Posts Tagged Qca
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Your Advocacy Connection – My Walk on a Florida Beach
By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions We Solve Long Term Care Problems My Walk on a Florida Beach Recently, Jamie Long, Julie Arndt and I were asked to speak at the third Annual Professional Patient Advocate Institute in Florida. It was a gathering of patient advocates from all over the cou...
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Herald in the New Year with Family Experiences
By Pam Haumann New Parent Services Manager Child Abuse Council It seems that grandparents are not as “old” as we thought they were when we were growing up. Many of my friends have grandchildren, and I certainly do not think of myself as old, even though I am a Baby Boomer. I recently c...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Mike Mickle Welcome to October everyone! It’s a beautiful time of the year in the QCA, the days are sunny and crisp, the leaves begin to change colors and the humidity wanes. In our house, it’s also cause for celebration. Our youngest son Matt has a birthday this month. As I write thi...
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In and Out of the Quad-Cities
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall Remember True Confessions Magazine? Long before The National Enquirer, People or Us Magazine adorned our checkout stand. Years before tabloid magazines provided us reports of Elvis and Marilyn frolicking on the beaches of Paraguay – True Confessions Mag...
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May is Better Speech and Hearing Month
By Dr. Molly Parker Audiologist Parker Audiology, PC Fourteen years ago when I began working as an audiologist in the QCA, I saw many factory retirees finishing their employment with tremendous hearing losses. Back in 1997, many factory workers were employed for 30+ years and did not have the ...
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In and Out of the Quad Cities
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall They say you are what you eat, and after the past few weeks of soaking up a QCA January, we’re feeling like we’ve been on a steady diet of ice cubes and popsicles. We’ve endured snow, sleet, hail, subzero weather and all the nastiness old Mother ...
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Race for the Cure®
Susan G. Komen Quad Cities One out of every eight women will get breast cancer over a lifetime. But if it’s detected early, the 5-year survival rate is 98 percent. The Susan G. Komen Quad Cities Race for the Cure® needs your help to raise money towards the early detection of breast...
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What is a Hero?
There is something about Mary! By Gary Metivier The word Hero is overused these days. That is a comment I have heard from a lot of people—and it happens to be a comment I agree with. That said, I firmly believe we have everyday heroes all around us. There are many people in the QCA that have...
