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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
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 cal...
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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...
Tax help at county’s senior centers
by John Knorr
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AARP’s Tax-Aide program is a nationwide volunteer effort providing free tax assistance for seniors and tax filers of limited means. AARP volunteers provide Federal and state income tax preparatio...
National News
Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis MaganaAP - House Democratic leaders abandoned a long struggle to appease the most ardent abortion opponents in their ranks, gambling Thursday that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming next week.


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More quakes hit Chile as new president takes over (AP)

Chile's newly inaugurated President Sebastian Pinera, waves the the crowds after his swearing-in ceremony in Valparaiso, Chile, Thursday, March 11, 2010.(AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez)AP - The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's president. It shook some more as they waited for him to join them.


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Al-Qaida seen eyeing less complex attacks on US (AP)

FILE - This December 2009 file photo released by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich. On Christmas Day, a passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit tried to blow up the plane with plastic explosives in his underwear. He failed, yet the very attempt shook the U.S. government, set federal agencies against each other and triggered months of political second-guessing. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshal's Service)AP - Ever since al-Qaida attacked the United States in 2001, U.S. authorities have worked to detect and prevent the next big terrorist strike.


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