that each person has 10 “love tanks.” These different tanks are acquired as we age and are each filled fr...

  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular-Disease Patients Should Pursue Regular Hearing Checkups Diabetes, Cardiovascular-Disease Patients Should Pursue Regular Hearing Checkups

    By Dr. Molly Parker Audiologist and Owner Parker Audiology, P.C. Dr. Alison Soto Audiologist Parker Audiology, P.C. The prevalence of hearing loss increases with every decade of age and is closely tied to several ailments, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. A 2008 study b...

  • Father’s Day Father’s Day

    Regardless of the amount of time a dad spends with his children, there seems to be a special bond, especially with daughters. There certainly was between my dad and me! By Mary Schricker Gemberling My Dad “The Greatest Gift I ever had came from God; I call him Dad.” ...Author Unknown Fath...

  • Ask the Audiologist Ask the Audiologist

    By Laura Mergen, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. Why doesn’t Audiology Consultants do free hearing tests? This is a very fair question. If you’re considering spending the money for hearing aids, why can’t the hearing test be thrown in at no charge? Some clinics do provide this ...

  • Your Advocacy Connection Your Advocacy Connection

    We Solve Long Term Care Problems By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions Caregiver Tips on Staying Healthy Recently I had the pleasure of attending a program that featured caregiver support.  For those of us who deal directly with caregivers and who likely are caregivers in our personal lif...

  • CASI Honored as a Nationally Accredited Senior Center CASI Honored as a Nationally Accredited Senior Center

    By Jamie Lange Marketing Director Center for Acrive Seniors, Inc. CASI’s (Center for Active Seniors, Inc.) commitment to creating a world where seniors can age successfully was  honored recently when CASI became only the SECOND nationally accredited Senior Center in the state of Iowa and jus...

  • Remembering Grandma’s Shepherd Pie Remembering Grandma’s Shepherd Pie

    By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home It was a vaguely familiar aroma when I walked through the door at mom and dad’s to join them for supper a few weeks ago. And although it was familiar somewhere in the recesses of my mind, I had to connect too many dots to immediately ident...

  • The 27th Annual Race for the Cure! The 27th Annual Race for the Cure!

    By Christina McNamara-Schmidt Komen Quad Cities/Marketing and Fundraising Specialist   Race for the Cure is the largest fundraiser for Komen Quad Cities. Please join us on Saturday, June 11, 2016 to raise funds to fight breast cancer at our 27th annual run/walk. Register at www.kom...

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