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Addressing elderly health care needs
T issues and populations. For example, the U.S.
The Patient Care Center at Western University of
Health Sciences is where the best in collaborative
population is aging – by 2030, there will be about
72.1 million older persons, more than twice their
health care services is offered while putting
number in 2000, according to the Administration
WesternU’s core values of humanism, science and
caring into practice every day.
The elderly population has a higher prevalence of
The PCC, at 795 E. Second St., Pomona, Calif. on Aging.
91766, features a Dental Center, Eye Care Center, diabetes, arthritis, hypertension and other diseases,
Foot & Ankle Center, Limb Preservation Center, which the PCC is equipped to diagnose, treat and
Medical Center, Pharmacy, Travel Health Center prevent across disciplines.
and the Western Diabetes Institute under one roof.
“By working together we are looking for ways to
These care centers treat all ages and all health care improve the health of our patients and decrease
needs, but their collaborative, integrated approach the cost of care,” said Foot & Ankle Center Medical
lends itself to shine when tackling specific health Director Jonathan Labovitz, DPM, FACFAS.
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T issues and populations. For example, the U.S.
The Patient Care Center at Western University of
Health Sciences is where the best in collaborative
population is aging – by 2030, there will be about
72.1 million older persons, more than twice their
health care services is offered while putting
number in 2000, according to the Administration
WesternU’s core values of humanism, science and
caring into practice every day.
The elderly population has a higher prevalence of
The PCC, at 795 E. Second St., Pomona, Calif. on Aging.
91766, features a Dental Center, Eye Care Center, diabetes, arthritis, hypertension and other diseases,
Foot & Ankle Center, Limb Preservation Center, which the PCC is equipped to diagnose, treat and
Medical Center, Pharmacy, Travel Health Center prevent across disciplines.
and the Western Diabetes Institute under one roof.
“By working together we are looking for ways to
These care centers treat all ages and all health care improve the health of our patients and decrease
needs, but their collaborative, integrated approach the cost of care,” said Foot & Ankle Center Medical
lends itself to shine when tackling specific health Director Jonathan Labovitz, DPM, FACFAS.
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