Seniors can hear a reassuring ring when others care with a call

Janice Clark volunteers with the Telephone Reassurance Program which makes a daily telephone call to frail seniors living alone in Hall County. The volunteers make daily calls to check on the well being of clients. - photo by Scott Rogers

07222018 CALL 5.jpg — Janice Clark volunteers with the Telephone Reassurance Program which makes a daily telephone call to frail seniors living alone in Hall County. The volunteers make daily calls to check on the well being of clients. - photo by Scott Rogers

Nancy Simpson is passionate about the benefits of the telephone reassurance program, which began at the Gainesville Senior Life Center even before she started there 23 years ago. The program, which Simpson said is a “blessing” for everyone involved, recruits volunteers to call homebound seniors in Hall County and check on their welfare. She said some seniors don’t have anyone to visit or check on them.