The Sniders established the Kate Mills Snider Geriatric Psychiatry
Outreach Program -- GO for short -- both to honor Snider's mother, who
received care from Johnston, and to create a model of patient-centered mental
health care for the elderly., M. New Funding Will Expand Care for Elders' Information Services, Volunteer
Recruitment, and 'Successful Aging ' Initiatives

HOUSTON, Sheltering Arms Senior Services announced
that TXU Energy has become the charter sponsor and an active partner in Care
for Elders with a $500,000, three-year commitment that will be used to extend
the reach of this partnership's work with older adults and family caregivers
in Houston and Harris County.

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"The highest prevalence of mental illness is in those aged 65 and older,
but people in this age group are poor users of mental health services," said
Deirdre M. The GO team will accomplish this by partnering with local community
agencies working with this population. The company is also one of the largest purchasers of wind-generated
electricity in Texas and North America. TXU Corp.'s regulated electric
distribution and transmission business, TXU Electric Delivery, complements the
competitive operations, using asset management skills developed over more than
one hundred years, to provide reliable electricity delivery to consumers.com for more information about TXU Corp.

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Program to Take Psychiatric Services to Frail Elderly in Their Homes

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This is a natural continuation of the
civic work that TXU Energy has been doing for the last three years, especially
through our involvement with so many entities that care for those in need,"
said Jim Burke, TXU Energy senior vice president.

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WINSTON-SALEM, N., and his wife, Katherine M." He cited the
rapidly growing number of seniors, especially those who are over 80 years old., M."

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"The
thousands of elderly neighbors, friends and loved ones who are frail and in
need in Harris County will be better able to preserve their dignity, sustain
their independence and enjoy a higher quality of life because of TXU Energy's
commitment and many others, large and small, over the coming months and
years.
"We deeply appreciate the opportunity to join forces with Sheltering Arms
to further the work of Care for Elders. One of Houston's oldest
social service agencies, Sheltering Arms Senior Services provides the most
comprehensive array of quality, affordable services for seniors and their
caregivers in the Houston area. TXU Power has over 18,300 megawatts of generation in Texas,
including 2,300 MW of nuclear and 5,837 MW of lignite /coal-fired generation
capacity.

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The biggest problem may be an inability to leave the house to get care,
she said, either because of physical illness or disability or because of the
psychiatric illness itself.
Alzheimer's disease is one disability that will affect increasing numbers
of people as baby boomers age.com .
"TXU Energy is the first corporate sponsor to step up to the plate in
support of Care for Elders' nationally recognized efforts to plan and carry
out community -wide approaches to improving long-term care and supportive
services for elders," said Robert Phillips , Sheltering Arms president.
Care for Elders is a private-public sector partnership of 85 organizations
that is initially working in four areas:
* Expanding awareness among older adults about where to call for
information about community resources;
* Increasing the involvement of volunteers in providing help to seniors;
* Improving elders' personal planning and responsibility for "successful
aging", and Enhancing service providers' understanding of the needs of
older adults and caregivers.'s unregulated business, TXU Energy provides electricity
and related services to more than 2.

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, A groundbreaking outreach
program for frail elderly who need psychiatric services in their homes --
believed to be the first of its kind in the United States -- is being launched
by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Wake Forest
University Baptist Medical Center. Vaughn McCall, M.

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Snider grew up in
Salisbury, where his mother, Kate Mills Snider, still resides.
"The Sniders' gift will make it possible to provide mental health care
while respecting the autonomy of the older patient, and should serve as a
model of how mental health services could be best delivered in our country,"
said W.H.
"This group is also at greatest risk of suicide, particularly in the
presence of chronic illness and/or social isolation ," said Johnston. "These behavioral symptoms are the main reason for
hospitalization or institutionalization of Alzheimer's disease sufferers. For more
information, visit http://www.
TXU Energy, the retail electric provider that serves the most customers in
Texas, has been committed to serving Houston residential and business
consumers since 2002.

