Aging
Contact: Katherine Dress (Katherine.dress@verizon.net)
Chairman of DFWAACC Cultural Committee
Aging Conference 2008
Historical and successful dialogue between DFW Asian community leaders, health service providers, and North Texas health agencies was held on Saturday July 19, 2008. The conference was co-sponsored by the National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA.org) and the DFW Asian American Citizens Council (DFWAACC) Senior Program Committee.
50 Asian community leaders, senior health service providers, Area Agency on Aging, Social Security Administration, and Irving City public health officials enthusiastically exchanged information about each other, agreed on the great need to assist and work with each other, and pledged on future steps of cooperation in the beautiful Heritage Senior Center of Irving.
Honorary Clayton Fong
Area Agency on Aging Director Monita Mcghee happily agreed and declared she sees several areas of cooperation and possible funding for the proposed project. Irving City health official Juan Carlos Reynoso encouraged more dialogue between the Asian community and city officials to explore possible areas of cooperation.
Several leading Asian groups have pledged close cooperation through support of DFWAACC with all public sector representatives towards better service and access to assistance for Asian Pacific seniors, and dignity, respect & tranquility in their golden years.
“We are very appreciative of the strong support given to us by the sponsors of the conference in the Philippine and Chinese communities, dedication of officials whom came from afar and on a Saturday, and the wonderful volunteer committee members who all helped to make this conference a grand success and a first step with significant impact. We are looking forward to the next steps in various directions to link our delivery network. We are of course seeking visionary corporate leaders to join us and help plan the future out-of-the-box model of a senior health service center for economic development and promotion of internationalism in the region” said Conference Chair Katherine Dress and Co-chair Merna Parcon.
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