Posts Tagged Family Member
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Going into a Nursing Home
By Roger Brannan Administrator Bettendorf Health Care After the initial adjustment to moving from home and into a facility, most residents enjoy and appreciate the care they receive in a facility. Let’s face it. No one truly wants to move to a nursing home. Our senior citizens prefer to ...
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The Bad News Day
By Mary Schricker Realtor - Ruhl & Ruhl Real Estate “My journey began in February 2007, while on my way home from a vacation. A neighbor of my mother called and reported that she had taken my mom to the emergency room with a migraine headache. I assumed that my mom would be given medication...
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Understanding a Nursing Home Care Plan – Part 1
By Deb Toal GolderCare Solutions Your Advocacy Connection - Offering Comprehensive Care and Financial Advocacy It’s quite an adjustment for anyone when their loved one needs to enter a nursing home. We might wonder how the nursing home staff will know how to provide for our loved one’...
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Rock Island, IL Office
By Christina Vital Manager Rock Island Social Security office MEDICARE: GENERAL ENROLLMENT AND GENERAL INFORMATION Need Medicare Part B? If you’re eligible, now is the time to sign up. The general enrollment period for Medicare Part B runs from January 1 through March 31. ...
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Leaving a Legacy
By Mary Schricker Realtor - Ruhl & Ruhl Real Estate Winter seems to be a time when we slow down; a time to do many of those things that we are not motivated to accomplish in the other seasons when the daylight hours are longer. It is a perfect time to go through attics and basements to begin so...
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New Year Residential Resolution!!
By Nancy Stockwell Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village One of the obstacles that we commonly hear from people who are otherwise ready to make a move into our lovely campus is that they have so much stuff, and they need to sell their home. A move at any point in our lives can be st...
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Leaving Your Kids Home Alone
By Rondi Doyle Director of Community Relations Child Abuse Council Leaving your kids home alone is a significant milestone: it shows that your child is old enough and mature enough to behave properly and handle any mishaps. But, it’s dangerous to leave your kids alone too early. H...
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What Hearing Aid Will Work Best for Me?
By Margaret Christiansen, AU.D, CCC-A Audiology Consultants, P.C. There are many factors to consider when choosing a hearing aid. The most important factor is the configuration and amount of hearing loss you have. Once your hearing test is completed, your audiologist can immediately narro...
