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We Care Victoria Personal Monitoring and Emergency Response Service Launched For People Who Live Alone; Fills the Gap Left by Other Personal Emergency Response Services

October 30, 2007 - Victoria, B.C. The We Care Home Health Services Victoria branch (“We Care Victoria”) is pleased to announce the launch of its WE-TELECARE personal monitoring and emergency response service for people who live alone in the Greater Victoria Area. WE-TELECARE is a subscription-based, telephone check-in and personal emergency response service designed to support independent living and elder care. The service includes regularly scheduled, automated telephone calls to people who live alone, to confirm that they are alright and do not need immediate assistance. If the recipient of the call does not acknowledge the check-in call, a protocol for contacting a designated responsible person who can check on the client, or arrange emergency attendance, is set in motion. “A significant difference,” said Richard Allen, Director of We Care Victoria, “when compared to other monitoring and emergency response services is that the WE-TELECARE service will initiate a response protocol for situations when the monitored person is unconscious or disoriented. Additionally, no special equipment is required as the service requires only the use of a client’s existing telephone.” He also noted that the client is not required to wear a pendant or bracelet, that there are no sign up or installation charges for the service, and that the current price for new clients is $18.50 per month to receive a potentially life-saving daily check-in call.

We Care Victoria is a locally owned We Care Home Health Services branch which has been serving the Greater Victoria Area since 1993. With a staff comprised of seventy professional and non-professional employees, We Care Victoria provides a full range of home care and occupational health services to the community.

We Care Home Health Services was Founded in Brandon, Manitoba in 1984. With over 50 locations across Canada, We Care is the largest independently owned home care service provider in Canada. All We Care Home Health Services offices have earned a three-year accreditation from the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation (CCHSA). In partnership with clients, staff, and community, We Care is committed to providing quality assured, outcome based healthcare service.

We Care Victoria recently entered into an agreement with Sentry Telecare, Inc. that provides We Care Victoria with the exclusive right to market and sell the Sentry Telecare automated telephone check-in and emergency response service in the Greater Victoria Area. Through SentryTelecare the service is also available to all other Canadian and United States locations in North America.

For further information please contact Richard Allen at (250) 389-0202,
or visit the We Care website at www.wecare.ca.