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Johnston, M. Snider of
Princeton, N.
In that age group, he said, "there is a very high rate of psychiatric
problems, often occurring in people who are otherwise frail or have other
medical problems and who therefore can't easily make it into a health care
setting to get treatment.

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Johnston said, "The GO program has been established to develop a model of
care that provides outreach mental health services to frail elderly in their
homes.newswise., a Dallas-based energy company, manages a portfolio of
competitive and regulated energy businesses in North America , primarily in
Texas.4 million competitive electricity
customers in Texas, more customers than any other retail electric provider in
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The new program, modeled after successful programs in the United Kingdom
and Canada, is being funded by an endowment established by Arnold H.
Caregivers also are at increased risk for depression so caregivers may benefit
from the GO program directly, through recognition of stress and treatment of
associated depression. Among
these programs, TXU Energy funds will allow Sheltering Arms to provide
comprehensive energy-related services to low-income clients and maximize
household energy efficiency.

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The Sniders' gift will provide salary support for the medical director, a
clinical nurse specialist, a clinical social worker, and a project manager.
Major depression often leads to additional medical problems, reports of
unexplained pain and inability to perform such tasks as cooking, managing
money and doing household chores, known collectively as instrumental
activities of daily living.

About Sheltering Arms Senior Services:
Sheltering Arms is the lead agency for Care for Elders, 1 of 8
partnerships in the nation selected by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for
its Community Partnerships for Older Adults program.

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At present, she said,
about 45. This commitment is demonstrated through the
variety of programs that TXU Energy delivers to low-income and elderly
customers in cooperation with over 400 social service partners across Texas.

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of Cornell University studied
539 frail elderly patients who were enrolled in home care programs and found
that 73 of them, or 15 percent, had major depression , a specific psychiatric
diagnosis.9 million electric delivery points over
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The number of people 65 and older is expected to double by the year 2030,
growing from 969,000 in 2000 to 2.C.5 million cases in
America and the numbers is expected to increase to at least 11.

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, the psychiatrist who is medical director of the new
program. So instead, members of the new team will visit
homebound patients at home.J.

Snider."
In addition to "late life psychiatric illness, these patients might have
heart failure , cancer, or bad arthritis, and therefore getting to and from
appointments is difficult.
The team will create treatment plans to prevent crises and improve the quality
of life and mobilize the community agencies.D.2 million in 2030.

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She hopes to involve agencies such as Senior Services, community mental
health agencies, the Area Agency on Aging, Hospice, primary care physicians
and the local home health agencies.7 percent of N.3 million cases
by 2050.

Sheltering Arms and TXU Energy Partner on Programs for Houston's Elderly

TXU
Electric Delivery operates the largest distribution and transmission system in
Texas, providing power to more than 2.

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P. For many it is difficult for them to spend time
sitting waiting in a waiting room," Lyketsos said. adults in this age group have a disability.

TXU Energy's funding will also support Sheltering Arms Senior Services -
Care for Elders' lead agency -- and the provider of numerous services to more
than 80,000 older adults and families in the Houston area each year.

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, co-director of the Division of
Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital in
Baltimore , said there is "an enormous need for such programs." TXU Energy's donation is also the first major corporate sponsorship
of any of the eight community partnerships across the nation that are part of
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Community Partnerships for Older Adults
program, Phillips noted.

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, professor and chairman of the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine.

Johnston said the effectiveness of the program would be assessed at
regular intervals, using standardized psychological and psychiatric tests to
measure mood, cognition, functional capacity, quality of life , caregiver
burden, and health services utilization.
"Alzheimer's is frequently associated with a range of behavioral
symptoms," Johnston said. Additionally, the company has a tradition of commitment
to the communities it serves.

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Visiting homebound psychiatric patients in their homes may prevent
hospitalization or premature placement in a nursing home. Lyketsos, M.
Johnston said Martha Bruce, Ph.

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