Lifeline is a system that 112 local residents rely on in potential life threatening situations, and now the Lacombe and District Family and Community Support Services is asking the county for a little help funding it.

Lifeline is a personal emergency response support system, which allows elderly or disabled people to stay in their own home, even if they are there alone.

Senior Services Coordinator at Lacombe FCSS LaRee Rankin explains why they are asking the county for support.

“Because we are serving clients in the county as well, and not just with the Lifeline, we also offer them stuff like, helping them with those forms, and the seniors activities, and letting them know what supports are available for them.”

Rankin talks about how important the Lifeline program is.

“It’s an emergency response system, so it helps give independence to seniors and older adults in the community so they can call for help if they don’t have anyone in their home, if they fall it detects falls, there’s different machines out there. We have a new machine called GoSafe that goes out anywhere in the community where there is cell service, and they can access emergency response.”

They are asking for annual support of $5,295, and will go directly to staffing costs, as well as the purchase of the Lifeline equipment.