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Prepare for the present and the future. Caregivers and their loved ones can benefit from trainings and resources that help them plan for the present and the future.

Caregivers provide important support for their loved ones, but there are times when they could use a helping hand.

Providing care for a loved one can be rewarding but also stressful. It’s important that while caregivers are providing care to others, they don’t ignore their own physical, mental and social health needs. Explore the resources available for respite, mental health care and support groups.

If you are a caregiver, know that you are not alone and there are resources available to help you and your family. Use this page to learn what a caregiver is, how to take time for yourself, prepare for present and future needs, and to seek supportive services as they are needed.

Changes in vision can happen as part of aging, but significant declines may be a sign of a serious health condition, such as diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration or glaucoma.

The Texas Simplified Application Project (TSAP) provides Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits to Texas households where all household members are either older adults (age 60 and older) or people with disabilities.

After you're approved for Medicaid or CHIP, you must pick a health plan. You will have at least two plans to choose from. Your health plan choices depend on where you live (PDF) and the program you're enrolled in.

Seniors, adults with disabilities and some children with disabilities who don't have health insurance might be able to get health coverage through the Medicaid for the Elderly and People with Disabilities program.

If you're looking for long-term care services and want to know what your options are, , call 2-1-1, , our hotline service for helping you find the services you need. If you have an intellectual or developmental disability or multiple disabilities, a local intellectual and developmental disability authority can help you find the services you need.

These campuses provide psychiatric services for mentally ill persons and persons with mental illness and intellectual developmental disabilities throughout the North Texas area, as well as the entire state.

Hospice is the gold standard method of caring for people at the stage of a terminal illness when no further curative or life-prolonging therapy is available or wished to be pursued by a patient or family member.

Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program can provide health care for low-income children and families and long-term services and supports for people with disabilities and seniors.

If you don't have a car or can't drive, you can get a ride to your doctor visits. You may also get a ride if you need to visit the dentist, drug store, grocery store, senior center or any place you get Medicaid services.

CHIP comparison charts outline the value-added services offered in each service area so that you can pick the health plan that will best meet your child’s needs.

STAR Kids is a Texas Medicaid managed care program that provides Medicaid benefits to children and adults 20 and younger who have disabilities.