Archive for Family
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A Story of Perception: Two people seeing the same thing and having two completely opposite perceptions
This month’s column authored by: Mary Huebbe Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village I have a ten year old boy at home. When we go for walks in the park, Adam will say, “Wow! Those people are really old!” To him, all he is seeing is elderly people walking together. In my response I tell ...
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Putting an Emphasis on Family in the Summer
By Karly Zucker Augustana College Student Intern Child Abuse Council Growing up, my favorite part of summer vacation was knowing I would be spending a lot of time with my parents. When my parents got home from work each day, my brother and I were always overjoyed. On weeknights, they let us he...
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Your Advocacy Connection – Who Is Your Advocate?
By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions GolderCare Solutions solves long term care problems, and one of the services that we offer is Patient Advocacy. Patient advocacy isn’t unique to a certain population, but is critical across the life span. It changes as we age. It is as critical in our later ...
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Ella’s Kitchen
July already! The time of picnics, outdoor living, casual evening meals or hurried evening meals before a grandchild’s ball game. Whatever your meal or schedule, enjoy!!! - Ella [Ella can be contacted at ellaweeza@yahoo.com or Ella – 50+ Lifestyles, 804 W Lombard Street, Davenport, IA, 52...
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Grandparenting is Great!
By Bob Morrison and Mary Huebbe Marketing & Development Director Ridgecrest Village If you have grandchildren, or even great-grandchildren, you can relate to my feelings about grandparenting. We have three grandsons who are adorable. I always wondered why seniors carry around pictures of their ...
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Sandwiched, Part 3
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home The previous two articles in this series have ties to the “Sandwich Generation:” those who are sandwiched between caring for a parent (or other relative) and caring for (or financially supporting) their children. As more and more A...
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Prevent Child Abuse Everyday
By Amy Alvarez, MSW Program Manager Mississippi Valley Child Protection Center Child Abuse Council June is the beginning of summer, which is a symbol of freedom for children and families – no school, playing outside, going to the beach, baseball games, barbecues, boating, and all kinds of a...
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Sandwiched, Part 2
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Those who may have read last month’s article are already familiar with the term “Sandwich Generation” – those who are sandwiched between caring for a parent (or other relative) AND caring for (or financially supporting) their childr...
