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Archive for Health & Wellness

• Your Advocacy Connection

  We Solve Long-Term Care Problems Care for the Caregiver By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions Benefits Advocate Your plane is all loaded and the flight attendant does the announcements about the seat belt and storing carry-ons. Then you hear “If the oxygen masks drop, put yours on f...

• Quad City Summer Games

  A Celebration of Competition and Community By Rhonda Elsbury The Quad City Summer Games are just around the corner and you don’t want to miss them!  The Games, sponsored by the Quad Cities Senior Olympics, is an exciting two-week competition that brings together athletes, fitness enthusiasts,...

• PUBLISHER’S CORNER

  Lace Up Your Running Shoes! By Eloise Graham Lace up your shoes, dust off your bowling ball, get out your paddles, check your paint brushes, hone your spelling ability, brush up on your cards, do some needlepoint, toss those bean bags, sing a song, write a poem, or do a dance - it is game time! ...

• Calendar of Events | MARCH 2025

  If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809  Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Grou...

• PUBLISHER’S CORNER

  Random Thoughts and Comments By Eloise Graham The other day I heard someone mention she had the common cold. Is there an uncommon cold? Just wondering. So I looked up common cold. Johns Hopkins medicine says that the common cold may include a stuffy, runny nose, scratchy, tickly throat, watery eye...

• Your Advocacy Connection

    We Solve Long-Term Care Problems What Is Your Plan B? By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions Benefits Advocate Most older individuals and their families have a Plan A. What happens when Plan A does not work out as you had hoped? How fast can you pivot to a Plan B if Plan A no lon...

• Cultural Connections with Food

  By Hannah Anderson MA, RDN, LDN, CLS Hy-Vee Registered Dietician (515) 695-3602     hannah.anderson1@hy-vee.com Food is a connector—it nourishes, brings people together and unites cultures. In March we celebrate National Nutrition Month,  an annual campaign from the Academy of Nutrition and ...

• Ask the Audiologist

  Apple Airpods and Your Hearing By Laura Schroeder, Au.D. Audiology Consultants, P.C. Apple made headlines last fall with the introduction of three new features in their AirPods Pro 2: Hearing Protection, Hearing Test, and Hearing Aids. Hearing Protection helps shield your hearing from sustained n...