KTTC’s Aaliya Demry shared a story about our Winona Health Volunteers Telecare service.
Details also here if you know someone who might be interested…
Here’s how the Winona Health Volunteers’ Telecare service works:
- Every day, including weekends and holidays, Telecare volunteers call Telecare clients between 8 and 10 a.m.
- The phone call is a way for individuals who live alone to stay connected and hear at least one friendly voice on a daily basis.
- If a Telecare client is unable to answer their phone on a scheduled day, the Telecare volunteer contacts the friend or relative the client has chosen as their contact person.
The Telecare program is also flexible. If a client is always with family on Sundays, they can ask not to be contacted Sundays, or if they know they will not be home for any reason, they simply let the Telecare volunteer know, and they will be taken off the call list for those dates.
Telecare is free to people of all ages who are disabled or live alone no matter where they receive healthcare services. Winona Health Volunteers have provided this service every day since 1973.
For more information or to sign up for Telecare, call the Winona Health Volunteers office at 507.457.4342.
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