Boardman Care Call program to begin Monday

BOARDMAN — The township police department begins the new year with a new program that aims to take better care of residents who are elderly and/or disabled.

Phone calls to enrollees in the Care Call program are slated to go out for the first time Monday.

The program will send out automated calls each day or on the days and times that the enrollee chooses. During the call, the participant will be asked to press a button to indicate that they are OK.

If the program doesn’t receive an affirmative response, it then calls a designated contact person; a police officer will go to the residence if those steps do not verify that the individual is OK.

In case of emergency, the fire department then would be called to aid the participant.

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