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 Alamo Today
Reassurance Phone Friends
by Fran Miller
Eighty-year old Bonita always looked forward to her daily 8:00am phone call from her Reassurance Phone Friend volunteer. But the morning after she had fallen in her backyard, where she lain overnight with a broken hip, her Phone Friend became a phone savior.
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Reassurance Phone Friends
Our Reassurance Phone Friends program started on June 1, 1998. This program matches a senior with a phone friend volunteer who will keep the promise to call daily or less frequently as requested. Our Reassurance phone friends place 5-10 minute calls from their homes, offices, or cell phones at a mutually agreed upon time. In 2008, phone friends made over 18,000 calls to clients age 60 to 100!
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Rides for Seniors
On September 1, 2005, Senior Helpline Services began offering to our ambulatory Reassurance Phone Friends program clients & senior phone friend volunteers, free one-on-one, door-through-door rides provided by volunteer drivers. These rides are primarily for the purpose of obtaining medical care, groceries, and other basic necessities. Training for volunteer drivers includes learning & practicing safety techniques.
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