Senior Scoop
Not a thing was missing from this celebration
Piano by Sherri Stephens to serenade during lunch, special ice cream sundae bar for dessert, fun drawings for yummy goodies with a handmade quilt won by Marcia Stambac, and returning home with a s...
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Caregiver educational class series continues
Davis County Health Department’s Family Caregiver Support Program continues with the remainder of its twelve-week series of classes for individuals caring for family members who are older or frail...
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Be prepared
(Part 2 of 2) This is the second article of a two-part series on being prepared for disasters. To quickly review, last month we looked at the three main elements of personal preparedness: (1) Get...
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‘Be Fit & Fab’ Advice Corner
Step outside during your break at work and take a walk around your building. Consider joining a local hiking club. Try talking a walk 30 minutes in the morning or 30 minutes in the early evening...
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Davis County volunteers help citizens; save money
The Davis County Commissioners praised the unselfish work performed by hundreds of volunteers who routinely help fellow citizens while serving in numerous unpaid roles throughout Davis County Gove...
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Dinner, dessert, dancing,…Delightful!
Following dinner, dessert and a floor show, many diners watched as others filled the dance floor while enjoying the Big Band Music of Davis High School’s Moonlight Orchestra at last year’s sold-ou...
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Breakfast For Your Brain program to be scheduled
by By Jessica Hardcastle, DCHD
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Just as breakfast is important for your body, mind stimulation is important for your brain health. That’s why Davis County Health Department’s Senior Services is offering a 20 session program call...
New Prescription Assistance Program begins in Davis County
by Joann Berzett
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A new Prescription Assistance Program is being offered by the Davis County Health Department’s Senior Services. It is available to serve all age groups. You may find yourself having to choose bet...
SHRED the FACTS
by Linda Freer, DCHD
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The Utah State Health Insurance Program (SHIP), the Senior Medicare Patrol, and Adult Protective Services (APS) are holding events in Davis County to highlight changes to the Medicare Supplement ma...
Senior meals tasting better, survey finds
by Tom Busselberg
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LAYTON — Meals served to those attending senior activity centers and receiving meals-on-wheels appear to be well liked. That’s according to an evaluation conducted recently, said Senior Services D...
Legislative cuts will have impact on Davis seniors
by Tom Busselberg
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LAYTON — Services for senior citizens could see a 2.5 percent cut now, and double that for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1. That was the “best guesstimate” from Davis County Health Depar...
Chaplain notes value of hospice care for loved ones
by Louise R. Shaw
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DAVIS COUNTY — For more than 20 years, Shirleen Richardson has been at the side of those who are going through significant change in their lives. As a hospice worker and chaplain, she has assiste...
National News

President Barack Obama, with Vice Preisdent Joseph Biden at his side, makes a statement to the nation Sunday night following the final vote in the House of Representatives for comprehensive health care legislation, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 21, 2010.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - A transformative health care bill is headed to President Barack Obama for his signature as Congress takes the final steps in Democrats' improbable and history-making push for near-universal medical coverage.


Mon Mar 22 07:09:53 -0500 2010

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, speaks at a town hall meeting in Nashua, N.H., Saturday, March 13, 2010. Former New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, left, listens. McCain is back in New Hampshire to campaign for fellow Republican Kelly Ayotte. Ayotte, a former state attorney general, is running for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Judd Gregg. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)AP - Sen. John McCain says Democrats who championed the historic health care bill that passed the House haven't heard the last of the issue, predicting reprisals at the polls and in the courts.


Mon Mar 22 06:45:01 -0500 2010

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, seen here on March 12, said the United States will not AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Monday that the Obama administration will not accept a nuclear armed Iran and is working on sanctions "that will bite" to press it to come clean about its suspect atomic program.


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