Israel’s Yad Sarah organization has distributed emergency beepers to 20,000 people who live alone. Users can contact Yad Sarah, a doctor, police, an ambulance, relatives and others at any time using a button on a bracelet. http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Emergency-beepers-available-from-Yad-Sarah-to-protect-lonely-and-aged-403619

Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center delivered 22,030 babies in 2014 – probably the largest number in the world. Together with Yad Sarah and a nearby taxi company have for the first time arranged for the free lending of infant car … Continue reading →

One of the many individuals helped by Yad Sarah was 24-year old Odelia Lavie of Bat Yam, who was taken by Yad Sarah van in her wheelchair to the hairdresser, makeup artist and bridal gown salon, and then to her … Continue reading →