April 28, 2025 • 15 mins
Trae Turner and Randy Hutchinson with the Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging explain about the Mobility Management program. Randy shares about the programs to help with travel training, Car-Fit, keeping active, socialization and mobility steps. You can learn more by going to AAA5Ohio.org or by calling 419-524-4144.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, we have two guests in the studio this
morning from the Ohio District five Area Agency on Aging.
You'll know one guy very well, former mayor of Ontario
now working with the Ohio District five Area Agency on Aging,
Randy Hutchinson, who has been in a new role since
last summer. As we're going to talk about mobility management
(00:24):
and he is in that role. Randy, First of all,
good morning, Great.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
To see you.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Usually usually you and I are over the phone. Good
to see your face. This funny.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Correct.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Yeah, all right, So as we talk about your title
mobility manager, and we're going to hear more from you,
but we're going to start to my right, and that
is Trey Turner, who also is with the Ohio District
five Area Agency on Aging. He is the chief of
Community Living and I know he handles various things. We'll
get into that, but we're going to talk about mobility management.
(00:52):
Good morning, Trey, thank you for coming in today.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
Hey, good morning, Aaron. Thanks for having.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Terrific So I'm excited because I remember when Randy transition
from mayor into this role, he was telling me he
was excited to help out with the Area.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Agency on Aging.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
So could you is this this kind of under your division, correct,
this mobility management program?
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Could you share with us you know what is this program? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (01:16):
Great, thanks Aaron. It's in a program that we're really
excited about. It's actually been around in Richland County and
really across the state for a number of years. It's
a program that's funded through a grant that is through
the High Department of Transportation. And actually it started at
the Regional Planning Commission is where it's been for a
number of years, and then just in January of twenty
(01:39):
twenty four, the work transitioned to the Area Agency on Aging,
which was just mutually agreed upon that it was a
great place to house the grant and position it for
really just future sustainability and opportunities to enhance it in
the county.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
So what actually goes on?
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I don't know if you or Randy would like to share,
but somebody here's mobile the management what actually I'm assuming
this has to do with transportation and things like that,
but what actually goes on here?
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Yeah, no, that's a great question. So yeah, I'll give
a little bit of an overview and then I'm going
to let Randy as the Mobility Manager, you know, dive
in a little bit deeper. But it is a program
that really builds awareness. So we focus on seniors sixty
five and over and also those with the disability of
any age. But really it's a resource to the entire county.
Even though it's housed at Airy Agency. You know, we're
(02:28):
a partner and a really an extension of mobility services
to connect people. So we're really building awareness of what
already exists because many times people just don't know, you know,
where to turn or what's available. But then also we
partner with other stakeholders, transportation providers, you know, local transit,
other resources and partners to really understand where there may
(02:51):
be gaps and where there might be opportunities to close
those gaps with some viable solutions.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
All right, So we're going to talk and learn more
about this with Randy Hutchinson. But again you are hearing
right there from Trey Turner, who is the chief of
Community Living with the Ohio District five Area Agency on
Aging as this program mobility Management is under his division.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
So Randy, as.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
We talk with you, and I will I will give
out the phone number that they gave me.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Randy's card.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
We talk about you being the mobility manager, explain, you know,
kind of about the program, and I'm just thinking about
somebody's you know, hearing transportation. You know, somebody is the
need of their senior. You mentioned maybe somebody with disabilities
that they're in need of a ride. Maybe there's a
doctor's appointment, maybe something's going on. Could you explain a
little bit what exactly goes on here.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Well, some of the goals of the program are to
increase understanding and awareness of community transportation needs. I'm out
in the community finding out what people need, what gaps
there are, and there are gaps, and then also increase
awareness of current community transportation options and programs. We have
a great Richard County transit in the county here covers
(03:59):
the city mass part of Lexington up through the Ontario,
so it's a great service. We've done a couple of
rides here this year. Just did a ride on Tuesday
with some seniors to show them how great the system
is and bring that awareness out in the community.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
You know, lady, as you bring that up, it's interesting,
there might be you know, somebody you mentioned a senior,
somebody is in need of transportation and.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
They don't know how it works.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
You mentioned it's important to show them, tell them that, hey,
you know you need this. There are services available because
there are people probably just don't know. Hey, if I
need a ride, if I do this, I can make
it happen.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Right.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Yes, with the Richmond County Transit, you can cover the
whole city of Mansfield, come out to Ontario on it.
