Archive for Featured
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January Calendar of Events
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Alternatives for the Older Adult – Caring for a senior loved one? Three new brown bag lunch and learns! Join us in January, February and March: “Tips on Communicating with a Physician.” Presented by Caregiver Counselor Susan Kivisto on Fri., Jan. 25...
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Keeping the Holidays Cheerful through Positive Child Discipline
By Rondi Doyle Director of Community Relations Child Abuse Council The sights, sounds, treats and time with family and friends are what make the holidays magical. These same joys can also lead to holiday mishaps for families with children. Luckily, there are positive ways to reinforce good beh...
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Are You Safe from the Fiscal Cliff?
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor The “Fiscal Cliff” is the description economists have used that describes the potential situation at year-end 2012 when a number of U.S. tax and fiscal changes are scheduled to occur. Folks, these changes a...
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December Calendar of Events
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Quad Cities Alzheimer’s Association – Learn about signs and symptoms, stages, diagnosis, treatment and care of Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Get support from our 24/7 Helpline, www.alz.org 1-800-272-3900, or local address and phone: 736 Federal S...
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Veteran’s long-term care benefits
By Roger Brannan Administrator Bettendorf Health Care The Department of Veterans Affairs provides three types of long-term care benefits for veterans. The first type is benefits provided to veterans who have service-connected disabilities. These medically necessary services include home care, ...
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In and Out of the Quad-Cities
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall Gail and Toni are Mighty Thankful… and here’s the list to prove it… It’s the Thanksgiving Season. Soon we’ll be bombarded with pictures of pilgrims, freshly toasted turkey and the local merchants will flip the switch on their Mazak system from...
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November Calendar of Events
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Alternatives for the Older Adult – Caring for a senior loved who? Join us for a brown bag lunch and learn! “What can I do?” Communicating with someone with dementia. Presented bt Caregiver Counselor Kim Corts on Fri Nov. 30, noon to 1:00pm. Altern...
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A Dream Come True – Local author realizes dream with the release of her debut novel
By Katie Ganshert The love affair began in third grade, when my teacher read my story about Mr. and Mrs. Leaf out loud to the class. While most kids my age spent their free time watching Nickelodean, I spent my time lying in bed, filling spiral-bound notebooks with stories. Oh sure, I still fi...
