Archive for Personal Growth
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Senior Secret Santa
By Kathy Horrell CASI Director of Senior Services The holiday season is the time of year when we think of those who are less fortunate. Most of our thoughts and donations go to organizations that support children, families and the homeless. But each year hundreds of Quad City area older adults...
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October 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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Lesson or Test?
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home I recognized the incoming number on my cell phone as it lit up in my hand. It was my doctor. Staring at the buzzing phone in my hand, I knew why he was calling. And I wasn’t sure if I was ready to take his call. But I had to. He w...
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Your Advocacy – We Solve Long Term Care Problems
By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions An Ode to Bill and Miss Lou Every day we all grow a bit older and join the myriad of those we associate with the “age wave.” This fall, marks for me 30 years working professionally in the senior industry starting out as a hospital social worker in 1986. ...
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September 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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Ask the Counselor
By Kristi A. Manley, LMHC, LCPC Licensed Mental Health Counselor Lutheran Family Service Question: I’ve been hearing so much about “healthy boundaries in relationships.” To me, it just sounds like a bunch of psycho-babble and means we have to put up walls between ourselves and others. Sur...
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The Ever Flowing Mississippi River
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Among the greatest elements of nature anywhere in our entire Quad Cities region is the mighty Mississippi River. Truly iconic in the United States and well-known throughout the world, this mighty marvel originates from the otherwise unassumi...
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Caring Community at Ridgecrest
By Karen McCoy Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village When I look around me each day I realize that I have been given an opportunity that not many people get in their lifetime. I am surrounded by people that God has gifted in so many ways. There are people that have served their community as t...
