Yad Sarah
Yad Sarah, established in 1976 by Uri Lupolianski, has built a complementary system of medical care that provides services that state and public institutions do not. In recent years, emphasis has also been placed on developing services for the growing population of senior citizens.
As of today, Yad Sarah assists more than half a million people every year. Roughly 7,000 volunteers serve the Israeli public in the various aid departments and in the 116 Yad Sarah service centers throughout the country. The branches lend close to 8,000 items of medical and rehabilitative equipment for vital home care.
Yad Sarah’s volunteer drivers make more than 100,000 trips every year, transporting people with disabilities in specially equipped YadSaraVans and bringing them literally anywhere they want to go. Yad Sarah’s day rehabilitation programs offer a variety of rehabilitation services to people with disabilities: occupational, physical, art, music, and speech therapies, and more. Yad Riva provides low cost legal aid for seniors.
The Home Hospitalization Service provides a complete set of hospital equipment, providing a comprehensive solution for patients, allowing them to recover at home, supported by family – with fewer complications and less exposure to infections.
The Home and Community Service offers several programs geared to elderly and homebound individuals, including home visits, day trips for people in wheelchairs, documentation of life stories, and more. The mobile dental clinics offer comprehensive dental treatment at home throughout Israel.
The Frenkel Emergency Medical Center provides medical treatment by specialists and other dedicated professionals in the evenings when the health clinics are closed. State of the art equipment, an onsite lending center, and a community pharmacy cater to every need.
Not all services are geared to seniors. The Play Center offers a therapeutic environment for children with special needs and their parents. The Family Center provides professional therapy to family members suffering from distress related to violence or abuse occurring within the family. The Tourist Service allows tourists with functional disabilities to visit Israel, helping them plan their trip, delivering medical equipment and devices to their hotel or apartment, and offering suitable transport in YadSaraVans.
Yad Sarah has been at the forefront of the accessibility revolution, one that promotes mobility and a connection to family, community, and place of employment. Mobility at home. Mobility out in the world. Changing lives for the better by introducing new services tailored to individual needs. Always with the goal of easing the financial burden on families by providing Yad Sarah’s services for free. (There is a nominal refundable deposit when borrowing equipment)