Posts Tagged Senior Citizen
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY Rock Island, Illinois Office
By Cristina Vital Manager Rock Island Social Security office ALLOW SOCIAL SECURITY’S LIGHTHOUSE TO GUIDE YOU INTO A SMOOTH RETIREMENT August 7 is National Lighthouse Day. The day honors and commemorates lighthouses, which for centuries have served as beacons of light to guide ships safe...
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New retirees creating pressure on the senior housing market.
By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes In a recent article, I cited statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau that 10,000 retirees are joining the senior citizen ranks every day. In my mind, that creates an image of a huge never-ending parade of thousands of seniors coming down the street. With many of them...
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Age doesn’t matter (unless you are cheese?)
By Mary Schricker Gemberling It’s that time of year when summer gives way to autumn, and its brilliant display of crimson and gold dots the landscape. It is also the time of year I chose to make my entrance some three score and five years ago. As I approach my 65th birthday, I can’t help bu...
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On the Go With Joe Hutter
Seniors And Law Enforcement Together (SALT) By Joe Hutter At least once per week, while watching or reading, we hear about how a scam was tried, or was successful on a senior citizen. With computers now being used by seniors, more and more of the scams now happen through the internet. Recent...
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Bettendorf Health Care Center Medicaid Program (Title 19)
By Roger Brann Administrator Bettendorf Health Care Up to 75 percent of residents living in a nursing home today are living there under the Medicaid program. Many seniors entering a nursing facility do not have funds available to pay for their room and board privately. In these cases, the...
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On the Go With Joe Hutter
Seniors And Law Enforcement Together (SALT) By Joe Hutter Most of us have been on an interstate highway and seen a person begging for money or for food. On the signs things are written to encourage you to give them a donation. Seniors and law enforcement are concerned about phone calls y...
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2009 Quad City Arts Festival of Trees
"SPARKLE" Downtown Davenport will be aglow for Quad City Arts Festival of Trees, November 20-29th. Under the direction of Co-Directors, Joni Parish-Doane and Joscelyn Welshons, the goal of this year’s fundraiser is to attract more visitors and raise awareness to the programming of Quad City A...
