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Senior citizens are the fastest-growing segment of the population in the United States and the Fort Worth area is no exception.

According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth has the fastest-growing senior population in the country with 146,000 new geriatric residents last year. With an expanding population of older adults in the area, JPS Health Network is poised to fill the need with a wide line of services designed to keep seniors healthier longer, according to Will Callans, Service Line Manager for Geriatrics at JPS Health Network.

When patient David Carter’s weight dropped after a long hospitalization, he knew he needed extra help preparing nutritious meals as he recovered because he doesn’t cook much.

He turned to JPS Social Worker Brittany Touchon, who connected him to Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County. Its volunteers began delivering hot, healthy food to his Fort Worth home five days a week. The weight has returned, and Carter calls Touchon his hero.

Dr. Bryan Woei Ming’s day starts before the sun comes up and he stays busy all day, juggling between the operating room, teaching surgeons-in-training and on most days, he can squeeze in lunch.

The JPS Health Network’s graphic design team, a part of the Communications and Community Affairs Department, has earned three prestigious awards for its efforts to connect patients to healthcare through visual projects.

It’s time to think about being safe on the road.

The end of summer and beginning of fall is the busiest time of year in the Trauma and Emergency departments at JPS Health Network. Why? Because of a surge of motor vehicle crashes that happen as more cars hit the road, taking kids back to school, according to JPS Health and Injury Manager Mary Ann Contreras. As Tarrant County’s lone Level I Trauma Center, the toughest crash cases are brought to JPS by ambulance and helicopter.

What’s it like to shoot photos in the operating room?

We asked JPS Health Network photographer Kevin Fujii, a Pulitzer Prize winner who captures breathtaking images of the incredible care delivered every day to patients at JPS, what it’s like to try to do his job while surgeons are working to save a life only a few feet away.

Delores Wright, of Arlington, said she has faced two battles with breast cancer. She fought them both at JPS and wouldn’t think of going somewhere else if she is confronted with cancer a third time.

In March, after 33 rounds of radiation, Delores said she was informed that she is -- once again --cancer free.

The JPS Family Medicine residency program ranks fifth in the nation among programs of its kind, according to the recently released 2018-19 Doximity Residency Navigator.

Gayle Carr worked as a nurse for 28 years. Only one of them – the last one – was with JPS Health Network.

She planned to stay much longer. But the veteran caregiver was forced to retire before she was ready because of a lingering health problem. Despite her unexpectedly short stay, Carr said JPS touched her in a way she couldn’t forget. After taking some time to recover, Gayle realized she still had passion to help people. She wanted to do so by becoming a hospital volunteer – and the only hospital where she wanted to donate her time was JPS.

JPS Health Network leaders plan to explore the future of healthcare by testing a telemedicine program with team members.

Leaders and healthcare providers at JPS are discussing plans for how telemedicine can be incorporated into employees’ healthcare coverage. If the program proves to be effective, it could be included in future patient care strategy.