2210 Hancock Drive, Austin, TX 78756 • 512-450-0844
Serving older adults, people with disabilities, and those who care for them
2210 Hancock Drive, Austin, TX 78756 • 512-450-0844
Serving older adults, people with disabilities, and those who care for them
Can you imagine enduring the hot Texas summer in your home without air conditioning or a fan? Family Eldercare coordinates the Summer Fan Drive to help keep Central Texans cool comfortable and safe during the hottest months of the year. Last year Family Eldercare and our Partner Organizations distributed nearly 7,500 fans and 74 air conditioners to more than 3,500 households. We need your help to provide relief from the intense summer heat to even more individuals and families in need this summer!
In Travis County an estimated 7.3% of the senior population have incomes at or below the poverty level and residents with a mental disability live in poverty at almost twice the general rate. (2006 American Community Survey)
Family Eldercare responds to these needs with services designed to prevent abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of elders and adults with disabilities. Our programs prolong independent living in the least restrictive environment, and promote the health, well-being and dignity of those we serve. To learn more about our programs please click on the How We Help link.
Family Eldercare's Capital Campaign to raise $7 million for our new Program Center at Rathgeber Village is in full swing! We reached our halfway mark of $3.1M this fall when we received commitments from Travis County and the City of Austin for $250,000 each. With 100% support from our Board and Campaign Steering Committee we are now asking the larger community to invest in Family Eldercare's future by giving a legacy gift for the new building or to our endowment fund.
The need for a new Program Center is crucial as the most dramatic growth in the elder population in Texas will take place in Travis, Williamson, and Hays counties, where the number of older adults is expected to increase from 98,807 to 171,690 by 2015¹. To meet the oncoming elder boom, Family Eldercare will need to double its current staff as well as expand our programs.
Dick and Sara Rathgeber have very generously pledged a two acre lot to Family Eldercare in Rathgeber Village in the Mueller redevelopment. Meeting this half way goal is important because we have now met the conditions of our land donation. Site development has begun, bringing in utilities, a road and a detention pond, allowing Family Eldercare to hopefully break ground toward the end of 2008.
To request Family Eldercare's Campaign Case Statement please Click Here
Click Here for the Capital Campaign Summary
Presents...
The Internal Fan Drive Kick-Off!
Thursday, May 15, 2008 Info Card!
5:30pm-7:00pm
Scholz Garten
Fan Drive Brunch & Silent Auction
Sunday, June 8, 2008 Info Card!
11:00am-1:30pm
Westwood Country Club
KGSR's Fan Fare Friday
June 20, 2008
Threadgill's World Headquarters
301 W. Riverside Drive
All-day musical event!
To donate please contact kwilson@familyeldercare.org.
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Victims of elder abuse fall into a group of victims that are hidden from our society at large. Broadly defined there are three basic categories of elder abuse: domestic, institutional, and self-neglect or self-abuse.
The following breaks down the factors that increase the risk of elder abuse: read more »
