Reminder - Hospitalized AD patients

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Terpsi - 03 Jul 2004 18:53 GMT

I have not posted in a long time but wish to remind primary caregivers of AD
patients who may have a family member hospitalized: we will be available
this 4th of July holiday to provide a few hours of relief to the caregiver,
at no charge. Unfortunately, this service is only provided in Houston-area
hospitals, and subject to availability of our volunteers.

Christina Velgakis - VP & Co-founder
Saint Sophia's Helping Hands, Inc.
velgakis@airmail.net

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DuPuisR@webtv.net - 04 Jul 2004 16:02 GMT

Your intentions are good, but if dependent on the availability of
volunteers, I don't see that that your services would be of much help to
caregivers. I realize those services are free of charge, which is
commendable, but it seems to me it would put more stress on a caregiver
to want to use them, only to discover that no one was available. Would
you tell them when they called or would they have to wait to find out if
someone was coming?

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Terpsi - 04 Jul 2004 18:38 GMT

We will tell them at the time of call. I have the schedules for our
volunteers. In case of an emergency (on weekends only) those take priority.
All our volunteers hold full-time jobs, as do I.

Thanks for your inquiry.
Christina Velgakis
(713) 721-3657

> Your intentions are good, but if dependent on the availability of
> volunteers, I don't see that that your services would be of much help to
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> you tell them when they called or would they have to wait to find out if
> someone was coming?

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