Archive for Family
-
Elusive Inner ‘Peace’
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.” ... Anonymous The Holidays are full of references to peace such as ‘Peace on eart...
-
Your Advocacy Connection
We Solve Long Term Care Problems Happy New Year! By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions Benefits Advocate The start of a new year often inspires us to clear out the old and make a fresh start. Back when I worked at Modern Woodmen, the first Friday of January was designated as "New Year...
-
A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. Mother’s Love Every child out of her body, They all became somebody! That was her wish at their birth, Noteworthy lives on the Earth. A few gravid times she swelled, To birth she never rebelled. ...
-
Just Saying…
Releasing Pent-Up Feelings Is So Therapeutic By Q.C. Jones January tidings and — unless you are following the Chinese calendar these days with New Year's falling on January 29 — allow me to be one of the last to wish you a Happy New Year 2025. Typically, January reports are cheerful recaps of...
-
Aging and You
Happy New Year 2025! By Julie Arndt Marketing Director at Ridgecrest Village As we make plans and new goals for 2025, it’s a good time to look back to 2024. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, average inflation was up 2.6% for the year through November. Overall, things are looking good for...
-
Calendar of Events | DECEMBER 2024
If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Grou...
-
Required Distributions: Changes You Need to Know
By Craig Schillig, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE Act) changed the rules for taking distributions from retirement accounts inherited after 2019. The so-called 10-year rule generally requires inherited ...
-
Your Advocacy Connection
We Solve Long Term Care Problems Why Spend Down Needlessly? By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions Benefits Advocate We hear from people all the time about how their helpful and well-intentioned attorney, social service agency, or nursing home staff gave them advise on how to spend dow...