| According to
the US Census Bureau more than 2.3 million Texans, aged 65 or older
in 2006, accounted for 9.9% of the state’s population. That
share is expected to rise to 11.7% of the total by 2015.
Elder
Options of Texas is meeting the needs of aging Texans by being the only senior
site of it's kind that specializes exclusively in the state of Texas.
IN
THE
BEGINNING...
Elder Options of Texas
was founded
in 1999 in Austin, TX as an 8x10 bounded print directory that listed
detailed information regarding senior living options, home
care services and a few other senior related companies that served specifically
the
Travis and Williamson county areas. Seventeen companies had enough confidence
in our potential they signed on as advertiser's.
We're proud to say that many of those same companies still advertise with us
today.
At
that time, there were not near
as many home care options and senior
housing communities (nor really too many senior services either) available
in those two county areas as there are today. In fact, most companies back then were
not even networked together,
let alone, even had a web site so the directory proved instrumental in assisting
individuals and families in locating the type of services
they needed.
During
the first two years the Elder
Options of Texas directory was
published several Texas state agencies,
non-profit organizations, individuals,
family members, numerous
industry related businesses and the
Austin public library system (to
name just a few) purchased copies.
A
portion of the proceeds were
donated to various non-profits
including Meals-on-Wheels and More
and the Alzheimer's Association -
Capital of Texas.
In 2001 Elder Options of Texas quit
printing the directories and went 100% online.
OUR
SUCCESS TODAY...
Today,
our site now features a vast
array of Texas service providers, senior living options
and articles on topics of interest including:
Senior living communities, assisted
living and memory care facilities, elder law attorneys,
55+ apartments,
retirement communities,
personal care homes, home
health and hospice providers, senior
transportation services, home care
providers, senior move managers and
companies, personal care providers, geriatric care
managers, homemaker, companion and sitter services, reverse
mortgage and Medicaid asset
protection specialists...and the list
goes on and on!
No other web site, except Elder
Options of Texas, specializes exclusively in the state of Texas. With over
10,000 monthly unique visitors makes it
an invaluable web site for health care professionals, individuals, family members
and seniors alike.
Our senior site is free to families with no registration and no account to set-up
required and can also be found on LinkedIn, Twitter and
Facebook.
We
invite you to search through our extensive
database to
find the Texas service providers you need, and as always, we
appreciate
your input
and feedback
to let us know how we're doing.
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