Don’t Be Fooled This April
By Mervet Adams, Health Alliance I grew up in a small household and was the baby in the family. I always loved to laugh and still do today. It’s one of my daily doses of medicine! As a kid, I always liked April Fools’ Day. I would spend the night before thinking of how I […]
Golden Dreams – Touching Lives Every Day
By Benjamin Goodin Certainly, we all have plans for our retirement years. After a lifetime of working, saving, raising the kids, and scratching out a living and a legacy in the best way we each know how, finally the time for rest and leisure has come. Time to enjoy the freedom you earned for your […]
Spring Into Spring
By Marchia Droll-Durian As we have made it through a horrible winter filled with too many missed school days to count and feeling like prisoners in our own homes, the thought of brighter and warmer days gives us a new sense of cheer and puts a spring in our step! Of course, spring also makes […]
5 Things to Consider When Choosing a Home Care Agency Submitted by Good Samaritan Society
Choosing a home care agency for yourself or someone you love is a big decision, but considering these five things can help you make the right choice. Home care allows you to stay in the place you love Home care helps keep you in the place that has become a part of you. Home care […]
Emotional Support Animals and Seniors
Submitted by Richard M. Roller of Pearson Bollman Law Most of us know what a service animal is, but the use of emotional support animals is becoming more and more common. So, what qualifies an emotional support animal? An emotional support animal is a companion animal that provides benefits to a person who has an […]
Ridgecrest Ladies Go Wild
So many times, our article is about the beautiful 22 acres of land we are nestled in, or that we have a continuum of care (from independent to hospice services), or the benefits of our Lifecare program. This time is going to be a little different. I want to highlight the “life” we have at […]
Weight Loss and Bad Math
By M. Kathleen Figaro, MD, MS On average, Americans are eating 425 more calories per day now than they were in 1970s: 425 calories multiplied by 365 days each year equals a total of 155,125 extra calories per year. If we then multiply that by 40 years, it would mean gaining 1,760 extra pounds for the […]
Caregiving From A Distance
Submitted by the Good Samaritan Society Have you found your weekly call to catch up with mom has turned into a bi-weekly call to help sort medical bills or remind her to pick up laundry? You’ve become a long-distance caregiver, but you’re not alone in your new role. According to the National Institute on Aging, it’s possible […]
The Senior Safe Act
Submitted by Richard M. Roller of Pearson Bollman Law The Senior Safe Act, signed into law by President Trump last year, is designed to protect our elders from financial abuse from either within a family or support system, or by scam artists preying upon them. Tens of billions of dollars each year are illegally taken […]
Quad City Storm: Fulfilling Their Promise to Be the Community’s Team
Submitted by Rhonda Halterman, LivWell Seniors, a proud supporter of Quad City Storm No Hockey in the Quad Cities? No Way! But it almost happened. The Quad Cities has had a professional hockey team since 1995 when the Quad City Mallards took the ice at The Mark of the Quad Cities. Through 23 years, hockey […]