August 31, 2019
Director’s Report
I had the pleasure of representing AustinUP at the Population Health Summit, presented earlier this month by Health Tech Austin. I was part of the Healthy Aging workgroup, which also included Chris Dauw, Chief Executive Officer, Compassw
are; Valarie Fleming, PhD, Chair, Department of Communication Disorders, Texas State University; Delia Jervier, Executive Director, Alzheimer’s Association/Capital of Texas Chapter; and Marcia Ory, PhD, Founding Director, Center for Population Health & Aging, Texas A&M School of Public Health.
On the first day of the event, our workgroup outlined a few challenges to healthy aging as well as possible solutions…