AROUND THE VALLEY.RESEDA Nursing program at L.A. Jewish Home Applications are being accepted for one of the nation's few nursing programs at a multilevel mul·ti·lev·el adj. Having several levels: a multilevel parking garage. Adj. 1. multilevel - of a building having more than one level senior-living facility. The Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Jewish Home's Annenberg School of Nursing offers a full-time program aimed at preparing students to pass the state-required licensing test. The program consists of 40 hours per week in the classroom or at clinical sites, plus daily reading assignments. All students will receive 500 hours of classroom instruction and 980 hours of clinical training at area hospitals. During the 12-month program, which will begin in September, students will work with patients of all ages, ranging from infants and prenatal prenatal /pre·na·tal/ (-na´tal) preceding birth. pre·na·tal adj. Preceding birth. Also called antenatal. prenatal preceding birth. to geriatric. The cost of the program is $19,000. Students receive a $10,000 tuition scholarship, which is forgiven if they take a nursing job at the Home upon graduation and stay for at least two years. Interest-free loan assistance is also available. AGOURA Senior Health Fair to be held Saturday Agoura Hills Senior Retreat, an assisted-living center, will hold its seventh annual Senior Health Fair from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. The event is free and open to the public and will feature a variety of health-related vendors, seminars and information on everything from exercise to medications for senior citizens. The event will be held at the center, 5217 Chesebro Road, and also will include free blood-pressure and memory testing, entertainment, food and a fashion show. All proceeds will be donated to the Alzheimer's Association The Alzheimer's Association, incorportated on April 10, 1980 as the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc., is a non-profit American voluntary health organization which focuses on care, support and research for Alzheimer's disease. . More information is available by calling the center at 818-991-3544. TARZANA Fire damages home, but no one injured Fire damaged a home in Tarzana and displaced two adults and their dog, a Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman said Wednesday. The fire was reported at 10:31 p.m. Tuesday in the 5400 block of Crebs Avenue, said LAFD LAFD Los Angeles Fire Department LAFD Los Alamos Fire Department LAFD London Association of Funeral Directors (UK) spokesman Brian Humphrey. About 30 firefighters extinguished ex·tin·guish tr.v. ex·tin·guished, ex·tin·guish·ing, ex·tin·guish·es 1. To put out (a fire, for example); quench. 2. To put an end to (hopes, for example); destroy. See Synonyms at abolish. 3. the flames in 13 minutes, Humphrey said. No injuries were reported. -- Staff and Wire Services |
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