Archive for Community
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On the Go With Joe Hutter
Seniors And Law Enforcement Together (SALT) By Joe Hutter In the past, this column mentioned many times about watching your money and who you give it to. Recently over $2 million was stolen from three banks through wire transfer of money. Again, NEVER give your personal information over ...
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Understanding a Nursing Home Care Plan – Part 2
By Deb Toal GolderCare Solutions Your Advocacy Connection - Offering Comprehensive Care and Financial Advocacy Last month, our article focused on nursing home care plans. We defined what a care plan is, the function of care plans and the importance of the resident and their family’s involv...
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Thank You to All the Men and Women in the Armed Forces
By Diana Spranger, R.N. Administrator Bettendorf Health Care The penned phrase, “Walk A Mile In My Shoes” is certainly true. As we listen to what’s happening in our world today, we can be over taken by the negativity quite quickly. I find myself listening to the news of wars that we are...
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Meet Tammie Kooi
Honorary Survivor Chair for the 2011 Susan G. Komen Quad Cities Race for the Cure. She was only 27 years old when she found a lump. With no family history of breast cancer, her doctor wasn’t overly concerned. But Camanche’s Tammie Kooi didn’t settle because she had a strong feeling th...
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Make Fitness a Goal for Life!
By Becky Lee Hinton Director of Marketing The Fountains Senior Living Community 18th Annual National Senior Health & Fitness Day Put on your sneakers and join more than 100,000 seniors nationwide at The Nation’s Largest Older Adult Health Promotion Event on Wednesday, May 25 at The Fount...
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Ella’s Kitchen
Our long, cold winter has gone away. Hopefully, our wet, miserable early spring will go too! Now we can enjoy May and all that it has to offer! There are many occasions to enjoy food and fellowship in May. From the Kentucky Derby through Memorial Day Weekend the kitchen (or outside grill) should be ...
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Recognizing and Preventing Child Abuse
By Rondi Doyle Director of Community Relations Child Abuse Council April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Despite the high levels of awareness of child abuse and neglect, many people are still unaware of what they can do to prevent it. With the end of the winter slump, April offer...
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Bettendorf Health Care Center Provides Quality Care
By Diana Spranger, R.N. Administrator Bettendorf Health Care This month I will celebrate 13 years here in Bettendorf at the Care Center. I can’t even begin to tell you of all the dramatic changes that have gone on in that period of time. We have had two complete decorative face lifts in th...
