Archive for Health & Wellness
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Your Advocacy
We Solve Long Term Care Problems By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions When is the Right Time to Move? Where we live is very important to all of us. It is our home. Growing up, the importance may be your own room instead of sharing with a sibling or it could be getting to pick the paint ...
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Mail Order Hearing Devices, A Value?
By Dr. Molly Parker Audiologist and Owner Parker Audiology, P.C. Dr. Alison Soto Audiologist Parker Audiology, P.C. Mail order hearing devices have been considered by some people as an option towards better hearing. Can you imagine selecting your own replacement hip joint f...
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September is National Family Meals Month
By Madeleine Ranshaw, RD, LD Hy-Vee Registered Dietician (563) 391-0213 | mranshaw@hy-vee.com We have all been there. You get home from a long day and you are hungry! You don’t want to take the time to make dinner, so you just end up ordering food to go. And while that idea may be fine every ...
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Ready, Steady, Balance: Prevent Falls Awareness Event
Join us September 22nd at CASI By Kathy Horrell CASI Director of Senior Services Falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries for older Americans. Falls threaten seniors’ safety and independence and generate enormous economic and personal costs. However, falling is not an inevit...
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Caring Community at Ridgecrest
By Karen McCoy Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village When I look around me each day I realize that I have been given an opportunity that not many people get in their lifetime. I am surrounded by people that God has gifted in so many ways. There are people that have served their community as t...
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Ask the Audiologist
Cerumen Removal: Why we do what we do By Laura Mergen, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. Under normal circumstances, wax and dead skin is naturally removed from ear canals through everyday movement of the head and jaw and through the growth of the skin lining the ear canal. Unfortunatel...
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August Calendar of Events
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Quad Cities Alzheimer’s Association – Are you or someone you know a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s? Get support from our 24/7 Helpline, alz.org/greateriowa 1-800-272-3900, or local address and phone: 2208 E. 52nd St., Ste. B, Davenport, IA 528...
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Life Hacks to Better Living: Addressing Hearing Loss
Dr. Molly Parker Audiologist and Owner Parker Audiology, P.C. Untreated hearing loss is connected to feelings of isolation, depression, and loss of income. The average person waits seven years to address their hearing loss. Here’s some perspective: seven years ago Barack Obama was inaugura...