You know, out to Kroger's on Ashan Road, so it
covers a very large area. And if you live close
to a bus stuff or have access to a bus stuff,
it's a great way to get around town and very
reasonable compared to owning your own car and insurance and everything.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Yeah, you talk about cost of everything going up, cars
and everything. You got it. We are talking today again
with the Ohio District five Area Agency on Aging. If
you want to learn more about this program, I'll share
this now and we'll share it again later. You can
go online to their website. They have a terrific website
at AAA the number five Ohio dot org. So AAA
(05:18):
number five Ohio dot org and Randy Hutchinson. I'll give
you the direct line you want to call, maybe leave
a voicemail you want more information that number is five
six seven two four seven sixty four eighty three again
five six seven two four seven six four eight three.
Randy Hutchinson Trey Turner with us from the Ohio District
(05:41):
five Area Agency on Agent Well, I have you guys
for just a few more minutes. We talk about mobility management.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Randy.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
You know you talked about informing people, letting them know
you talk with it with a lot of people in
the community and making sure everybody's needs are met. Talk
about you mentioned some of the programs you work with
with with a lot of different people looking. I can
hear you mentioned transit, but you're going to share some
of the programs offered then, correct.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Yes, The main thing I do is try to get
out in the community where seniors are at go to
different senior centers, different events, different lunches, just to get
out dam and be accessible for all the seniors and
some of the things we're doing. One thing we're doing
is the Mobility Steps I call it at the Ontario Center,
the former original Mall. We do that twice a month
(06:26):
and while also doing a few steps events to Osue campus.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
You talk about people being active, You talk about you know,
socializing and things like that. You know, I chat with
the doctor, we have him usually on once a month,
and he talks about how important your mental health is,
you know, dealing with the pandemic and you know all those.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Kind of things.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Randy, it's very important, you know, to get out, socialized,
be active, all of that. Right.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Well, that's a big thing. The reason I started the
walks was to get people not only the exercise, but
to get to socialization. Talk to different people, get out
of the house, get moving. I've had some people come
up to me and say they never have exercised really before.
They're coming out doing that. They enjoy it because they
can talk to people and walk in a nice climate.
Just try to get people out and see the county
(07:10):
and enjoy the walk along with the socialization.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Yeah, terrific.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Now I was reading here in some of the notes
that su Montgomery provided to us from the Ohio District
five Area Agency on aging.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Can you talk about car Fit? I saw that. Now
people may what's what's going on there? You help them?
I'm assuming something to do with the car, I guess.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Yeah. Car Fit is brand new to the area here.
Car Fit is we don't inspect a car. We don't
inspect you judge if you can drive or not. It's
actually fitting you to the car. We have you sit
in the car, check blind spots, check your mirrors, your
turn signals to make sure you're safe in the car.
The car fits you and airbag deployment, turn signals, everything
(07:54):
involving the car.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
That should be for everybody.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Right, you think about your car and your safety, you
know all that tell you, yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Look at that all the time. Just being aware of
how your car operates, especially if you got a newer car,
all the new things going to call.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Those bells and whistles.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Yeah, how your seat belt should be adjusted. It covers
everything safety wise. We don't inspect you to the car.
We fit you to the car not. We're not telling
you you can drive or not. So we're gonna have
some events, a couple of events throughout the year.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
We're gonna give Randy's information one more time before I do,
and I got one quick question for Trey Turner before
I let him go again. Randy Hutchinson, his title is
Mobility Manager with the Ohio District five Area Agency on Aging.
We're talking about the mobility management program.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
This morning.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
You talked about RCT Wrestling County Transit. I saw in
their travel training you share with us about that. Is
that just kind of informing them, you know, the bus
goes here to that kind of thing.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Yeah, Richmond County trans had already been doing that for years.
