Beginning Tuesday, is bringing back a program that checks on the welfare of senior citizens 65 and older.
Wake County Sheriff Willie Rowe said the consists of a phone call every morning at 9 a.m.
鈥淸An] automated system will call each senior," Rowe said. 鈥淎nd you'll hear my voice asking you if you鈥檙e okay, and if you are, to press one, and hang up. And if you need assistance, call 911.鈥�
If there's no response, another call will be made to the senior citizen five minutes later. If there's still no answer, the senior's emergency contact will be called. A sheriff's deputy will then be dispatched to their residence, if that doesn't work.
Rowe said the wellness check will restart with 100 seniors for now, and will later grow. The original program was suspended during his predecessor Gerald Baker's term.
