Family Eldercare Services of Austin, Texas
Family Eldercare

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Lifetime Connections Without Walls - FREE Senior Networking on the Phone

Lifetime Connections Without Walls is building a community over the phone.  The program is free and is open to anyone over the age of 55! 

Older adults can join from the comfort of their home, using their own telephone.  Our goal is to alleviate social isolation and loneliness.  We provide social activities over the phone and bridge distances separating our older adults.  If you know a neighbor or family member who may be interested in being part of the phone community have them contact us.

The program is not possible without our great volunteers; check out the volunteer opportunities listed below.

Volunteer without leaving your home or workplace:

  • Play Bingo in English
  • Play Bingo in Spanish
  • Got a funny bone!? Share jokes and laugh along with our seniors for 30 minutes
  • Love words? Play boggle with our group
  • Teach conversational Spanish
  • Start a Book Club over the phone
  • Story time with seniors
  • Poetry workshop for seniors
  • Reminisce about home made ice cream, first jobs, first love, and so on
  • Are you a vocalist or play an instrument? Donate an evening of music to our seniors!

Please call (512) 628-1688 or e-mail the program coordinator with questions or to request more information.  Also contact us if you have new ideas for program to offer to our participants.

 

Click here for our current calendar

Click here for a full list of sessions offered

Click here for our volunteer application

 

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Family Eldercare News & Info

Educational Workshops at FEC

  • LGBT Cultural Awarenesss Training - 2/1 
  • Aging 101 - The Aging Process & Aging Sensitivity - 2/16
  • Financial Protection for Older Adults - 3/1

Fan Fare Friday 2012 - June 22 

"Swinging Fore Seniors" - Oct. 15

Educational Series for Caregivers  read more »

Give to Family Eldercare. Get the things you want!

GiveAsYouGet.com gives you an easy way to shop online and simultaneously donate to Family Eldercare.  GiveAsYouGet has partnered with many large online vendors that you already shop with such as Amazon, Expedia, and Groupon. There is no additional charge to shop with GiveAsYouGet and for every purchase you make through the site, a portion of the purchase price will come back to Family Eldercare.  The only difference you’ll notice is a warm feeling in your heart.  If you're going to buy something anyway, why not GiveAsYouGet.  Click on the logo above to get started!

 

 

Donate Goods

 

  • New energy efficient space heaters
  • Gift cards for food and other retail purchases for our low-income clients
  • Toiletries for homeless and low-income elderly and persons with disabilities
  • Hand sanitizer
  • Arts and crafts supplies
  • Stationery- Thank you Cards, Get Well Cards, Notepads

To see a full list of "wish list" items click here.

Advice You Can Use Right Now

Caregiving for Persons with Dementia

Go along.

It doesn't matter if your dad thinks today is Monday or not. Pick your battles and take on something only if it poses a safety concern.  read more »

The Dynamics of Elder Abuse

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 »