Applications are now being accepted for the
Catherine T. Murray Memorial Scholarship.
Click here for more information and to print out an application.
The application deadline is April 1, 2012.
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RI Foundation Funding Supports OSCIL Program for Visually Impaired
The Ocean State Center for Independent Living announces that we are the recipient of special program funding from the RI Foundation to support our “Living With Macular Degeneration” program. This program provides assistance and services to those individuals who are visually impaired due to macular disease to promote increased independence in their home and/or community. Click here to view a flyer about this event.
Any individual having Macular Degeneration who could benefit from services to enhance independence is encouraged to contact OSCIL. We can provide peer support, connection to community support services; and assistance with the acquisition and purchase of special assistive devices or equipment that could increase independence.
Please contact us at 738-1013 x 13 and speak with Susan or email her at info@oscil.org
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Project Endeavor
February 28th,
6pm - 8pm - A representative
from Project Endeavor will
provide an informational
presentation at Warwick Public
Library, 600 Sandy Lane,
Warwick, RI 02889. You are
invited to come and learn more
about services and products that
Project Endeavor offers, such as
affordable high speed internet
access and mobile devices up to
50% off discount for qualified
deaf and hard of hearing people.
RSVP by Feb. 21st, by calling
401-256-5511 or email: cdhh@cdhh.ri.gov.
This event is sponsored by RI
Commission on the Deaf and Hard
of Hearing, Hearing Loss
Association of RI, Office of
Rehabilitation Services, Ocean
State Center for Independent
Living, RI Association of the
Deaf and PARI.
For more information about
Project Endeavor, please visit
the website:
www.projectendeavor.com.
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The Winter 2011/2012 edition of our newsletter,
Signs of Independence is now available for your reading pleasure!
Click to here to read it. (You can also print it out if you wish).
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To view a video on how to use the AutoMark Voting Machine,
please click here.
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OSCIL Receives Tufts Award
OSCIL is pleased to announce that we were awarded a third year grant to continue our Home Sweet Accessible Home initiative, which focuses on helping seniors prevent falls and injuries in their homes. To date, over 150 individuals have had their homes or lives made safer thanks to the generosity of the Tufts Health Plan Foundation, Inc. award to OSCIL.
Through home visits and assessments of individual needs, OSCIL independent living specialists identify and provide equipment and minor modifications to make homes safer and more accessible. Examples of some types of equipment we have provided include grab bars, bed rails, tub benches, raised toilet seats and interior and exterior railings. Persons age 60 or older with limited incomes may be eligible for this program.
Tufts Health Plan launched the Tufts Health Plan Foundation in 2007. The Foundation’s focus is Healthy Aging – improving the lives of adults 60 and older. Through the programs Tufts funds in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, they hope to elevate the well being of older adults to enable them to live healthier lives.
For further information, please call the OSCIL office at 738-1013 ext. 13.
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RHODE ISLANDERS WITH SPECIAL HEALTHCARE NEEDS
URGED TO ENROLL IN REGISTRY
PROVIDENCE, R.I.
-- The Rhode Island Department
of Health (HEALTH) urges those
with special healthcare needs to
enroll in the Special Needs
Emergency Registry. Enrolling in
the Registry does not guarantee
assistance, but it does allow
local and state emergency
officials to plan for, respond
to, and care for Rhode Islanders
with disabilities, chronic
conditions, and other special
healthcare needs in an emergency
such as Hurricane Irene. HEALTH
is working with municipalities
to provide as close to real time
information as possible in
advance of hurricanes.
People with life-sustaining
equipment that need electricity
should contact their electricity
provider and inform them of
specific needs, if they haven't
already done so.
Should someone with
life-sustaining medical
equipment need to go to a
shelter, emergency medical
assessment teams will be
available to create a care plan
for that individual. Those
planning to go to a shelter
should bring at least a three
(3) day supply of medications.
WHO SHOULD ENROLL
Any Rhode Islander, regardless
of age, who has a chronic
condition, disability, special
healthcare need, or may require
additional assistance during a
time of emergency. These
include:
* Those on home oxygen, a
respirator, ventilator,
dialysis, pacemaker, or are
insulin dependent;
* Those with mobility issues:
use a wheelchair, walker, or
cane;
* Those that are visually
impaired, blind, hard of
hearing, or Deaf;
* Those developmental or mental
health disabilities; or
* Use assistive animals or a
prosthesis.
HOW TO
ENROLL
Visit
www.health.ri.gov/emregistry
to complete an enrollment
online, where the information is
added into the registry
immediately. A printable form is
available on the website and can
be returned by mail.
If an individual cannot complete
the enrollment form themselves,
a family member or caregiver can
enroll the individual on their
behalf. Strict confidentiality
is maintained at all times and
only emergency management and
response agencies have access to
the information in the Registry.

