Archive for September, 2024
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Debunking the Myths of Older Adult Falls
Contributed by National Council on Aging Myth 1: Falling happens to other people, not to me. Reality: Many people think, "It won't happen to me." But the truth is that 1 in 4 older adults fall every year in the U.S. Myth 2: Falling is something normal that happens as you get older. Reality: Fa...
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Just Saying…
Salmon Shorts, Affluence, and Opulent Wealth By Q.C. Jones A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to interact with several 20-somethings. Along the way I made a startling discovery regarding the concept of wealth, or at least letting its presence be known. After a hundred years and five generatio...
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Celebrating CASI During National Senior Center Month
CASI Membership has a Lot of Perks! By Sue Fleischman Rector CASI Director of Development September is National Senior Center Month. We invite you to help us celebrate CASI, our communities’ only comprehensive nationally accredited senior center. CASI offers an amazing array of programs and a...
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Your Advocacy Connection
We Solve Long Term Care Problems Lost and Needing Direction? Is It Time for a Road Map By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions Benefits Advocate Years ago, before cell phone google maps, my husband and I were in Washington, D.C. After the conference and touring DC, we headed to Williams...
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Get Started with Medicare
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor Medicare is health insurance for people 65 or older. You may be eligible to get Medicare earlier if you have a disability, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), or ALS (also called Lou Gehrig’s disease). Some people ...
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Ask the Audiologist
How Do I Choose the Right Hearng Aid for Me? By Margaret Christiansen, Au.D. Audiology Consultants, P.C. There are many choices when it comes to selecting a hearing aid. The first step is to obtain a complete hearing test to evaluate the type and degree of hearing loss. After the hearing test, th...
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. Hours of Flowers Birth is our entrée into the finite, And our portal too to the infinite. Our lives are like evanescent flowers, That germinate, sprout, grow a few hours. We trope existentially to the light, T...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
America’s Fascination with Car Shows Part 1 of a 2-Part series By Eloise Graham On any given week from mid-April until mid-October, there are between 15 to 30+ car shows in a 50-mile radius of the Quad Cities. Some shows are only a couple of hours long, others up to two days. A show might be ju...
