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CONTACT:
Betsy Bell
Sheltering Arms Senior Services
713-685-6581
bbell@shelteringarms.org

Sheltering Arms Senior Services Names New Board Members

HOUSTON (February 3, 2009) . . . Sheltering Arms Senior Services has elected Rick Burnett, Cecil Barcelo, Lewis K. Clarke, M.D., Ph.D. and Asaf Qadeer, M.D., FACIP to its board of directors.

Sheltering Arms Senior Services is a nonprofit organization committed to the health and well-being of older adults and their family caregivers. Its mission is to promote the dignity and independence of older adults through service, advocacy and support of caregivers.

About Sheltering Arms Senior Services
Sheltering Arms Senior Services promotes the dignity and independence of older adults through services, advocacy,
and support for caregivers. More than 53,000 Houston-area older adults and their families are helped each year via
its home health care, geriatric care management and consultation, Alzheimer’s day care, telephone reassurance, case
management and housing and energy management programs. Sheltering Arms serves as the lead organization for
Care for Elders, a partnership of more than 80 organizations whose mission is to improve the care and services
provided to vulnerable older adults and family caregivers in Harris County. For more information call 713-685-
6577 or visit www.shelteringarms.org.

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