Resources:
ARDC – Aging and Disability Resource Center
ARDC – Aging and Disability Resource Center: A one stop shop for any questions related to aging. The Center is operated by the Capitol Area AAA (Area Agency on Aging). Phone number: 855-937-2372
HEALTH RESOURCES
- HEALTH RESOURCES
- Insurance
- Social Security Administration
- Affordable Care Act Marketplace Enrollment Assistance: Insure Central Texas foundcom.org/health-programs/health-insurance-enrollment Email: enroll@foundcom.org
- North Austin: 512-422-5395
- South Austin: 512-710-5696
- For Media Inquiries Only:
- Email: Nora.Cadena@foundcom.org
- Phone: 512-887-2060
- Medical Assistance
- Advanced Care Planning
- Insurance
- TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES
- Drive-A-Senior
- City of Austin Senior Transportation Services
- SAIVA
- Capitol Metro MetroAccess services
- CARTS - The CARTS District (A Rural/Urban transit district organized under Chapter 458 of the Texas Transportation Code as a political subdivision of the state and an entity responsible for transit services in a 7200 square mile nine-county area surrounding Austin. The District includes the non-urbanized areas of Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Travis and Williamson counties, and the San Marcos urbanized area. www.ridecarts.com
- ARTICLES AND DOCUMENTS
- Articles
- Invisible Immigrants, Old and Left With 'Nobody to Talk To'
Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, August 30, 2009 - Isolation in Old Age is Depressing, Especially for Immigrants
Paul Kleyman, New American Media, 2011 - Immigrant Struggles Compounded By Old Age
Kirk Semple, New York Times, July 25, 2013 - Facility Aims to Ease Elder Care Taboo for South Asians
Purva Patel, Houston Chronicle, July 15, 2007 - As Austin's South Asian Community Swells, Seniors Seek More Interaction
Veronica Zaragovia, KUT News Austin, August 22, 2014 - Consideration of Nursing Home care Placement for the Elderly in South Asian Families
Rashmi Gupta, Journal of Immigrant Health, January 2002 - Elder Caregiving in South-Asian Families in the United States and India
Rashmi Gupta & Vijayan K. Pillai, Social Work and Society International Online Journal, Vol 10, No 2, 2012
- Invisible Immigrants, Old and Left With 'Nobody to Talk To'
- Publications of Interest
- Planning for New York’s Aging Immigrant Population
Testimony by Christian Gonzalez-Rivera a joint hearing of the New York City Council’s committees on aging and immigration, November 2014 - A Brown Paper – The Health of South Asians in the United States
Published by the South Asian Public Health Association - A Brown Paper – The Health of South Asians in the United States
Published by the South Asian Public Health Association
- Planning for New York’s Aging Immigrant Population
- SAIVA Documents
- Articles