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Show Health Fair Set For Senior Cits j By TOM BLSSELBERG FARMINGTON -- Your present state of health and tips on I keeping healthy will be offered senior citizens at a health fair April 20. ' TO BE held at Farmington Junior High School, 150 S. 200 W., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., seniors will have the chance to get everything every-thing checked from blood pressure to vision, including glaucoma, explains Council on Aging Director Alice Johnson. Her agency is sponsoring the event in conjunction with the Davis County Health Department. . Citing a desire for a "more professional" fair than the previous three, Mrs. Johnson noted input from health professionals but I stressed seniors shouldn't substitute attendance for a physician's physical examination. 1 I'RE-REGISTRATION is necessary and will start early next L month with a nominal fee charged at the door for "complete services" at the fair. Proposed stations, to be manned by health department staff I and volunteers from many agencies, include: height and weight T check; blood pressure; blood test; vision screening; glaucoma; J, oral examination and podiatry screening. Also planned are au-diology au-diology screening, diabetes testing, Hemicult, medication analysis, analy-sis, health risk evaluation, cardiac risk questionnaire evaluation and counseling and referral. "WE WILL work with both hospitals-they 11 probably do the blood testing" vs. a Salt Lake City laboratory, she told the board of health. Information booths will be manned by both Humana Hospital Davis North and Lakeview, along with mental health, the American Red Cross, Medicare, osteoporosis and arthritis agency representatives. . t "We're doing the best we can to use in-county providers, Mrs. Johnson said, although sometimes out of county help must be sought. Weber State College medical technology students will provide blood-drawing while University of Utah pharmacy students stu-dents will provide drug analysis. It's hoped computerized analysis analy-sis will be available to quickly assist in providing seniors with information. Often, seniors use at least "several" medications concurrently, she added. SOME 315 attended the last session, held two years ago. "That's a lot of peeopleor a hands-on program in one day," she said, recalling some had to be turned away because they hadn't pre-rcgistered. Efforts at expanding counseling services are moving forward along with hopes area dentists will provide the oral checks. ELIGIBILITY WILL be to senior citizens 60 years of age or older and their spouses with further information available by calling the Council on Aging at 451-3377. In other action, the health board was told $25-$80 million could be saved over the next 30 years in water purification needs thanks to legislative action, Environmental Health Director Richard Harvey emphasized the importance of clean water but said there's "very little sense or validity" in imposing costly standards stan-dards beyond what's already taking place, adding that "could destroy credibility." LEGISLATIVE action also paved the way for funding support in a hazardous waste disaster while a county legislator-sponsored bill to drop vehicle emissions from all but Salt Lake City "never saw the light of day" when the federal Environmental Protection Agency threatened to withdraw $157 million in highway funds. |