Archive for Personal Growth
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RSVP: Lead With Experience
By Bill Sedlacek Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois Alzheimer’s Association: A Great Place to Volunteer! RSVP Director’s note: We now work with Alzheimer’s Association in Knox and Warren Counties too. This is a start of a new series on top notch agenci...
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Your Advocacy – We Solve Long Term Care Problems
By Nancy Phelps GolderCare Solutions Home for the holidays….what will we do? Visiting our elderly/older adult parents/grandparents can add extra stress to an already stressful time of year. Learning to spend time with these once vibrant people can be challenging for many reasons, but we sti...
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I May Have Lost My Hair, But I Haven’t Lost Heart…
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Many readers may be aware that I have been dealing with cancer for the past several months. A good number of you have sent cards, emails and some have even stopped by the funeral home to show your support and to wish me well. I am moved and ...
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Holiday Visits with Elders Are Important for Safety
By Peggy Dykes Community Relations Director Milestone’ Area Agency on Aging Noticing and correcting problems can help keep seniors safely in their homes. The holiday season is one of the busiest at Milestones Area Agency on Aging. And it all begins when people get together for holida...
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A Holiday Filled with Love
By Mary Huebbe Marketing Director Ridgecrest Village I have been blessed to meet a couple that are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary this year. There life has been full of ups and downs, yet they never lost faith and love for each other. Their Faith and Love has helped them through all...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
Fact or Opinion? By Eloise Graham Fact or Opinion... Election Day is over, but the turmoil of this long, divisive and explosive campaign lingers on. I had not intended to labor on this topic anymore, but yesterday I heard that Mark Zuckerberg, chairman, CEO and co-founder of the social me...
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November 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, www.alz.org/greateriowa 1-800-272-3900, or local address and phone: 2208 E. 52nd St., Ste. B, Davenport, IA...
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Max’s Musings
By Max Molleston If I posed the question “who in the world is Mrs. Mallowan?” there are probably few among you who could come up with a person by that name. Adding the given name Agatha, maybe we would both be closer. If I added Mrs. Mallowan’s family name as a maiden, Christie, then we sho...
