Archive for Community
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Calendar of Events – February 2011
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Quad Cities Alzheimer’s Association Please call Jerry Schroeder at 563-324-1022 or 800-272-3900 for more information about programs. Know the 10 Signs: Early Detection Matters: free Alzheimer’s program, Wednesday, February 9, Bettendorf Library, Bet...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER – Save the Date
By Dan Adams Please allow me to introduce you to Memories in the Making. Memories in the Making is an art program for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias that brings comfort and joy through the process of creating watercolors. Alzheimer's disease brings with it a consta...
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On the Go With Joe Hutter
Seniors And Law Enforcement Together (SALT) By Joe Hutter Yes another year is gone. How long they lasted when we were in school, and how fast they go now! Happy New Year to you and yours! Recently, many of you received a letter from the National Law Enforcement Officers’ Memori...
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New Year Residential Resolution!!
By Nancy Stockwell Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village One of the obstacles that we commonly hear from people who are otherwise ready to make a move into our lovely campus is that they have so much stuff, and they need to sell their home. A move at any point in our lives can be st...
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In and Out of the Quad Cities
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall Back in 1788 Scott Poet Robert Burns twisted his way into the New Year by writing a great poem. But we’re not going to wax eloquently about poetry – that honor goes to fellow writer and radio great Max Molleston. Truthfully, we rarely spend time...
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Iowa & Illinois Agencies Collaborate For – Caregiver Connection
By Leslie Thompson Public Relations Manager, Alternatives for the Older Adult Being a caregiver to a family member or friend is rewarding and yet stressful. “Reach Out for Help” was the theme for November’s Family Caregiver Month and to assist Quad Cities family caregivers, a collabo...
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Are You Ready for a New Year’s Challenge?
By Becky Lee Hinton Director of Marketing The Fountains Senior Living Community The earliest-known festival celebrating the New Year dates from about 2000 B.C. in Mesopotamia where the New Year began with the first new moon following the spring equinox, sometime in mid March. Throughout medieva...
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Ella’s Kitchen
The holidays may be over but the January blahs don’t need to set in! Gather a few friends together and have a European Gourmet event of appetizers and desserts. Assign the recipes to your friends. That way, you don’t have to do all of the work. Maybe some of your friends have been to the foreig...
