DISTRIBUTION OF FREE PACKS TO HELP OLDER PERSONS BE MORE PREPARED FOR
EMERGENCIES
Southside Community Services is distributing FREE Emergency Resource
Packs to older people living in the inner South area.
The aim of the Emergency Resource Pack is to ensure that older persons
living in the community have essential items and information ready to
'grab' in the event of an emergency situation such as a fire, flood, or
severe storm.
The Emergency Resource Pack contains:
* a checklist of items provided by SCS as well as suggested
items to include in the pack,
* a Personal Information Card that can be completed so it
contains essential information about the client's health, emergency
contacts and service providers, and
* basic essential items including: bottled water, torch, face
mask, gloves, lip balm, hand sanitizer gel, and a small pack of lollies.
Southside will distribute the Emergency Resource Packs to eligible older
persons living in the following suburbs:
Barton Deakin
Forrest Griffith
Kingston Manuka
Narrabundah Oaks Estate
Red Hill Symonston
Yarralumla
The eligibility criteria are:
* People over the age of 65 and living alone.
* People identifying themselves as Aboriginal or Torres Strait
Islander who are over the age of 55 and living alone.
* Couples who are both over the age of 65 and who are socially
isolated*.
* A single person over the age of 55 with a physical impairment or
disability and living alone.
* A couple who are both over the age of 55 and one or both have a
physical impairment or disability.
*Socially isolated refers to people who have limited or no family or
social connections and/or do not drive.
Southside Community Services would appreciate assistance in identifying
eligible persons and/or distributing the Emergency Resource Packs to
your clients.
Please contact Adele Perry for more information- Ph: 6126 4700 or email:
projects1@sscs.org.au<mailto:projects1@sscs.org.au>
Emergency Preparedness Information Session
Southside Community Services is running an Emergency Preparedness
Information Session for older persons living in the inner South area.
The information session is running in conjunction with the distribution
of the Emergency Resource Packs.
The information session will run from 2pm - 3pm on Friday 20th December
at Southside Community Services, 63 Boolimba Crescent, Narrabundah.
The information session is open to eligible older persons, their family
members and/or friends.
Eligible older persons will be living in the following suburbs:
Barton Deakin
Forrest Griffith
Kingston Manuka
Narrabundah Oaks Estate
Red Hill Symonston
Yarralumla
The eligibility criteria are:
* People over the age of 65 and living alone.
* People identifying themselves as Aboriginal or Torres Strait
Islander who are over the age of 55 and living alone.
* Couples who are both over the age of 65 and who are socially
isolated*.
* A single person over the age of 55 with a physical impairment or
disability and living alone.
* A couple who are both over the age of 55 and one or both have a
physical impairment or disability.
*Socially isolated refers to people who have limited or no family or
social connections and/or do not drive.
Emergency Resource Packs will be given to older persons who attend the
information session.
Southside can offer a limited number of people transportation to and
from the information session.
For more information, or to RSVP, or book transportation, please contact
Adele Perry on 6126 4700 or projects1@sscs.org.au
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