WEATHER ALERT DAY

Sunday Afternoon and Evening ... Scattered intense thunderstorms are expected, some severe. Large hail, high winds and the potential for isolated tornadoes will be the main threats. Locally heavy is rain also possible with these storms.
Reporter: Morgan Downing Email

TCOG accepts $100k for Grayson Co. elderly health care

SHERMAN, TX -- More than 1,200 area senior citizens will soon be able to get more medical help.

The TCOG governing board accepted a $100,000 grant tonight for the Area Agency on Aging Care Coordination Program.

The program provides registered nurses to elderly residents in Cooke, Grayson and Fannin Counties, who are homebound and unable to care for themselves. More than 1,200 elderly receive assistance in Grayson county alone.

"There's a great need right now especially in the area of dental services. Because so many seniors do not have coverage and Medicare does not cover any sort of, or provide for dental services," TCOG Aging Services Director, Karen Bray, said.

The grant will go towards dental expenses, hearing aids and glasses for those in the Grayson County.


Comments are posted from viewers like you and do not always reflect the views of this station.
powered by Disqus

Gray Television, Inc. - Copyright © 2002-2013

Designed by Gray Digital Media