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Care for Elders In the News |
Free Safety-Check Phone Calls Reassure Seniors
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
To a senior living alone, a daily phone call can mean the difference between quickly getting help in the event of a bad fall, or lying helpless on the floor for days. Sheltering Arms Senior Services' Telephone Reassurance Program gives seniors peace of mind knowing that if they have an accident or an emergency and are unable to answer the safety phone call, help will be sent.
The program, established in 1973, utilizes trained community and corporate volunteers to make a daily telephone call, at a designated time, to check on the well-being and safety of an elder.
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Senior Dental Project
Thursday, June 26, 2008
In support of the Aging Agenda HCAAA received $200,000 from City Health and Human Services Director Stephen Williams. These funds were allocated for the purpose of clearing our Dental wait list - which had 105 clients waiting at the beginning of May. As a result of the dedicated and diligent work of staff and our dental provider, we have cleared the list - with the majority of the waiting clients having received their treatment plans and dental screening and/or services.
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Summer Senior Meals program
Thursday, June 26, 2008
The Summer Senior Meals program is a pilot program in partnership with the Reliant Energy Beat the Heat Program, the City Multi-Service Centers, participating Senior Housing Complexes and participating Faith Based Organizations. Operation dates for Beat the Heat are June 16th through August 15th. Depending on the demand and success of this pilot we may extend the meals portion through September. The goal of the summer program is to provide at least 1,000 seniors - who are not currently participating in our congregate meals program - a daily box lunch and a cooling center to reduce utilities cost and to assist with rising food cost.
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Campaign Launched to Help Older Houstonians Remain
Monday, May 12, 2008
May is Older Americans Month and Houston's senior citizens are the focus of an ambitious campaign to ensure they enjoy an active and healthy lifestyle. Care for Elders, Houston's largest and most experienced partnership focused solely on issues involving seniors, joined Mayor Bill White, the
RWJF Grantee's Profile-Jane Bavineau
Monday, December 10, 2007
Jane Bavineau, LBSW, vice president at Sheltering Arms Senior Services, has been named a Practice Change Fellow by the Atlantic Philanthropies. As director of Care for Elders, she has taken a bold partnership approach to finding long-term solutions to needs posed by the Age Wave in the greater Houston area.
The Problem: The American population is growing older and living longer, placing elder care issues at the center of the country's future. The long-term care system, characterized by gaps in essential services and funding, is ill prepared to meet these challenges, according to the Care for Elders Web site.
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