Archive for Family

  • Your Advocacy 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...

  • Another Gift Giving Season: The Greatest Gift  Continues Giving 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...

  • Christmas Past 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...

  • Take Control of Holiday Stress, Time and Money 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 ...

  • Getting Prepared 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...

  • Ask the Audiologist Ask the Audiologist

    By Laura Mergen, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. WAX, huh, good God, y’all, what is it good for? Absolutely SOMETHIN’! Sometimes it seems like people are obsessed with their ear wax: how much they have, what color or consistency it is, and how to clean it out of their ears. When I te...

  • What is Your Favorite or Most Memorable December Date? What is Your Favorite or Most Memorable December Date?

    By Eloise Graham Each month always has certain dates that stand out more than others. Some dates are personal and only important to you or your family, other dates are shared by the masses. Such a date, shared by the whole world, is December 7. It was on this date in 1941 that Pearl Harbor was bom...

  • Calendar of Events - November 2017 Calendar of Events – November 2017

    Support Groups and Informational Seminars Quad Cities Alzheimer’s Association – Are you or someone you know a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s? Free educational classes are being offered for people with dementia, their families, and those who professionally serve them. Get support from ...