Reading Trust Fund Commissioners Offer New Program

A release from the Town of Reading:

READING, Ma. - The Town of Reading Trust Fund Commissioners are pleased to announce
the addition of a new service to the Reading Response Program. Beginning July 1, 2019, the
program will fund one day a week (or four times a month) of Adult Day Health Care for
qualifying Reading residents. The program will cover up to $75.00 of the daily cost for the three
centers which have been designated for this program. The centers are the Dutton Adult Day
Health Center in Wakefield, the Shapiro Center in Peabody and the Spectrum Center in North
Andover. This program is designed to meet the needs of Reading’s citizens who are aging at
home.

This program replaces a respite care program for the caregivers of Reading residents which
provided for a nurse’s aide to care for an ill person at home to relieve the caregiver. The new
program will serve that purpose as well as providing the client with health care and socialization
at a licensed Adult Day Health Care Center. Families will be responsible for arranging
transportation for the client.

Current programs will continue to be offered to qualifying Reading residents including
medical related transportation and Lifeline Medical Alert Systems. Transportation is by taxi or
chair car to area health facilities. Lifeline Medical Alert Systems clients with a means of
summoning help in the case of medical emergencies.

Funds for these programs are provided through trusts left to the Town by generous donors
for the health-related needs of qualifying Reading residents. The Board of Trust Fund
Commissions manages the funds and works to fulfill the provisions of the Trusts.

Please contact the Town of Reading Elder and Human Services Offices for further
information as follows: Case Manager Kerry Valle, 781-942-6659 or Nurse Advocate Alyse
Warren, 781-942-6693.