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Cobb County Senior Services installs stair lifts to improve home access for local resident
Summary
Cobb County Senior Services, through a newly created assistant technology case manager role and funding from Cobb-Douglas Public Health, helped a resident obtain two stair lifts to improve home access and safety.
Darlene Hettinger, assistant technology case manager at Cobb County Senior Services, said the agency installed two stair lifts for resident Sarah Hampton to improve access to her garage, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom.
"My position is a newly created position with the goals of being able to help people age more safely in their homes and educate them on assistive technology and devices that are available for their use to do so," Hettinger said. She told meeting attendees that Cobb County Senior…
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