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

Sheltering Arms Senior Services Names New Board Members

HOUSTON (June 12, 2009) . . . Sheltering Arms Senior Services has elected Mark Quartermain
and Parvez Qureshi, MD 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 is a nonprofit organization that promotes the dignity and independence of older adults
through services, advocacy, and support for caregivers. More than 53,000 older adults and their families in the Houston
area are helped each year via its home health care, geriatric care management and consultation, adult 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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