Archive for Personal Growth
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Your Advocacy
By Jessie Thompson GolderCare Solutions How to Advocate for Your Parent with the Doctor We have all heard of parents and children trading places in regards to daily needs and care. As our parent or other loved ones age we are called upon more and more to assist with their needs. The care that w...
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Trick or Treat? Give Me Something Good to Eat!
By Hannah Eddy, MA, RDN, LDN Hy-Vee Registered Dietician (563) 391-0213 Halloween is just around the corner and soon the goblins will be knocking at the door. With the chance to dress up in costumes and stock up on sweets, Halloween is the highlight of the year for many kids — from toddlers t...
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Pay It Forward
By Mary Schricker Gemberling Monday morning my thoughts and prayers are with all of the people in Florida who are waking up to the storm ravaged remnants of Hurricane Irma. They join a not so exclusive club whose members have in the last few weeks felt helpless at the mercy of Mother Nature. The ea...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston An artist friend who doubles as a poet when she sees an opening, made a visit to a school bus in late summer. For those of us who were drivers or riders, or just admired those yellow conveyances, her poem is for you. This is one special school bus. The poem is from the pen of Maggi...
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September 2017 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? Free educational classes are being offered for people with dementia, their families, and those who professionally serve them. Get support from ...
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Old Friends
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Happiness is being with an old friend after a long time and feeling nothing has changed!” I have a love-hate relationship with Facebook! I hate that far too many users choose to air their dirty laundry in public, but I love the connection it gives me to family a...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston Salvatore “Sal’ Marici, retired as a specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has been engaged in a poetry “fast track.” We are focused this month with his recent launch of eighty-three poems within the titled Fermentations. His writing and promotion activity show...
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Your Advocacy
By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions Some Thoughts on Change – We Have Moved! September means change. Autumn is coming, and the cool weather is fast approaching. Kids are back in school. The roads are full of yellow buses. Football is back on TV. We experience this every year, and I experi...
