Archive for Finance

  • Your Advocacy Connection Your Advocacy Connection

    Offering Comprehensive Long Term Care Solutions and Patient Advocacy By Nancy Phelps GolderCare Solutions   Lesson One: How to be a Good Caregiver So, if you are a caregiver, do you think you are a good caregiver? What does it mean to be a good caregiver? Think about that…maybe wri...

  • There’s No Free Lunch There’s No Free Lunch

    By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor   2014 brought in the “Individual Mandate” requiring all to have major medical insurance. This insurance coverage required must provide the minimum 10 essential benefits specified within the Affordab...

  • RSVP: Lead With Experience RSVP: Lead With Experience

    By Bill Sedlacek Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois Jon Cook, RSVP and VITA Volunteer Anyone with a Hollywood inspired image of an Army Infantry Officer as a one-dimensional tough guy has not met Jon Cook. Jon, a graduate of Ohio State and their ROTC pro...

  • May Someone with Dementia Sign a Will? May Someone with Dementia Sign a Will?

    Duffy Law Office is a member of the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys. By Ryan Denman Duffy Law Office Millions of people are affected by dementia, and unfortunately many of them do not have all their estate planning affairs in order before the symptoms start. If you or a loved ...

  • February…..the Mighty Little Super Month

    By Eloise Graham Editor-in-Chief February, the littlest month, starts out super big! That is Super Sunday! Super Bowl XLIX (49) will be played Sunday, February 1, 2015, with the New England Patriots facing the Seattle Seahawks. The Super Bowl is the play-off between the NFC, National Football Co...

  • FROM DREAM TO REALITY WITH  MY SOCIAL SECURITY FROM DREAM TO REALITY WITH MY SOCIAL SECURITY

    By Linda Clayton-Powell Social Security District Manager Davenport, Iowa In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke about his dream of an America where equality was more than a concept—where it was an everyday reality. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true...

  • News from Seniors And Law Enforcement Together (SALT) News from Seniors And Law Enforcement Together (SALT)

    By Cpl. Hank Jacobsen Davenport Police Department The holiday season is a time to be especially alert to burglars, thieves, pickpockets and cyber scams. Nothing can ruin the holiday spirit more than becoming a victim of a crime.  The following information will help limit the opportunity of a c...

  • The Importance of “The Plan” The Importance of “The Plan”

    By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Recently, a news story regarding funerals aired on a local television station. The story was based on the frustrations a family was facing in securing funds for funeral expenses. We are pleased that the television station has brought to ligh...