Rocky Mount, N.C. – Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Northampton and Wilson counties today introduced a breakthrough solution for the elderly, people with disabilities, caregivers and service providers called Network of Care, a multilingual, community-based Web site that provides comprehensive long-term care services, information and education that is significant to the thousands of seniors and persons with disabilities who live in their community.
Sponsored by a Long-Term Care Innovation Grant from the California Department of Aging in partnership with the Upper Coastal Plain Area Agency on Aging, the Network of Care for Seniors & People with Disabilities (www.networkofcare.org) is a pilot program for North Carolina and the nation. To empower seniors and their caregivers, the Network of Care helps people find the right service at the right time, educate themselves about their issues, find assistive devices, understand current policy initiatives and advocate directly to elected officials, and help them manage their affairs, interactions, and important records. The goal is to help the community age with dignity.
The Network of Care provides a comprehensive Service Directory of the approximately 300 service providers in the Upper Coastal Plains area, putting people in touch with the right services at the right time. The Network of Care also provides easy-to-search libraries and vital information about specific disorders, pending legislation and advocacy, as well as daily news articles from around the world concerning aging and disabilities.
To increase accessibility and accommodate the Network of Cares users, the sites innovative technology provides near-universal access, regardless of literacy or income level, to Web-based services through a text-only version of the sites and other adaptive technologies. The sites are fully ADA-compliant and Bobby-approved. The Network of Care also is available in multiple languages.
Service providers can share challenges and ideas, as well as create powerful new mechanisms to better serve seniors, by embracing the Network of Cares communication tools such as message boards and community calendars. Service providers can even build their own free Web sites in the For Providers section.
Trilogy Integrated Resources LLC of San Rafael, Calif., created, developed and maintains Network of Care for Seniors & People with Disabilities and all of the other Network of Care Web sites, including the Network of Care for Mental/Behavioral Health, now serving 13 states; the Network of Care for Kids (ages 0-5); the Network of Care for Children & Families (ages 0-18); the Network of Care for Developmental Disabilities, and the Network of Care for Domestic Violence. Based on requests from across the nation, Trilogy is also developing Network of Care sites for public health and probation services.
For more information, please contact Trilogy at 415-458-5900 or at info@trilogyir.com.