Archive for Family
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Donna’s Kitchen
Retro Recipes! Before Ella’s Kitchen, it was Donna’s Kitchen (Donna was the wife of Russ Myers, the founder of 50+ Lifestyles.) Each month featured recipes were submitted by the reader’s of 50+ Lifestyles. Here are some recipes from the early years. Please enjoy them! ...
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Preventing Falls: The Importance of Staying Upright
By Julie Farmer, LCSW Alternatives for the Older Adult Quality Assurances The risk of injury due to falls and, unfortunately, even dying from a fall increases with age. Each year, millions of individuals over the age of 65 are treated in emergency departments because of falls. In 2014, 841 Il...
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Is it More than Holiday Blues?
By Peggy Dykes Community Relations Director Milestone’s Area Agency on Aging The holidays are a time of love and cheer, but for many, the winter months and the close of another year can be tough. The gloomy weather can wear on us. Family visits can prove taxing. Holiday Blues are temporary feel...
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Your Advocacy
By Jessie Thomson GolderCare Solutions Aging in Place – Getting Help to Stay Home Longer Over the years of my grandmother’s card club gatherings, her home became the preferred location to meet. All of her friends liked to get together at her house because, “Kathleen has that nice high toi...
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Another Gift Giving Season: The Greatest Gift Continues Giving
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor As we approach another gift giving season I want to share with you an article we prepared several years ago and repeat here again. Let me make a suggestion on providing the greatest gift. Give the greatest gift to...
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Christmas Past
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, & traditions.” Bill McKibbon Christmas traditions h...
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Take Control of Holiday Stress, Time and Money
By Dawn Dunnegan and Laura Sternweis Iowa State University Extension and Outreach “As the holiday season quickly approaches, holiday stressors tend to sneak up as well. These additional commitments for time and money can zap the happy from the holidays,” says Dawn Dunnegan, a human sciences ...
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Getting Prepared
By Mary Huebbe Marketing Director Ridgecrest Village According to the calendar, winter is a month away. Outside it feels like it’s already here. It was summer and then it wasn’t. Fall, my favorite time of the year, was gone in a blink. So how should we prepare for winter? We all know about...
