Archive for February, 2018
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Cut the Cake!
By John & Joan Maxwell Cinnamon Ridge Farms When I was growing up in the 1950s and 60s, my extended family lived life together, as most settled near or in the Quad Cities. Birthdays were especially important, and with a large family, it was nearly always time to get the family together and cel...
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The Impact of Caregiving
By Peggy Dykes Community Relations Director Milestone’s Area Agency on Aging More and more families and individuals are providing occasional or daily care for an aging parent, an ill spouse or disabled friend. Many manage by helping out with a few things, but it becomes challenging when called ...
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The Fountains – What Makes I’m Still Here® Unique?
By Leah Luna Marketing Director The Fountains Senior Living I’m Still Here® Features an Evidence-Based Approach Backed by over 25 years of research and field testing, Hearthstone is a recognized world leader in the development and utilization of non-pharmacologic interventions for those wit...
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What is Self-Neglect?
By Telly Papanikolaou One can probably come up with many thoughts, ideas and images upon hearing the words ‘self-neglect’ associated with a family member, neighbor, friend, acquaintance, or member of the community. As defined by the National Adult Protective Services Association, self-neglect i...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston I have reached inside a century old collection of poems, titled One Hundred Narrative Poems. I used it a couple years ago to search out three poems originating during the U.S. Civil War. Part of those poems showed up in One Surrender, my second book focused on specific Civil War ac...
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Ask the Audiologist
By Laura Mergen, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. Can Hearing Loss Increase My Chances of Falling? In the vast majority of cases, the short answer is no, hearing loss cannot increase your chances of falling or affect your balance in any way. There are a few occasions when hearing loss a...
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March Holidays
By Eloise Graham Special Days with Religious Significance Tuesday, March 20 will be the Spring Equinox. Equinox means equal night. There are twelve hours of daytime and twelve hours of night. Some pagan religions worship the spring/fall rquinoxes and summer/winter solstices. The Spring Equinox is ...
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Go For Gold… Run For The Green!
By Samantha Meier CASI Assistant Director of Marketing Go For Gold… Run For The Green! The Quad Cities will come together to run for the gold at the 2018 CASI St. Patrick’s Day Race Presented by Wells Fargo on Saturday, March 17, 2018 to benefit the Center for Active Seniors, or CASI, as i...
