Archive for April, 2024
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY | Davenport, Iowa Office
By Pam Shaw Social Security District Manager Davenport Social Security Office HOW TO SPOT AN IMPOSTER SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT Want to learn how to spot fake Social Security social media accounts? The tips below will help you protect yourself and your family. How fraudsters create imposter ...
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Yard and Garden: How to Manage Garden Plants that Break Dormancy Early
By Aaron J. Steil and Jeffery Iles Iowa State University Recent warm temperatures across Iowa have many gardeners concerned as they have seen buds on trees and shrubs swell and break, and foliage of perennials and spring bulbs emerge in February, much sooner than they normally would. This puts pla...
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Your Advocacy Connection
We Solve Long Term Care Problems A Patient Advocate’s Pet Peeve By Jamie Long Chief Patient Advocate GolderCare Solutions GolderCare has been doing Patient Advocacy for 16 years now. Before that, I started the first Elder Law practice in this region of the country. In 2008, after we ha...
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Grief
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Grief is the price we pay for love.......” During the past 12 years of my marriage to Gary, I have observed from the sidelines the passing of several of his lifelong friends. I sympathized but could only imagine how hard the loss was for him. You see I am one of t...
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Feel Your Best Yet with These 3 Healthy Hacks
By Hannah Anderson MA, RDN, LDN, CLS Hy-Vee Registered Dietician (515) 695-3602 hannah.anderson1@hy-vee.com Healthy eating can sometimes feel confusing and time-consuming – but it doesn’t have to. As a registered dietitian, I am all for incorporating super simple ways to instantly boo...
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Aging and You
Volunteering and the Older Adult By Julie Arndt Marketing Director at Ridgecrest Village It’s estimated that 25% of the world’s population volunteers in some capacity. April is National Volunteer Month and is a wonderful time to acknowledge the benefits of volunteering and to thank all thos...
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Just Saying…
April Questions By Q.C. Jones Your erstwhile friend and literary pal QC Jones has been thinking a lot lately. Perhaps questioning life, or maybe questioning the art of asking questions. Ever since I was a pollywog of a person, I have been famous for asking questions. My parents were kind and lovin...
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. Chrysalis Birth The pupa believes in life, inner urge Deep within, it struggles in dark Dungeon chrysalis, fights blindly for Air and light, exerts all, so it can fly, Fly in beauty. Beauty flutters over Earth of its bir...
