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Data provided by North Shore Home Support Community Health Services

NEWS graphic Geoff Ross

HOME. EMERGENCY Response System (HERS) users most often seek assistance after experi-
_encing falls In thelr homes. HERS units have been available since 1988 on the North Shore.

‘Emergency aid available

‘ABOUT 350 North Shore residents

are. a’ button: push away from help .

with "= the’ |: Home |" Emergency.
» Response System (HERS)...

“The: North Shore Home Support
Services Society (NSHSS) provides |

‘the: HERS ‘units ‘free of charge to”.

. residents," . a
HERS units are connected to a
<resident’s; telephone. After. the |

HERS button is pushed for help,

respondents from either NSHSS or
Lions ‘Gate - Hospital. can talk
through a speaker on the phone. to
the person needing assistance.

* “We can speak (to the person)

two of three rooms ‘away,”: said
Hilary King, program development ..
-director ‘of. North Shore Home’
» Support. -. ao ,

_. When a HERS unit is activated,
the system displays full information

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about the caller so an emergency
can be registered without the person

in need having to speak. me
King said the HERS units have
been donated. * =. nore

The aim of NSHSS is to assist .-
‘people to live in their own home for

as long as possible.
. For information about HERS,
all 984-9511. :

‘“ — Anna Marie D'Angelo .

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