County of Orange
Health Care Agency

Behavioral Health Services
Press Release

Michael Schumacher, Ph.D.
Director

Juliette A. Poulson, RN, MN
Assistant Director

Douglas C. Barton
Deputy Agency Director
Behavioral Health Services

Mailing Address:
405 W. 5th Street
Santa Ana, Ca 92701

E-Mail: PublicInfo@ochca.com

For Immediate Release
December 26, 2000

Contact: WESTMINSTER SENIOR CENTER
(714) 895-2878

(Santa Ana) - A free community education program scheduled for Wednesday, January 10 from 11 a.m.-12 Noon at the Westminster Senior Center aims to take some of the confusion out of buying vitamins and herbal products.

The program offered by registered pharmacist Daniel Ketchum is presented by the Orange County Health Care Agency Older Adult Services, Preventive Health Care for the Aging and the Westminster Senior Center. Topics will include a discussion of vitamins needed by older adults, how to buy quality vitamin products, and possible interactions between prescription medicines and vitamin or herbal products. The presentation will also include information on the helpfulness of commonly available herbal products.

The Westminster Senior Center is located at 8200 Westminster Avenue. For more information on the program, please contact the center at 714-895-2878.

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