Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell

1 week ago | nextavenue.org | Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell

My partner and I were thrilled last year when we found a 3-year-old house in a quaint town south of our hometown of Kansas City. We didn't think we could afford a home so new. In addition, with only the previous short-term owner, we thought the new home would be the perfect place to build our new life together after losing both of our spouses. However, about six months after we moved in, unexplained things began to occur.

1 month ago | nextavenue.org | Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a heart condition that can be triggered by emotional or physical stressAs the autumn leaves began falling in September 2023, Lynn Sargent fell terribly ill with what she at first thought was a bad cold. She suspected it had progressed to pneumonia, but her Winchester, Ontario home in Canada is far from medical facilities, so she tried to manage it on her own. She battled the severe coughing fits for six weeks, until one night she woke up and felt she couldn't breathe.

1 month ago | nextavenue.org | Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell

The world was saddened to learn in late February about the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, but the details of their deaths were even more shocking. Hackman, 95, suffered from late-stage Alzheimer's disease and Arakawa, 65, was his primary caregiver. She died suddenly on or sometime soon after Feb. 12. Medical examiners think Hackman died about a week later, but apparently, they had no one checking on their well-being. Their bodies weren't discovered until Feb. 26.

Jan 8, 2025 | modernstoragemedia.com | Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell

2020 Construction Facility of the Year: Metro Self Storage, Monmouth Junction, NJA recent Pew Research Study found over 70 percent of Americans said their community had faced some sort of severe weather event, including excess rain or snow and above or below average temperatures. Those events have an impact on the self-storage industry, as customers seek easy and more comfortable areas in which to unload and load their stored goods.

Oct 7, 2024 | forbes.com | Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell

By Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell, Next AvenueA friend with whom I had previously worked with instant-messaged me on Facebook a couple of years ago and asked, "Hey, have you applied for your pension?"We had worked together 35 years ago in the credit department of a major bank. I replied, "Pension? We get a pension?" She told me another friend with whom we worked had told her about it. She learned if we wanted to settle our pensions and take a lump sum, we could do so any time.