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May 31, 2009 | Program Result Report
On a sunny day in April with cherry blossoms in full bloom, Mark Andersen walks the streets of one of the poorest, most troubled neighborhoods in Washington.
December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The Washington Regional Medical Foundation established an interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Project to organize and train volunteers to provide services for people in a four-county area in northwest Arkansas.
June 25, 2008 | Program Result Report
The national program office of Faith in Action implemented a home-based exercise program designed to improve strength, function and balance in frail older adults at 10 Faith in Action sites.
May 31, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast trained volunteers to provide services for the frail elderly and people with chronic and terminal illnesses in Pinellas County, Fla.
August 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The Faith in Action Project of Houston recruited, trained and deployed volunteers to provide caregiver services to elderly people living in Houston's Independence Heights neighborhood.
April 17, 2007 | Program Result Report
From 2001 to 2004, staff at Sherwood Faith in Action in Sherwood, Ore., recruited, trained and deployed volunteers to provide caregiver services locally to both disabled and frail elderly people.
May 31, 2009 | Program Result Report
In rural Oregon, a Faith in Action project learned by trial and error how to meet the needs of isolated elderly and disabled residents.
May 31, 2009 | Program Result Report
A Faith in Action project in Nebraska negotiated the tricky terrain of providing needed help to fiercely independent elders.
May 31, 2009 | Program Result Report
Sitka is a coastal island city accessible only by boat or air. A number of the 8,800 residents of this isolated community do not have family members or close friends nearby to rely on in times of need.
April 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
In 2001, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., held a two-day conference that explored the potential for cooperation between religious communities and health care systems in meeting the health care needs of the nation's rapidly increasing elderly population.