Foundation - Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services

Senior Independence
Telehealth Kickoff
In the fall of 2006, Senior Independence in the Mahoning
Valley Region formally introduced telehealth, an interactive
health care technology, to the Youngstown community at a
kickoff event held at the Mahoning County Senior Center.
To initiate this program, $56,000 in funding was received
from the Youngstown Foundation, SBC (now AT&T) Excelerator,
the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley
and the Walter E. and Caroline H. Watson Foundation.
Senator George Voinovich (shown at right) was impressed
by the new system during a visit to the Senior Center. Video
telehealth complements traditional in-home health care
visits by allowing nurses to observe and communicate with
clients in real time with a specialized computer system.
Non-video telehealth allows seniors in relatively good health
to participate in routine monitoring in a preventive capacity.
Senior Independence in the Mahoning Valley Region
joins several other telehealth programs across the state
that owe their success to generous funding by individuals,
corporations and foundations.
Senior Independence is the home and community based
services division of Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services,
the largest and most experienced not-for-profit provider of
continuing care retirement communities and services in Ohio.
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