AAACAP brings families together for caregiver webinars

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The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a CAPCOG division, conducted two caregiver webinars about family members supporting each other while caring for their loved ones. A recording of one of the webinars is now available at capcog.org for families who could not attend. “Caregiving and family dynamics can both be complex, […]

AAACAP brings home Caregiver Advocacy tips

Patty And Shirley in Washington DC in Late October 2023

The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area, a division of CAPCOG, was the only Texas organization to attend the Caregiver Nation Summit in Washington D.C., hosted by the National Alliance for Caregiving, in October to discuss caregiver advocacy. AAACAP staff shared advocacy efforts conducted in the ten-county CAPCOG region and returned with additional […]

Share Your Voice conference heralds caregiver advocacy

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The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP) — a CAPCOG division — and the Aging Services Council of Central Texas are hosting a conference to educate caregivers and care management providers about sharing their lived experiences to bolster caregiver support locally, regionally, and nationally. The Share Your Voice conference will be from […]

Striking a Balance: Caregiver Conference to be held in person

Striking a balance information booth from 2016

The Striking a Balance, Family Caregiver Conference is returning to an in-person format to bring national and local caregiving experts, local resources, and shared experiences to families who provide care for their loved ones. The conference will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. August 20 at the DoubleTree Austin, 6505 N. Interstate Highway 35 […]

CAPCOG, AAACAP to recognize National Caregivers Month

A caregiving expert demonstrates how to use a gait belt during the 2015 Striking A Balance Conference, which is put on AGE of Central Texas and the Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area.

CAPCOG is encouraging local jurisdiction to recognize the unsung work family caregivers provide to their love ones during National Caregivers Month — November. Through the Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), CAPCOG works with family caregivers to improve the wellbeing of the older adults for which they care. Year-round it provides caregivers […]

Striking a Balance celebrates 20 years with The Daytripper

Striking a Balance: Family Caregiver Conference Logo 2021

The Striking a Balance: Family Caregivers Conference will celebrate its 20th anniversary by again bringing family caregivers national and local resources that strengthen their ability to provide care for their loved ones and self, including a keynote speech from The Daytripper’s Chet Garner on finding respite by visiting our local communities and the importance doing […]

CAPCOG recognizes Family Caregivers’ efforts with webinar

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As part of National Family Caregivers Month, the Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP) and AGE of Central Texas are partnering to providing a family caregivers webinar about reducing caregiver stress during the holidays. The CAPCOG Executive Committee also is scheduled to proclaim November as National Family Caregivers Month at its November […]

AAACAP teaches hands-on skills for Highland Lakes caregivers

A CAPCOG instructor teaches volunteers how to instructor older adults to better balance themselves in an effort to prevent falls.

The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area, a division of CAPCOG, will lead a hands-on workshop that educates family caregivers how to physically and emotionally provide care. The workshop will be from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22 at the First United Methodist Church at 1101 Bluebonnet Drive in Marble Falls. […]