50+ Lifestyles

Archive for Health & Wellness

• Yard and Garden: Building and Caring for a Terrarium

  Snowy afternoons make an ideal time to construct a terrarium By Aaron J. Steil Iowa State University Consumer Horticulture Extension Specialist Constructing a terrarium is easy and inexpensive and can be accomplished on a snowy afternoon. Their care is minimal since they can go for months withou...

• Aging and You

  Continuing Care Retirement and Medicaid By Julie Arndt Marketing Director at Ridgecrest Village Living in a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) has some distinct advantages. First, you have pretty much everything you need right in one place: wonderful food, fellowship, shelter, safety, ...

• Picking apart Protein with your Hy-Vee Dietitian

  By Hannah Anderson MA, RDN, LDN, CLS Hy-Vee Registered Dietician (515) 695-3602     hannah.anderson1@hy-vee.com Do you struggle with feeling sluggish throughout the day? This could be due to not having enough protein on your plate. Protein can play an influential role on energy levels and cra...

• Ask the Audiologist

  Evolution in Hearing Aid Technology By Shelby Garrison, Au.D. Audiology Consultants, P.C. Over the past decade, the landscape of hearing aid technology has undergone a remarkable transformation, revolutionizing the way individuals with hearing loss perceive and interact with sound. The advancemen...

• Putting the Brakes on Feeling Old!

  By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning is young”                              ... Henry Ford It is early afternoon on a Monday in January, and I have just returned from my garden club meeting. We had...

• Your Advocacy Connection

  We Solve Long Term Care Problems By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions Benefits Advocate February is a Time to Show Your Love I remember Grade School days at Hillcrest in East Moline this time of year. We decorated construction paper envelopes with hearts in art class. On Valentine’...

• Power of Protein

  By Logan Anderson, BA, CPT, CIFT Owner of All Strong Fitness LLC Hey, another article about the importance of protein! Of course another article about the importance of protein. Protein is SO crucial for the proper functioning of our body, and without it, you would literally be nothing. Let’s br...

• A Pause for Poetry

  By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles.       Take Me to The River Take me, take me now to the river I Yearn all my days. Take me to the River and refresh my soul, for I am Wending my way home. Take me to The scintillant, shining waters and Anoint my spiri...