Description:
An emergency response system for people over age 60 and people with disabilities (must reside in Green Bay) in which a label is placed in a person's mailbox. The label tells the mail carrier to watch the mailbox daily for uncollected mail. If the mail is not collected, the ADRC is contacted & an ADRC staff member will try to contact the person.
Carrier Alert is a cooperative community service program to monitor the well- being of elderly and disabled mail patrons. As one of the few—and some days only—point of human contact for home-bound patrons, letter carriers are particularly attuned to signs that could mean an accident or illness. Carrier Alert, begun in 1982, is a system to tap into that sensitivity.
When a volunteer carrier notes something unusual concerning a patron registered with Carrier Alert, he or she reports it to a postal supervisor or other designated individual who in turn contacts the sponsoring local agency. They check on the person and if something's wrong, contact family, police or emergency services as appropriate.