Bring the Vote Home initiative to help seniors exercise their right to vote this November
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Home Helpers has announced it will be participating in 'Bring the Vote Home' - a nationwide initiative to help senior, disabled and homebound Americans who have difficulty traveling to polling places cast their votes during the 2012 election cycle. The campaign is being launched in partnership with the Ohio Council for Home Care and Hospice (OCHCH) and other state and national home health leaders to engage the nation’s 12 million home healthcare patients – including 3.5 million Medicare beneficiaries – via voter and absentee ballot registration initiatives.
“We are proud to be participating in Bring the Vote Home on behalf of the homebound patients we serve who would otherwise not have the resources or ability to vote in this year’s election. Our goal is to facilitate and aide in the process of registering and casting a vote so that these important constituents can raise awareness about the issues our state’s seniors and disabled care about most,” said Janet Dean C.O.O. of the local Home Helpers & Direct Link.
As part of the initiative, the home healthcare community is launching a new website, www.bringthevotehome.org, which offers state-specific information and instructions for voter and absentee ballot registration. Further, home healthcare caregivers will directly assist patients and their families during the registration process and provide information on how to obtain absentee voter materials.
As a member of the community, Home Helpers & Direct Link cares for more than 125 senior, disabled and chronically ill patients each year. This includes some Medicare beneficiaries who receive clinically advanced, cost-effective care services in the home setting. Many healthcare treatments that were once only offered in a hospital or a physician's office can now be safely, effectively, and efficiently provided in patients' homes by skilled clinicians. Home healthcare is generally less expensive, more convenient, and as effective as care provided in institutional settings.
“Home health patients, seniors and disabled individuals across Ohio are particularly interested in how our state’s elected officials will stand up for the issues that impact their healthcare, and this election cycle will be no different,” added Dean. “We feel honored to bring a voice to those homebound seniors who were forced to remain silent in past elections due to their health and mobility. Everyone affected by our nation’s healthcare system should have a vote.”[[In-content Ad]]
“We are proud to be participating in Bring the Vote Home on behalf of the homebound patients we serve who would otherwise not have the resources or ability to vote in this year’s election. Our goal is to facilitate and aide in the process of registering and casting a vote so that these important constituents can raise awareness about the issues our state’s seniors and disabled care about most,” said Janet Dean C.O.O. of the local Home Helpers & Direct Link.
As part of the initiative, the home healthcare community is launching a new website, www.bringthevotehome.org, which offers state-specific information and instructions for voter and absentee ballot registration. Further, home healthcare caregivers will directly assist patients and their families during the registration process and provide information on how to obtain absentee voter materials.
As a member of the community, Home Helpers & Direct Link cares for more than 125 senior, disabled and chronically ill patients each year. This includes some Medicare beneficiaries who receive clinically advanced, cost-effective care services in the home setting. Many healthcare treatments that were once only offered in a hospital or a physician's office can now be safely, effectively, and efficiently provided in patients' homes by skilled clinicians. Home healthcare is generally less expensive, more convenient, and as effective as care provided in institutional settings.
“Home health patients, seniors and disabled individuals across Ohio are particularly interested in how our state’s elected officials will stand up for the issues that impact their healthcare, and this election cycle will be no different,” added Dean. “We feel honored to bring a voice to those homebound seniors who were forced to remain silent in past elections due to their health and mobility. Everyone affected by our nation’s healthcare system should have a vote.”[[In-content Ad]]