Kapok’s mission is to guide older adults, caregivers, and their families across cultures along their journey. We share our experiences, best practices, tips, and affordable tools from sources that you can trust.

The Kapok tree produces a light but very strong fiber that runs within the tree and connects its part. This fiber also goes by the name Kapok and is one reason that the tree is highly endangered.

In mythology, Kapok symbolizes a “central world tree”, highlighting the idea of alikeness across cultures – “More alike than different”. Despite all our apparent differences, we do have much in common, including the fact that we all age and experience similar challenges as part of that process.

Kapok means “life, perpetuity, magnanimity, kindness, strength, togetherness”.

These concepts are strong reflections of the nurturing qualities of caregivers and the way that caregivers help to promote the perpetuity of a family line, along with the habit of providing care and support from one generation to the next.

Calling this site Kapok is a homage to all that the Kapok tree stands for and the vital role that caregivers play in their families and their communities.