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Life Alert Emergency Response, Inc., known as Life Alert, is a nationwide [1] American device service company, with headquarters in Encino, California, US, which provides services that help young and old elderly people contact emergency services. The company was founded in 1987.
The Foster Grandparent Program was piloted on August 28, 1965, to entice low income people over 60 in community service. The Senior Companion Program began as part of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and Administration on Aging in 1968, and before being legislated and signed into law under President Richard Nixon.
The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) is an organization whose mission it is to foster the technological advancement, availability, and implementation of a universal emergency telephone number system in the United States. In carrying out its mission, NENA promotes research, planning, training and education.
Founded in 1950, the NCOA was the first charitable organization in the United States to advocate for older people with service providers and policymakers. [1] Headquartered in Washington, DC , NCOA collaborates with various organizations, businesses, and governmental agencies to promote job security, access to benefits, healthcare, and ...
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reported a 911 outage at around 7 p.m. Text was still an option, but 911 calls from landlines and calls to its non-emergency line were impacted. Police ...
Requests for comment from the transportation department's office of emergency medical services, where the national 911 program is housed, were not immediately returned, nor were those sent to the ...
In December 2005, Oklahoma state Representative Fred Perry (R-Tulsa) announced his intention to introduce an "AMBER Alert for seniors", which he dubbed "Silver Alert." [3] In March 2006, the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed H.R. 1075, a resolution calling for a Silver Alert system to find missing seniors. [4]
FRIEDENS ― Former FBI agent and author Lillie Leonardi is to be the featured speaker at the Sept. 11 anniversary service at the Flight 93 Memorial Chapel, 1502 Stutzmantown Road.. The program ...