Archive for Health & Wellness

  • Your Advocacy Connection - What Happens If There’s a Fire? Your Advocacy Connection – What Happens If There’s a Fire?

    By Jamie Long GolderCare Solutions and Jamieson Long & Associates Offering Comprehensive Long Term Care Solutions and Patient Advocacy What Happens If There’s a Fire? In senior and disability care, we have to think about fire safety all the time, not just during Fire Safety Month. ...

  • The Marketplace The Marketplace

    By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor This is the name “The Marketplace” given to the state insurance exchanges mandated by the Health Care Reform Act passed into law in 2010. Provisions of the Affordable Care law require states to establish In...

  • Ask the Audiologist - What is a Cochlear implant, and can I get one? Ask the Audiologist – What is a Cochlear implant, and can I get one?

    By Tara Hartman, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. People will often ask me if there is any new advancement in surgical procedures or implantable devices that could help them hear better, rather than wearing hearing aids. Well, like most answers, it depends. Technically yes, there are, b...

  • What’s New with Whooping Cough (Pertussis)?

    By Julie Suchanek, MBA, MT (ASCP) Metropolitan Medical Laboratory, PLC Whooping cough – also called pertussis – is a highly contagious and very serious respiratory infection caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis or Bordetella parapertussis. What’s new with whooping cough? In 2...

  • Putting a Stop to Child Abuse 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...

  • Fall into Better Hearing! Fall into Better Hearing!

    By Dr. Molly Parker Audiologist and Owner Parker Audiology, P.C. & Dr. Elizabeth Meinecke Audiologist Parker Audiology, P.C. In the fall, there are a lot of outdoor activities that take place. There are some things that are good to be mindful with hearing aids. 1) Dust and moisture: ...

  • Your Advocacy Connection - Assisted Living: When is the Right Time? Your Advocacy Connection – Assisted Living: When is the Right Time?

    By Deb Toal GolderCare Solutions When is the right time to move? Isn’t this a lifelong question? When I was 16 years old and knew everything, I dreamed of the independence of having my own place. I was ready to move! When the day actually came a few years later, and I moved into my first apar...

  • Start the Day with a Fiber-Filled Breakfast Start the Day with a Fiber-Filled Breakfast

    By Beth Freehill, MS, RD, LD Hy-Vee Registered Dietician Clinton Hy-Vee 563-243-6162 Do you have a hard time getting the recommended amount of fiber per day? If so, stocking the pantry with high-fiber breakfast foods will give you a head start in fulfilling your fiber needs for the day. Gett...

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