Health
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The County is dedicated to helping older adults stay independent, safe, healthy and engaged. For the past three decades, a local group of senior volunteers has found a sweet way to do that – while providing fresh produce to their community.
Housing
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San Diego residents with housing vouchers will soon have new rental options. Waitlists for two newly developed affordable housing communities in Fallbrook and San Marcos will open this week.
Housing
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A new affordable housing community for older adults has officially opened on South Santa Fe Avenue in North County. La Sábila, located just outside the City of Vista in unincorporated San Diego County, offers 85 affordable apartments for residents ages 55 and older.
Families
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“Believe in yourself.”
“Have a blast today.”
“Life is better with you.”
These are just some of the daily reminders the young residents at the County’s A.B. and Jessie Polinsky Children’s Center are seeing when they open their paper snack sacks at school.
Health
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The County launched a new Aging Dashboard this week, providing the public and policymakers an interactive way to track key metrics impacting the region’s growing population of older adults.
Health
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The County’s Love Your Heart campaign is celebrating 15 years of raising awareness of the silent dangers of heart disease. Since its launch in 2011, more than a half million people have received blood pressure screenings.
Health
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The new County-funded Psychiatric Health Facility in Oceanside has completed its first month of operation, providing short-term inpatient psychiatric care a total of 31 people to date with 10 in care earlier this week.