HOPE – The Hope Police Department has established the Senior Citizen Check-in Program – a free service designed to reach out to the ill, elderly or shut-ins living alone in the northeast Bartholomew County community of 2,200 residents.
Participating individuals will be contacted each week by a police officer or dispatcher to check on their well-being, Hope Town Marshal Matt Tallent said.
The check-in program is not only meant to enable seniors living alone to feel more secure, but to also provide them with someone to interact with for a few moments, Tallent said.
Besides law enforcement officers, the Senior Citizen Check-in Program also utilizes relatives or neighbors to check in on participants who are unable to be reached by telephone.
“We are especially wanting to build up this list for cases such as natural disasters, so we have a list of folks that we know we need to check on,” Tallent said.
Anyone who wants to sign up a relative or a loved-one, or want to sign themselves up, are encouraged to do so, the town marshal said.
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