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The Alzheimer Support/Tender Loving Caregivers Project represents the efforts of a mental health center to collaborate with an interfaith coalition to recruit and train church-based volunteers to provide respite care for frail elderly and their families. The educational component overshadowed the service aspect of the program because of uncertainty felt by both volunteers and families about the proposed caregiving partnership and varied congregational support.
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