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Telecare Providers
Phone Reassurance Providers and Funding Sources
State Of Massachusetts
The following is a list of automated and volunteer based programs that we found in the state of Massachusetts. Also, we have listed Massachusetts private organizations or state agencies that provide grants and funding for community programs.
DSC provides a Telephone Reassurance phone system that automatically calls elderly residents ensuring their well-being, allowing them to remain in their homes longer (Aging In Place).
There are many communities that provide telephone reassurance programs (both volunteer based or automatic calling programs). These communities also refer to their programs as "Are You OK?"® and RUOK.*
Contact DSC to learn more about our automated phone systems. DSC welcomes the opportunity to discuss our telephone reassurance program and services. Also, if you are a Massachusetts based community and/or organization that provides a Telephone Reassurance program and would like to be listed here, please feel free to contact us.
Massachusetts Automated Phone Reassurance Providers
The following organizations provide Telecare programs for the elderly within their Massachusetts communities. These programs are both automated or volunteer based community services.
- Amherst Police Station - Amherst, Massachusetts
- Town Of Arlington Council On Aging - Arlington, Massachusetts
- Ashland Police Department - Ashland, Massachusetts
- Auburn Police Department - Auburn, Massachusetts
- Belmont Police Department - Belmont, Massachusetts
- Braintree Police Department - Braintree, Massachusetts
- Bristol County Sheriff’s Department - New Bedford, Massachusetts
- Brookline Council on Aging - Brookline, Massachusetts
- Brockton Police Department - Brockton, Massachusetts
- Carlisle Police Department - Carlisle, Massachusetts
- Charlton Police Department - Charlton, Massachusetts
- Danvers Police Department - Danvers, Massachusetts
- Dukes County Sheriff’s Office - Edgartown, Massachusetts
- Easthampton Police Department - Easthampton, Massachusetts
- Franklin Senior Center - Franklin, Massachusetts
- Hanson Police Department - Hanson, Massachusetts
- Holden Police Department - Town of Holden, Massachusetts
- Hopkinton Police Department - Hopkinton, Massachusetts
- Hudson Police Department - Hudson, Massachusetts
- Lakeville Police Department - Lakeville, Massachusetts
- Leicester Police Department - Leicester, Massachusetts
- Medway Senior Center - Medway, Massachusetts
- Middleborough Police Department - Middleborough, Massachusetts
- Nahant Police Department - Nahant, Massachusetts
- Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office - Dedham, Massachusetts
- Northborough Police Department - Northborough, Massachusetts
- Palmer Police Department - Palmer, Massachusetts
- Plymouth County Sheriff - Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- Princeton Police Department - Princeton, Massachusetts
- Quincy Department of Elder Services - City of Quincy, Massachusetts
- Salem Police Department - Salem, Massachusetts
- Salisbury Police Department - Salisbury, Massachusetts
- Sharon Police Department - Sharon, Massachusetts
- Seekonk Police Department - Seekonk, Massachusetts
- Shrewsbury Council On Aging - Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
- Somerville Police Department - Somerville, Massachusetts
- Southampton Police Department - Southampton, Massachusetts
- Upton Police Department - Upton, Massachusetts
- Uxbridge Council On Aging - Uxbridge, Massachusetts
- Westminster Police Department - Westminster, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Volunteer Telecare Providers
- Hopkinton Senior Center - Hopkinton, Massachusetts (508) 497-9730
- Mattapoisett Police Department - Mattapoisett, Massachusetts (508)758-4141
- Faith in Action of North Shore Elder Services - Danvers, Massachusetts (978) 750-4540
- Tri-Valley Elder Services, Inc - Dudley, Massachusetts (508) 949-6640
- Congregational Health\Parish Nursing - Fall River, Massachusetts (508) 674-5741
- Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Program - Fall River, Massachusetts (508) 674-5600 ext. 2295
- The Shepherd's Center of Fall River A Faith in Action Program - Fall River, Massachusetts (508) 678-7575
- Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Worcester - Leominister, Massachusetts (978) 840-0696
- Umass Dartmouth Southcoast Compeer - North Dartmouth, Massachusetts (508) 542-0203
- Interfaith Social Services, Inc - Quincy, Massachusetts (617) 773-6203
- Faith in Action - Springfield, Massachusetts (413) 746-0237
- City of Somerville - Somerville, Massachusetts (617) 625-6600 ext 2300
State Of Massachusetts Potential Funding Resources
The following private and public groups are potential providers of funding for phone reassurance programs in Massachusetts communities.
To obtain current information about specific Massachusetts agencies and foundations that provide funding for phone reassurance commonly referred to by many community organizations as RUOK programs or Telephone Reassurance programs, please contact the respective grant provider listed below..
Note: DSC obtained the following names of foundations from public records. There is no assurance that these foundations provide funding for your specific telephone reassurance program or community notification system.
This information is provided to help you research funding for your project using community grants.
Amelia Peabody Foundation
The Community Foundation of Cape Cod
Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation
George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation
The Oak Foundation U.S.A.
The TJX Foundation, Inc.
The Koha Family Foundation
The Shillman Foundation
The Highland Street Connection
Merck Family Fund
The William F. Connell Charitable Trust
The Henry P. Kendall Foundation
The George I. Alden Trust S
tephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
The Textron Charitable Trust
L. G. Balfour Foundation
Cele H. and William B. Rubin Family Fund, Inc.
The Flatley Foundation
Chestnut Hill Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Boston Foundation, Inc.
The Melville Charitable Trust
Barr Foundation
The Hyams Foundation, Inc.
FleetBoston Financial Foundation
Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
Edward C. Johnson Fund
The Stoddard Charitable Trust
Fidelity Foundation
Vinik Family Foundation
The John Merck Fund
The Fannie Cox Foundation
State Street Foundation
Yawkey Foundation II
Stratford Foundation
Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation
V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation
Greater Worcester Community Foundation, Inc.
Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund
The Ellison Foundation
* "Are You OK?"® and RUOK® are registered names of Northland Innovation Corporation. The terms "RUOK" and "Telephone Reassurance" are commonly used on many community websites that offer both automated and volunteer based telephone reassurance programs.
For a comparison with our CARE system, please visit our RUOK vs CARE web page.
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