From Deseret News archives:
Hatch focuses on Utah seniors
Annual conference addresses various issues of aging
Sen. Orrin Hatch shared the saying with the 1,000-plus attendees at his annual Conference for Seniors, now in its 20th year. The daylong conference Monday at Little America Hotel had workshops on a variety of topics, from coping with memory loss and volunteering in the community to identity-theft protection and bargain grocery shopping.
"A lot of our seniors don't know where to go," Hatch said of his motivation for hosting the conference with his wife, Elaine, each year. "This is a practical way to bring the government to them."
This year's conference had an added focus on men's health, with representatives from the Men's Health Network, a national nonprofit organization, offering health screenings and glaucoma testing throughout the day.
Hatch hosts two annual conferences, one for Utah seniors and a fall women's conference. Last October, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and singer Michael Bolton were the keynote speakers at the women's conference.
E-mail: awelling@desnews.com
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