Security Check
Provides seniors,
the frail elderly, persons convalescing, persons with disabilities, and lonely
or isolated persons with scheduled telephone calls to promote their safety and
well-being while also providing a link to other services that promote safe,
independent living.
Security Check provides isolated persons or those
with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias with regular contact to determine
that the person is not in crisis or at risk of harm.
Security Check aims
to:
- Enhance the ability of persons served to better manage their isolation; and
- Enhance the safety of the person served
Regular telephone calls
serve as a check to ensure persons served are safe, to assure them that they are
not alone, that others care and that they are part of our community, and allow
peace of mind for family members who are not always willing or able to contact
the person served.
Who Might Use this Service?
Security Check is for seniors, or for
disabled or convalescing adults living in Leamington, Kingsville or Wheatley
who:
- Live alone or are not in regular contact with friends, family or neighbours;
or
- Are fearful for their own safety and well-being; or
- Require assistive devices such as a wheelchair, walker, cane and are prone
to falling; or
- Have one or more health or medical conditions that contribute directly or
indirectly to sensed loneliness or isolation
Cost
There is no cost for this service.
New Volunteers Welcome!
Calls are made by a network of caring and
dedicated volunteers. If you would like to brighten the day of a lonely or
isolated person and have a few minutes every morning, we want to hear from you.
We provide full training and on-going support. Call (519) 322-3536 for more
details.
How it Works
Everyday at a prearranged time, volunteers phone persons on
service to check on their well-being. Calls are typically five minutes in length
but may vary depending on the needs of the person served, or if the volunteer
determines that the person may be in distress.
When a person cannot be
reached or it is determined that they are in need of assistance, the volunteer
contacts a designated staff member at South Essex Community Council's Community
Home Support Services department who then contact the person's emergency
contacts or local emergency authorities to go and check in on the person
served.
Contact Information
Security Check
South Essex Community
Council
Community Home Support Service
215 Talbot Street
East
Leamington, ON N8H 3X5
Phone: (519) 322-3536
Fax: (519)
326-1529
E-mail:
info@secc.on.ca
