Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Times
Saturday, August 21, 1976, page 19 (of 27)
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Project blossomed, but more could be done
From Page 1 Cross, United Way Home Care Services, Visiting Nurse Association, the Veterans Administration and the Dade County Police Department are just a few of the agencies Cora and her organization call upon for help. "Many times, our volunteers go much further than just calling," said Cora. "They fall in love with their senior citizens, and visit them and have them to their homes as well." One of the main reasons the program was started was the high incidence of senseless accidents and deaths among the elderly, who fell down in the night or became ill and were unable to get help. "When a volunteer can't reach a subscriber at the designated time, she'll call me, and I'll try to contact a neighbor of the senior citizen," said Cora. "If I can't reach a neighbor, then I'll call police and they'll check on the person." Cora recalls several such incidents, when the police had to break down the door to reach a person who had slipped and broken a limb, unable to reach the telephone. One case involved Cora's youngest subscriber, a diabetic and epileptic woman in her 40s, who lives alone in Cutler Ridge. Cora said the woman's volunteer, unable to reach her, called Cora, who alerted police. "We knew it was an emergency because of the woman's condition," said Cora. "When the emergency rescue squad got there, within 10 minutes, they found the woman. She had had a seizure, her nose was broken, her face was cut up and she was unconscious. "But she's home doing fine today, thanks to the volunteer." The Telephone Reassurance program doesn't cater only to such emergencies, however. Although it has no funds from which to draw, volunteers often find people at their churches and in their neighborhoods willing to contribute small niceties to lonely old people. Cora said the majority of her volunteers and subscribers are women — the volunteers because they have more free time, and the subscribers because elderly men are apparently reluctant to admit they are lonely. "An elderly person living alone has so little contact with the outside world," said Cora. "We are trying to provide human service." Any elderly person who lives alone in the South Dade area, especially Coral Gables, and wants someone to call every day, is urged to contact Cora at 235-2051.
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