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Aurora launches 'Aging in Place' safety program; Home Depot, Ping Cares donate equipment
Summary
City staff launched a limited pilot to provide safety devices and support for seniors and residents with disabilities. Phase 1 offers 200 combo smoke/CO detectors and lockboxes, 50 health‑monitoring watches, a customizable emergency profile and home‑safety outreach; $50,000 is proposed for home repairs in phase 2.
Katrina Boatwright, Aurora’s manager of senior and disability services, briefed the Committee of the Whole on Aug. 5 about a new Aging in Place safety program that launched the prior day. The pilot, limited to 200 participants, pairs the fire department and police with city senior services to install safety devices and collect information to tailor emergency responses.
Boatwright said about 140 people had registered within the first day. Phase 1 includes five…
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