Doctor’s Ambulance Service Offers Seniors Unable to Travel a Way Home For the Holidays

LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. - Dec. 3, 2013 - PRLog -- The holidays are a time when everyone thinks of home and being with family and friends. But for those with health or medical issues who are not living in their homes but in nursing homes or assisted-living facilities, the issue of how to get home or be with their family arises.

Some residents can’t get home during this time of year when family is so important. Many medical reasons can prevent relatives from transporting their loved ones from a facility to their home. In this case, an ambulance is not covered under insurance, and the cost sometimes cannot be covered by the family, and that’s not acceptable to David Sanford, Business Development Director of Doctor’s Ambulance, Orange County’s premier medical transportation company.

“A visit home during the holiday season could mean so much,” explains Sanford. “We can pick up at the nursing home or assisted living facility and get them to their families and back, allowing them to have a special and memorable family experience.”  Lesley Nichols, RN, BSN of Saddleback Coordinated Homecare explains why she thinks this program is so important: “Home for the Holidays allows patients to be with their families to share in the joy of the season and celebrate family traditions, surrounded by loved ones.”

Doctor’s Ambulance’s “Home for the Holidays” program has been extended to residents within the 11 cities that they serve: Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Irvine, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Juan Capistrano and Tustin.

If any residents would like to take advantage of the “Home for the Holidays” offer, you can call David Sanford directly to arrange a visit home. Professional emergency medical technicians will pick the resident up on the designated day, transport them to the chosen destination, and bring the resident back to the facility at the end of the visit.  This service is limited, must be within Orange County and must be scheduled in advance.

For more information, please call David Sanford at Doctor’s Ambulance directly at (949) 583-2204.

Doctor’s Ambulance has served the emergency medical transport needs of communities throughout South Orange County since 1974, proudly serving 11 cities as their exclusive 9-1-1 transportation provider. For more information about Doctor’s Ambulance, please visit their website, www.DoctorsAmbulance.com.