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Old 10-02-2017, 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Halibut View Post
For any who aren't aware, the Sheriff's Office provides a free welfare check service for residents.

Sign up > call in between 9-noon > if they don't hear from you, they contact you or your designee to see if you need assistance. The phones are staffed by Sheriff's Office volunteers, and the service is only M-F.

There are probably neighbors/friends who already have such systems in place -- send someone a check-in text msg every day. There are a lot of people living alone here, and Life Alert and similar monitoring systems are expensive. :-)

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