P O Box 9909
Corpus Christi, Texas 78469
(361) 883-5743 or
1-800-817-5743

What are Some of the Agency's Activities?

Ombudsman
The AAA provides nursing home ombudsman services through a contracted region-wide Ombudsman, AAA staff, and volunteers who serve as advocates for nursing home residents, working as liaisons between nursing home residents, their families, the homes' staff/administrators and local regulatory agencies. The ombudsmen provide companionship, friendship, and informal counseling to the elderly and bring concern, commitment and problem-solvers. The region-wide Ombudsman also coordinates a volunteer group called the Blue Angels who visit nursing home residents on a regular basis. To become a volunteer, please email Diana DeLeon.

Legislation
The Texas Silver-Haired Legislature is supported by the AAA through a steering committee that oversees the candidates' campaigns and canvasses the ballots. Created in 1985, the Texas Silver-Haired Legislature is a representative, non partisan body of 116 senior citizens elected from across the state who met biennially in Austin to address issues and draft proposed legislation of concern to older Texans.

Care Coordination
The AAA's Care Coordination Program is a direct service of AAA which provides in-home services such as housekeeping, personal care, emergency response units, respite care and senior companions to frail elderly in order to help them remain in their own homes for as long as possible. For more information, please email Delia Garcia or Tony Lopez.

Benefits Counseling
AAA's Benefits Counseling Program is a service provided by AAA staff and a group of volunteers in the Coastal Bend who are trained to be knowledgeable about eligibility guidelines for certain government programs such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Food Stamps, Medicaid, Medicare, QMB, SLMB, QI-1 and QI-2. For more information, please email Delia Garcia or Tony Lopez.

Information Assistance
The AAA provides assistance in obtaining information about other state/local programs for the elderly and holds training sessions for both service providers and the general public on topics ranging from Alzheimer's respite caregiving to food sanitation. For more information, please email info@AAAcoastalbend.org.

National Family Caregiver Support Program

The Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000 authorized and appropriated funds for Title III, Part E, National Family Caregviers Support Program. This new funding was established to provide multifaceted systems of support services for family caregivers and for grandparents or other older individuals who are relative caregivers. In Texas, these funds pass through the Texas Department on Aging and their local affiliate, the Area Agency on Aging of the Coastal Bend. For more information, please click here or email Jennifer Garza.