Archive for Family
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A Hundred Years… A Million Changes, Part II
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Last month began a multi-part series which merely scratched the surface of the manifold societal changes during the past one hundred years. We reviewed things like advances in manufacturing, increased life spans and, of course, advances in ...
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Spirited Fun for Everyone
By Pam Haumann New Parent Services Manager Child Abuse Council Halloween for many is just another day, but for many adults and children it is a Holiday to be celebrated by dressing up in funny, scary or otherwise fun costumes and masks and going door to door asking for sweet treats. But, with ...
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Putting a Stop to Child Abuse
By Pam Haumann New Parent Services Manager Child Abuse Council What is child abuse? The definition of child abuse is the mistreatment of any child under the age of 18 that causes harm or injury. Child abuse can be physical, sexual, emotional or neglectful in nature. Physical abuse for exam...
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A Hundred Years… A Million Changes
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home We’ve probably all said something like this at one time or another: “Gosh, I haven’t seen Joe in a hundred years!” Whether you think a hundred years is a long time or merely a blip in the big picture, one thing is certain: a lot...
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Hoarding Can Be a Serious Issue
By Bob Morrison and Mary Huebbe Marketing & Development Director Ridgecrest Village As a trained Certified Senior Advisor, continual updating information to help seniors is important. Our aging population has many memories and experiences that give us a rich blessing of their wisdom. Occasiona...
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Choices and Power – We all Make ’em and We All Need It
By Angie Kendall Community Education Manager Child Abuse Council I was talking with a friend recently who asked me what to do about her 4 year old daughter’s behavior. She refused to follow directions, would throw a fit when she didn’t get her way and insisted on doing everything herself. ...
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It’s All About Balance
By Mary Schricker Gemberling For a baby boomer on Medicare, I feel pretty young most of the time. I get out of bed most mornings relatively pain and med free other than an occasional aspirin or Tylenol to remedy excessive gardening, and have plenty of energy to meet whatever demands life might b...
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Life Changes
By Beth Martinez GolderCare Solutions Your Advocacy Connection - We Solve Long Term Care Problems Life changes require us to look at our lives in a different way. Life changes may be difficult and stressful, such as losing a job, moving to a different city, or dealing with the illness of...
