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Emergency Call Buttons Free for Holocaust Survivors

by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Hundreds of Holocaust survivors can now contact the Yad Sarah crisis headline and receive dental care at a very substantially discount at the Yad Sarah dental clinic thanks to a donation designated for the Foundation for Holocaust Survivors in France.

A crisis button enables subscribers to contact Yad Sarah help centers from anywhere in their apartment 24 hours a day. Pressing a button attached to the arm activates an automatic dialer. Upon receiving a call, the help center representative at Yad Sarah is able to see subscriber information on the computer — name, address, phone number disease history, languages spoken, contact information for neighbors and relatives living nearby, etc.

The help center representative can speak with a subscriber anywhere in the apartment and summon assistance immediately: an ambulance and first aid, a doctor, the police, firefighters, relatives and neighbors. The help center representative also provides an attentive ear, giving the Holocaust survivor and their relatives a sense of security and protection. Some 18,500 elderly people from around the country are connected to the help center. Holocaust survivors can hook up without paying a charge (except an NIS 150 deposit, which will be returned in full upon halting use).

Yad Sarah has over 100 branches around the country. Last year the organization's 6,000 volunteers assisted 420,000 people. Yad Sarah does not receive regular government funding and is sustained through private donations.

 

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