DEAR DR. GOTT:
I read with interest your answer to the elderly woman seeking attention to her daily well being. While I wholeheartedly endorse Lifeline, the system is of little service to a victim who is unconscious or worse.

However, there is another resource available for the elderly and physically challenged who can monitor their well-being no matter what their status. In my Township, it is called Operation ReAssurance and it does so by putting participants in daily telephone contact with police division personnel.

As administrator of our free program I have all too often seen its effectiveness whenever the worst should occur, but I have also been personal witness to its having saved more than three dozen lives over the past 20 years. Moreover, beyond a verification of well being, a police division operated program [Read more...]