FULTON – Now greater than ever many people are turning to the web for actions and errands we use to do in individual.
From medical appointments to staying in contact with family and friends, buying groceries and extra, the web is a crucial a part of our life. For those who shouldn’t have entry to the web these duties can pose a big problem.
Oswego County Alternatives acknowledges this truth and has launched an initiative that gives group members with entry to a confidential web room at its essential workplace at 239 Oneida St. in Fulton. OCO’s web room contains free use of an IPad and OCO visitor WiFi entry.
“OCO is devoted to implementing constructive change in our group,” mentioned OCO Government Director Diane Cooper-Currier. “We’re a vastly rural group and plenty of people want however shouldn’t have entry to dependable web. We need to present an area that’s accessible and welcoming for our group members to make use of. It’s our hope that the group will really feel welcome within the house and that this chance makes it simpler for them to entry dependable web connection.”
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic some of the vital points of web entry is the flexibility to make the most of telehealth appointments. Nevertheless due lack of equitable web entry in Oswego County and fewer healthcare specialists in our rural areas many residents are lacking out on the advantages of telehealth.
Working along side the NY StateWide Senior Motion Council (StateWide)’s Group Telehealth Entry Challenge, OCO has established a non-public web entry room the place group members can have web entry in a confidential setting.
“Our free web house is right for telehealth appointments, counseling classes, job interviews, court docket dates or another digital want,” Cooper-Currier mentioned. “We encourage group members to contact us to schedule time in our web entry room.”
OCO’s web entry room is on the market Monday via Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Area could also be reserved for an hour at a time and have to be scheduled at the least 48 hours upfront. Reservations embody entry to the room quarter-hour previous to the scheduled time to permit for time to organize and log in. People utilizing the room will comply with observe OCO’s present COVID-19 well being and security protocols.
To schedule a time interval contact OCO’s essential workplace at 315-598-4717 ext. 1000.
The Group Telehealth Entry Challenge is a program of New York StateWide Senior Motion Council, with funding and assist from the Well being Basis of Western and Central New York.
OCO, Inc is a non-public, non-profit company that has been supporting communities all through Oswego County since 1966. A member company of the United Means of Higher Oswego County, OCO supplies greater than 50 very important providers all through 100 separate areas. For extra data, go to www.oco.org. Do you know? It’s OCO!