Coastline Elderly Services, Inc. Unveils COMMUNITY-BASED WEB SITE FOR seniors, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, Caregivers and Service Providers
Network of Care empowers seniors and people with disabilities and makes in-home care easier with online access to comprehensive services available within Massachusetts
Coastline Elderly Services, Inc. introduces 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 Bristol County . ( http://coastline.ma.networkofcare.org/aging/home/index.cfm )
To empower seniors, the disabled and their caregivers, 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 is a comprehensive, community-based Web site created to improve and better coordinate long-term care services for the more than 34,000 seniors and people with disabilities in the Coastline Service area. It provides a comprehensive Service Directory in Massachusetts , specifically the New Bedford area, putting people in touch with the right services at the right time. 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 Network of Care's users, the site's innovative technology provides near-universal access, regardless of literacy or income level, to Web-based services through a text-only version of the site and other adaptive technologies. The site is fully ADA-compliant and Bobby-approved. 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 Network of Care's communication tools such as message boards and community calendars. Service providers can even build their own free Web sites in the For Providers section. In addition, Coastline has developed a calendar for the community to use to post events on. It is our hope that the community will come to use this great resource and help us build upon the local resource directory.
For more information on how to access and use Coastline's Network of Care site, please go to http://coastline.ma.networkofcare.org/aging/home/index.cfm and click on the “Live Demo” button on the top left-hand corner of the page or call us at (508) 999-6400.
