The WellMed Charitable Foundation and AACOG Area Agencies on Aging would like to invite you to join us for the 9th annual Caregiver Summit on Thursday, November 10th from 10:00-1:00 CT. The theme this year is Caregiver Wellness-Mind, Body, Spirit. When you are caring for someone, it can be easy to put your own needs
The Spirit of Service Award Winners were honored at Travis County Commissioner's Court last month. Don Saegert, who volunteers with Drive A Senior ATX, and Shannon Smith (representing Gay Crocker) from TEXSAR (Texas Search and Rescue), were present to share their volunteer work to Travis County Commissioners. The Spirit of Service videos (Gay Crocker video)
November 2022 will mark the return of the Austin Varsity Games. The City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department and Aging is Cool, along with our partners, will bring active, older adults together to compete in four days of Olympic-style games.This year’s Austin Varsity Games takes place November 3-6, 2022 and features 13 different types of sport, leisure and field competitions. 2022 Events
November is National Diabetes Month, a time when communities across the country team up to bring attention to diabetes. This year’s focus is on managing diabetes by building your health care team. Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. It affects about 37 million Americans,
Help us provide holiday meals to deserving families. Your donation goes to food cards for families in the Austin area, just in time for holiday meals. You can donate via Venmo @coaengage
Congratulations to all of our award winners who were recognized at our 2022 Spirit of Service virtual recognition event on Sept. 23, 2022. Thank you for your service and dedication, we appreciate our volunteers! 15 Years of Service Olga Barrera Judy Behr Wolfgang (Yogi) Behr Pat Bowman Dolores Chavez Rosie Cortez Hal Ferguson Carol Germer
We'd like to say a big Thank You to our generous sponsors for sponsoring our 2022 Spirit of Service Awards. Your sponsorships help make our event a success and we appreciate your continued support. Platinum Sponsors Jody Lynn Gray United Healthcare Gold Sponsors Dash Realty Heavenly Care Home Health Mud Puppies Silver Sponsors Cindy Gunderson
This program emphasizes the skills needed in day-to-day pain management to maintain or increase activity and live a healthy life. You will learn: Techniques to deal with frustration, fatigue, pain and isolationMoving easy exercises and nutrition for maintaining and improving strength, flexibility and enduranceAppropriate use of medicationsPacing activity and restCommunicating effectively with family, friends and
Vanessa Garza-Rodriguez is the Community Engagement Coordinator for engAGE. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Texas State University with a minor in Criminal Justice. She has an Associate Degree in Liberal Arts from Austin Community College. Vanessa is in her fourth semester in her master’s degree in Occupational Leadership Development at
Starting September 1, 2022 the Coming of Age program will now be called engAGE Travis County. To better understand our name change, here is the history of our program and where we're headed next. In 1972, Travis County applied for a federal Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) grant. RSVP was established locally that same year
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