| Accountable Aging |
| Adult Protective Services, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services |
| Alzheimer's Association, Capital of Texas Chapter - The Alzheimer's Association-Capital of Texas Chapter is a non-profit organization that provides family support, community education, public awareness and supports research for the prevention, cure and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. http://www.alz-austin.org |
| Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area, a program of CAPCOG - Contact us for answers on aging! We provide services for those persons age 60 years of age or older, their caregivers, and those persons 60 years of age or older who are raising relative children under the age of 18. No fee for services. Visit our website for more information www.aaacap.org. |
| Austin Groups for the Elderly - Austin Groups for the Elderly provides adult day care in Elderhaven, computer training in our SeniorNet lab, information and assistance through our Caregiver Resouce Center, and a home to fellow not for profits in the AGE building. Our mission: Empowering caregivers, the elderly and their families through education, advocacy, resources and support. |
Austin /Travis County Health & Human Services - Our purpose is to work in partnership with the community to promote health,
safety, and well being. We provide Public Health, Social, and Environmental
Health services for Austin and Travis County. |
| Capitol Area Metro - Capital Metro provides bus service on flexible, convenient schedules at more than 3,000 bus stops throughout the Capital area, providing riders with an average of 130,000 one-way trips each day. Capital Metro’s fixed route bus service includes 66 metro and flyer routes, seven downtown circulator ’Dillo routes, seven express routes and 22 University of Texas shuttle routes. Capital Metro also offers 30 school routes, vanpool and carpool coordination, shuttles to special events and special transit services for the disabled. Plans are underway to begin rapid bus service in 2006 - 2007 and urban commuter rail service between Leander and downtown in early 2008. |
| The Care Communities |
| Catholic Charities of Austin - The Commission on Aging provides identification of service activities, connections into volunteer programs to help the elderly live independently in their own homes, and consultation on model program development for parishes. |
| Community Action Network (CAN) - Our mission is to achieve sustainable social, health, educational and economic outcomes through engaging the community in a planning and implementation process that coordinates and optimizes public, private and individual actions and resources. |
| Faith in Action Caregivers – Faith in Action Caregivers offers services to help older adults maintain and improve their quality of life. With the assistance of volunteer caregivers, clients can maximize their ability to meet their own needs and to continue to live independently. Faith in Action provides transportation to medical appointments, personal business and shopping; information and referrals; errand-running for prescriptions and emergency items; handyman services; and a durable medical equipment loan closet. |
| Family Eldercare - Family Eldercare, (512) 450-0844 Provider of community-based services supporting older adults and people with disabilities including: In-home Care & Respite, Guardianship, Bill-payer services, Consultations and Service Coordination. Operates an Elder Shelter and a senior housing community-Lyons Gardens. Conducts the Summer Fan Drive. www.familyeldercare.org |
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Gray Panthers - Gray Panthers is a national grassroots organization that seeks to bring together groups of young, old, women, men, persons of all ethnic, racial and economic backgrounds for the study and the promotion of social justice.
Join us to debate and plan strategies for social change, march down main street, advocate for progressive social change and work to influence local and federal policy that ensures the well-being of all.
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| Greater Austin Collaboration for Alzheimer’s Respite and Enrichment Services (CARES) |
| Jewish Family Services - Jewish Family Service provides assessment, counseling, information and referral for older adults. We also offer a wide range of social, educational, and fitness programs at the Dell Jewish Community Campus and transportation to these programs. For information contact 512-250-1043 or www.jcaaonline.org |
| Meals on Wheels and More - Meals on Wheels and More was founded in 1972 as a non-profit charitable corporation created to assist elderly and homebound people in need. Volunteers deliver hot, nutritious lunchtime meals each weekday to homebound people who can no longer prepare balanced meals for themselves. Care Managers assist clients with other life-enriching programs and services that promote independent living, including home safety repairs, grocery shopping assistance, rides to the doctor, and other services. Go to www.mealsonwheelsandmore.org or call 476-6325 for more information. |
| Retired and Senior Volunteer Program - The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program meets community needs by recruiting and placing older adults in volunteer positions at local nonprofit and public agencies. We’re a matchmaker between seniors who have skills to offer and the organizations that need their help. |
| Services for the Elderly, Inc - Services For The Elderly, Inc. (SFTE) provides in-home attendant services allowing clients to continue living in their own homes. |
| St. David's Community Health Foundation - The St. David's Community Health Foundation is a nonprofit community health foundation dedicated to improving the health of Central Texans. Through leadership, collaboration and education, we identify specific areas of need where we can achieve the greatest impact, then develop and deploy strategic community-based solutions designed to produce measurable results. Proposals are requested by invitation only. |
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Travis County Health and Human Services and Veterans Services -
provides a variety of programs and services to Travis County residents. We can help older adults and their families:
- Obtain basic needs emergency assistance (rent/mortgage, utilities, food vouchers, groceries, indigent burials, transportation, prescriptions, clothes and blankets) through the Family Support Services Division. (Travis County residents over 60 years of age are considered a priority population for FSS Division services.)
- Find volunteer opportunities through the Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
- Obtain federal veteran’s benefits to which they are are entitled. with assistance from the County’s Veterans Service Office.
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| United Way of Capital Area - By partnering with local service providers, United Way Capital Area addresses the community's most pressing health and human care issues including education, health, safety and basic needs. By giving to United Way you invest in a stronger and more caring community. |
