QC Family Focus: November 2015
In this issue: A Teen's Perspective on Volunteering; 5 Tips for Helping Your Baby Develop; Reading with Infants and Toddlers; Text Neck: It's a Real Deal; Putnam Museum Boosts Holiday Offerings; Your Child's First Dental Appointment; Kids and Savings; The Importance of Music Education; Shoveling without Damaging Your Spine; The Facts About Fats; Senior Lifestyles; Learn more about QC Family Focus Magazine at our website: www.qcfamilyfocus.com Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/qcfamilyfocus
In this issue:
A Teen's Perspective on Volunteering;
5 Tips for Helping Your Baby Develop;
Reading with Infants and Toddlers;
Text Neck: It's a Real Deal;
Putnam Museum Boosts Holiday Offerings;
Your Child's First Dental Appointment;
Kids and Savings;
The Importance of Music Education;
Shoveling without Damaging Your Spine;
The Facts About Fats;
Senior Lifestyles;
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Hein Manor: Changing The Way<br />
You Think About Retirement Homes<br />
Mark McLaughlin<br />
Mickle Communications<br />
Often, people make assumptions<br />
about what life at a retirement<br />
home might be like. But those folks<br />
shouldn’t jump<br />
to conclusions,<br />
observed Dawn<br />
Smith, co-owner<br />
along with her<br />
husband Robert<br />
of Hein Manor,<br />
an assisted-living<br />
retirement home<br />
located in the<br />
close-knit farm<br />
town of Durant,<br />
Iowa.<br />
“Every retirement<br />
home is different,” Dawn<br />
said. “Before reaching any decisions about life in<br />
a retirement home, it is important for people to<br />
do their research and visit the home, to meet the<br />
residents.”<br />
According to Dawn, here are several<br />
incorrect assumptions that people sometimes<br />
make about retirement<br />
homes:<br />
1. A retirement<br />
home will limit my<br />
independence. – “Our<br />
residents are very<br />
active,” Dawn said.<br />
“They can pursue<br />
hobbies, attend local<br />
events, and assist in the<br />
kitchen. They can also<br />
enjoy activities with<br />
the group, like exercise<br />
sessions, if they like.”<br />
2. Retirement homes<br />
are too expensive.<br />
– Not true at Hein<br />
Manor, where there are<br />
no leases or buy-ins.<br />
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Residents pay an affordable flat<br />
monthly fee.<br />
3. I’ll be surrounded by<br />
strangers. – Also false! Everyone<br />
is so congenial at Hein Manor,<br />
you’ll consider them all good<br />
friends in no time, staff members<br />
and residents alike.<br />
4. It will be like living in a<br />
hospital. – Hein Manor looks like<br />
a beautiful, spacious home, which<br />
is exactly what it is. Resident<br />
apartments come in different sizes,<br />
suitable<br />
for couples<br />
or single<br />
individuals.<br />
Residents can even bring<br />
their own furniture for their<br />
quarters.<br />
“The residents are<br />
free to come and go as they<br />
please,” Dawn said. “We<br />
just ask that they let us<br />
know, so we don’t worry!”<br />
5. The food will<br />
be terrible. – Quite the<br />
contrary! Every meal is<br />
homemade and delicious at<br />
Hein Manor, with generous<br />
servings.<br />
“At Hein Manor, we’re just like one big<br />
family,” Dawn said. “We always encourage people<br />
to call us and schedule a visit, to see firsthand what<br />
Hein Manor is all about.”<br />
For more information or to schedule a visit,<br />
feel free to contact Dawn Smith<br />
at (563) 785-4705. Also, please<br />
visit Hein Manor’s newly<br />
renovated website at www.<br />
HeinManor.com. Be sure to<br />
check out their video: https://<br />
Vimeo.com/131814717.
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