Archive for Health & Wellness

  • What’s the Plan? What’s the Plan?

    By Linda Rowe, RDH I-Smile Silver Community Partner Hylife Oral Health Department We are a generation of planners. We planned for weddings. We made financial plans for our children’s college education. We may have started savings plans for our grandchildren’s college education. We made our re...

  • Your Advocacy Your Advocacy

    By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions Aging Creeps Up On You We are all so very busy. We go to school. We get a job. We may purchase a house, start having a family and go about our business of “living.” During the course of living we deal with all the ups and downs and support our loved ones ...

  • Friendship Manor Advantage Friendship Manor Advantage

    Information from Friendship Manor Rock Island’s Friendship Manor offers a variety of active senior living and care options for the many stages of retirement. Our Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) includes all of the conveniences of home without the hassle of maintenance, cooking or hous...

  • Transition Coordination – an introduction Transition Coordination – an introduction

    By Brycie Wilson Alternatives for the Older Adult Program Director and Transition Coordinator For the third time this winter, Mom is in the hospital. No sooner did she get settled back home following hospitalization for COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), she then contracted pneumonia ...

  • Don’t be Afraid of Growing Older – Do it with Moxie! Don’t be Afraid of Growing Older – Do it with Moxie!

    By Karen McCoy Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village With another year having gone by and just celebrating another birthday, I had a thought. How do people age gracefully? I see it happening every day at Ridgecrest. Then I asked myself, what does that really mean – “age gracefully”? Is i...

  • Ask the Audiologist Ask the Audiologist

    By Laura Mergen, Au.D., CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. What if my Physician says I Don’t Need a Hearing Aid Your primary care provider uses a wealth of knowledge and ample experience to take care of your health and wellness. However, as much as your provider knows about the human body and ...

  • Want to Live a Healthy Lifestyle in 2018? Want to Live a Healthy Lifestyle in 2018?

    Get a jump start on that healthy lifestyle by participating in a Fresh Conversations discussion group created for people age 60 and older. By Peggy Dykes Community Relations Director Milestone’s Area Agency on Aging   Embracing a healthy way of living can lead to increased energy and imp...

  • New Year’s Resolution New Year’s Resolution

    By Matthew Christophersen, MD, FACS Davenport Surgical Group P.C. Hoping all the readers of 50+ lifestyles had wonderful holidays. The new year is upon us, and many I’m sure have thought about New Year’s resolutions. One of the most common New Year’s resolution is to lose weight.  While th...

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