Adding life to years
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Local Sherrif dispatcher takes initiative to ensure safety


Status: Ongoing

Pocahontas Iowa USA, United States of America
Print this page City population: 1789Practice started in 2019

Summary

I’m on supplemental oxygen. Our electricity is pretty reliable here, but when it went off I called the sheriff’s office to let them know I might be in trouble if it didn’t come back on before my battery unit ran out. Jessica Paulsen took the initiative to compile a list of people who are in my situation so they can check on them should this ever happen again.

Key facts

Main target group: Older people with chronic health conditions or disability

Other target group(s): supplemental oxygen users

Sector(s): Health, Labor

Desired outcome for older people:
Meet their basic needs

Other issues the Age-friendly practice aims to address:
  • Disasters and emergencies

Contact details

Name: Olson, Leonard

Email address: kaleidoscopeguy@hotmail.com

Preferred language(s): english

Age-friendly practice in detail (click to expand):

Engaging the wider community

Project lead: Local authorities

Older people’s involvement: Older people helped to implement the age-friendly practice

Moving forward

Has the impact of this age-friendly practice been analysed: No

Do you plan to evaluate your age-friendly practice? Yes

Expansion plans:
I’m sharing it on facebook

Looking back

Challenges:
A little anxiety when the electricity went off. I thought for a while and called the sheriff’s office and the dispatcher took the ball and ran with it!