If you are a senior looking to move into a new community or a family member of a senior seeking care for your loved one, there are several options in the Austin metro that can provide care, support and community. This list is not comprehensive.

Arden Courts
Type: memory care
Opened: 2002
Cost: $8,070 per month (private room)
Total units: 60 residents
Amenities: specialized staff trained in memory care, dedicated physicians and nurse practitioners, programming, family support groups, large courtyard space

• 11630 4 Iron Drive, Austin

• 11406 Rustic Rock Drive, Austin

City and state officials gathered Dec. 12 to mark Southwest Airlines' planned expansion at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, a day after City Council signed off on a $5.5 million economic incentive deal with the airline.

What's happening: Southwest will add 2,000 local jobs and establish a new crew base at the airport by mid-2027 through the expansion that's also expected to support thousands more related jobs throughout the community. The initiative comes amid ABIA's own facility expansion project, including a second concourse, where Southwest is expected to lease a majority of the new gates to be added.

In addition to Austin's local incentive deal approved Dec. 11, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas will be contributing $14 million to the project at ABIA.

For over half a decade, Meals on Wheels Central Texas has supported seniors and functionally homebound Texans to remain in their homes for as long as possible.

From meal delivery to home repairs, MOWCTX spearheads various efforts to support the greater Austin area.

“Our mission is to help those who are aging or functionally home-bound age in place,” MOWCTX CEO Henry Van de Putte said. “Because that's the most dignified way to live and it's the most economical way to live and it's the most humanitarian way to live.”

The big picture: Founded in 1972 as a part of Meals on Wheels America, MOWCTX has grown the number and scope of its services over the past 52 years.

The nonprofit offers various meal and nutritional programs, including:

• Home-delivered meals
• Healthy Options Program for the Elderly
  • Grocery delivery
• Groceries to go
  • Volunteer-supported grocery shopping
• Congregate lunch centers