YAD SARAH 2017 SERVICES PROVIDED

Equipment Loans & Returns Home Hospitalization

Home hospitalization is a revolutionary service that creates a Equipment Loans & Returns small hospital in the home, Area 215,202 allowing patients to Northern Region 146,124 Southern Region 115,483 recuperate in comfort, surrounded by their family. Central Region 458,334

Day Rehabilitation Centres YadSarahVans 29,700 132,266 Visits by 360 Trips Made Clients at 5 in 30 Day Rehab Vehicles Centres

YadSarahVans Day Rehabilitation Centres Served: Region # of Clients # of Visits # of From City # of Vehicles Trips Jerusalem Area 100 6,538 Rishon Lezion 75 6,513 9 Jerusalem Area 45,216 40 3,757 16 Central Region 70,410 Ra’anana 100 8,417 3 Southern Region 7,991 2 Northern Region 8,649 Be’er Sheva 45 4,475

Children’s Play Centre 3,700 The Family Centre Children 3,900 Visited Treatments the Play Centre and The Family Centre for the treatment and Borrowed prevention of domestic violence is available to 3,370 the religious and ultra-Orthodox community in Games . Life Stories Home and Community Services Volunteers visit elderly Holocaust Survivors homebound people and Holocaust survivors, listen to an account of their lives, and publish a book that chronicles their life story. 95 New Life Stories 1,000 Participants 171 Stories – Works in Progress

Emergency Alarm Response System (EARS) Caregivers’ Support Centre

18,160 Support for Subscribers the primary caregivers of an elderly or sick 13,141 family member. 119,841 Emergency Calls Calls 4,623 Participants

Service Call Centre • Centre responds to requests Home Visits • Ensures callers are connected Volunteers visit to the correct homebound people departments and work together • Focuses on in creative courtesy, speed activities: Music, and compassion handicrafts, computers, and more.

315,978 Requests for Assistance 11,385 Home Visits

Exhibition & Guidance Centre

Goal of the Legal Aid for the Elderly centres is to improve quality of life for people Volunteer lawyers with functional provide legal difficulties & to advice and help prevent services to home accidents. senior citizens.

20,192 Requests for Assistance 14,507 Service Recipients at 8 Centres across Israel

Geriatric Dental Clinic – Jerusalem Geriatric Dental Clinic – Jerusalem Yad Sarah has a mobile dental clinic and treatment kits that allow dental care The dental clinic for home-bound specializes in treating patients. the special problems of seniors. Total Treatments by Mobile Dental Units Region # of Treatments Jerusalem 1,093 6,320 Treatment at the Be’er Sheva 213 Jerusalem Dental Clinic 201

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