A new service – “Going Home” – is being launched with the opening of Yad Sarah branch, at Tel Hashomer Hospital – Chaim Sheba Medical Center (near Tel Aviv). Trained Yad Sarah volunteers – at Sheba and two other hospitals – attach themselves to patients who are discharged and give them and their families the support and information that is crucial to their recovery.

These trained volunteers attach themselves to patients upon their discharge from hospitals, one-on-one, and see them through the stages of recovery. The volunteers connect the convalescent and his or her family with all the community assistance needed, apprise them of their entitlements and help them actualize them. The volunteer is there with advice, encouragement and support until no longer needed.

Participating in this program are the Health Ministry, welfare offices, health funds, and other public bodies.