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nearby Moshav Herut, and she is visited regularly
by Yechiel Yanai, the program's "community
father," who racks up some 1,250 miles each
month visiting households and acting as a jack-of-
all-trades for his elderly clientele.
Yanai visits with the members, changes light
bulbs, helps make household decisions and, when
necessary, puts his elderly charges in touch with
Ziva Diamant, a social worker who helps with the
more serious emotional problems.
As part of the program, members also have had
emergency call button systems installed in their
homes, which include a telephone-like console as
well as an emergency button wristwatch that con-
nects them to a 24-hour call center.
The emergency service participants are supposed
to wear the dun-colored emergency bands at all
times to be within easy reach of the 24-hour emer-
gency care call center, run by an Israeli company
known as Shahal, or SHL Telemedicine. By hitting
the emergency button on the watch or the console,
elderly users can speak directly to someone at the

call center, which can
then send an ambu-
lance, if necessary.
When Yanai gently
admonishes Mitrani
for not wearing the
bulky emergency
wristband, she chuck-
les and dismisses his
concern. "I don't like
wearing a wristwatch
either," she tells him,
gently reminding her
caretakers that she is
. Bilha Mitrani, in her bed-
still mistress of her
room at Moshav Bnei Dror.
own domain.
Still, participants
will often call Yanai
rather than the emergency service because they want
to hear a friendly voice, someone they know and
trust. He listens to them, even at 2 in the morning.
"My kids are sometimes too busy, but Yanai is
always there," Mitrani says with a chuckle. "All the
gals call him because he's cute." 1-7

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