Archive for Family
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Are You Ready if the Unthinkable Happens?
Offering Comprehensive Long Term Care Solutions and Patient Advocacy By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions Imagine all is well in life, and you receive “the phone call.” Your father has just had a serious accident. He is in the Emergency Room. You had just talked to him the night before, an...
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Your Advocacy Connection
Offering Comprehensive Long Term Care Solutions and Patient Advocacy By Tiffany Whittaker GolderCare Solutions Let’s Talk There’s nothing like having a discussion that no one wants to have. I mean, how do you begin this uncomfortable conversation? Is there a right place? Is there a right t...
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Life Care Benefit
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor Did you know…..A life insurance policy can pay for senior care expenses? One out of two retirees will face these costs! Long term care costs are very real and pose a clear risk to our valued retirement asse...
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Understanding the Differences Between a Will and a Trust
By Ryan Denman Duffy Law Office Duffy Law Office is a member of the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys. Everyone has heard the terms “will” and “trust,” but not everyone knows the differences between the two. Both are useful estate planning devices that serve different purpos...
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Cultivating Emotional Intelligence in Your Child
By Lindsey Hornbaker Community Education Program Manager Child Abuse Council “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” – Aristotle When we talk about successful children and teens, we often speak of intellectual intelligence. We believe that children who hav...
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RSVP – Lead With Experience
By Julie Ross Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois RSVP’s Pen Pal Program is a mentoring program Three years ago, RSVP started a pilot Pen Pal program with one classroom in a Davenport elementary school. Today this has grown to 4 classrooms (1 in Davenpo...
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Dealing with Illness
By Mary Huebbe Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village Cancer is a thriving illness that still has no cure. It seems every time I turn around, someone is getting diagnosed with a different kind. Everyone handles it differently, and it affects everyone differently. So, how do we support someone ...
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THE PUBLISHER’S VIEW: Inner Thoughts and Comments
By Joe Hutter Publisher Do your children have children? Have you heard the comment “Grandparents raising Grandchildren.” Yes, times have changed. There are more single parent families and often less income to help the child to enjoy being a child. Grandparents have contacted legislators t...
