Archive for Health & Wellness
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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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Unlocking Better Sleep: Habits for a Healthier You
By Milestones Area Agency on Aging Millions of Americans struggle with sleep disorders, and countless others fall short of the recommended 7 to 9 hours of nightly rest. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) warns that insufficient sleep jeopardizes our mental and physical health. Contrary to th...
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Ask the Audiologist
Do I need one or two hearing aids if I have hearing loss in both ears? By Ali Carmichael, Au.D. Audiology Consultants, P.C. You just got back from the audiologist and they told you that you have a hearing loss in both ears, now what? The first step to determining what the best treatment plan is f...
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The Scale Isn’t Always the Truth
By Logan Anderson, BA, CPT, CIFT Owner of All Strong Fitness LLC A weight scale can be your best friend, or your worst enemy. One week you are down 3 pounds, and the next week, you’ve gained it all back...What’s going on here? You have seemingly done everything right and it seems like the scal...
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Aging and You
Thrive, not just Survive By Julie Arndt Marketing Director at Ridgecrest Village For the most part we have been fortunate to enjoy a relatively mild winter this year, yet the promise of warm rains and the smell of spring keeps many who have been homebound and isolated focused on better days ahe...
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Spring Time Exercise Options
By Logan Anderson, BA, CPT, CIFT Owner of All Strong Fitness LLC Spring is approaching, and for those of us in the Midwest, it signals a time to emerge from our winter hibernation indoors. Along with enjoying the milder weather, it’s an opportunity to shake off the stiffness that has settled int...
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Ask the Audiologist
Taking Care of Little Ears: Helping Children with Hearing Loss By Kevin Kock, Au.D. Audiology Consultants, P.C. To help a child grow and develop, their ability to hear plays a crucial role in their journey. As parents and grandparents, you care deeply about the well-being and success of your chil...
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY | Davenport, Iowa Office
By Pam Shaw Social Security District Manager Davenport Social Security Office STAY HEALTHY AND INDEPENDENT WITH THE SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM Are you eligible for Social Security retirement benefits or already receiving them? Did you know that you can also receive healthy meals and other nutr...