Anybody that's new to the bus, they'll go through a
whole program with them to make sure they understand bus stops,
the timing, everything like that. I'm off and also I've
done some basic travel training to some people that like
riding a bus. We've done some bus rides to just
show them a little bit about it. But then if
they want, you know, full scale, they can get all
(09:11):
rich and kind of transit to get that so you're
comfortable when you do ride the bus.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Narani, I'm gonna give your phone number again in the
website before I let you go. But if somebody does
want to reach out, they want to talk to you,
they have a specific question.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
You mentioned. You go out and meet with a lot
of people.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
You'd love to be able to help somebody out here
in the community, senior, somebody maybe who has a disability,
they're having an issue, maybe you know of getting around
that kind of thing. You'd love for them to reach
out so you could actually talk to them and get
them in connection with the right people.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Right, yes, call me, stop in whatever, email me. The
website has a link to mobility Management. We have a
transportation resource guide on there which they can find out
local companies that do offer transportation. Well, we do schedule
some transportation. We did some transportation for some vaccination clinics,
(09:59):
so can continue that. Somebody need to get somewhere, we
can get the transportation arranged for them, but just give
us a call take care.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Of It's terrific you guys offer that because there is
just people who are like I don't know, and we're
gonna talk to Trey here as we wrap it up,
but they don't know who to turn to. You know,
they have a question. So this is terrific information. This morning,
we'll give you Randy's information again. He is the mobility
manager and his direct line. You can leave a voicemail.
Maybe you'll catch him in the office live on the phone.
If not, he'll call you back. His phone number is
(10:29):
five six seven two four seven sixty four eighty three.
That's five six seven two four seven six four eight three.
The website, you can find all this great information. They
mentioned they have a great direct link. It's a AA
the number five Ohio dot org. So AAA the number
five Ohio dot org. As we wrap it up, we
(10:52):
talk about mobility management and under his division is Trey Turner,
who is the chief of Community Living Program. Because I mentioned,
I'll let you just talk about it and I'll have
one more question.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
For you before I let you go.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
But it's just the point of sometimes people don't know
who to turn to if they're having an issue with transportation,
and that is so important right now, You're.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Right, Aaron.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
I think that's one of the things as an area
agency locally that we take a lot of pride in
as being a trusted source of information and just be
in a place that if people don't know where to start,
you know, call We have some you know, highly experienced
and trained navigators that answer the phone at our front
door that can get people connected with the right resource.
You know. One of the things that I was going
to mention is Randy was sharing it did such a
(11:34):
great job about the impacts of the program with mobility management.
You know. One of the things that I didn't want
to fail to mention is the intention of just not
duplicating services. I think that there's so many great organizations
in Richland County where blessed with transportation services. And you know,
it's the understanding of you know, getting the person to
the right place at the right time. And that's one
(11:55):
of the things that Randy brings to the table is
you know, being able to tie to that person and
understand are they already enrolled in a program, are there
benefits that they already get that maybe they're not aware of.
Are there things that maybe aren't offered in that program
that we can connect them with a mobility resource. I
think that's so important because we're all working under different
you know, federal, state, and local funding. That's all, you know,
(12:16):
we want to be good stewards and so I think
that's one of the things about the program that we're
really intentional, is just making sure that we're not duplicating
services that already exist and getting people to the right
place at the right time. So he's doing a great job.
I was loving, you know, listening to him also talk
about mobility is more than just driving a car, riding transit.
It's really walking, it's riding a bike. And so I
(12:37):
think we've got some innovative things that he's working on
that we're really excited to talk about into the future.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Yeah, head to the website we mentioned and get more information,
get involved in some of the things Randy was talking about.
Talk to him, talk to the people at the Ohio
District five Area Agency on aging trade. I know we're
out of time and you got to go, but anything
you want to share in terms of you being the
chief of Community Living and I know that, well, there's
a lot that you guys offer. Anything going on now
(13:03):
specifically that you want to highlight here.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Sure, so you know under the division.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
The easiest way to think about what we do out
of community living is really a lot of our non
Medicaid funded services and programs. So you know, we're doing
evidence based wellness programs. We have in home care coordination
services that allow individuals to get you know, home delivered meals, transportation,
personal care, homemaking, We're doing caregiver support. There's just a
lot of different services and programs that we offer under
(13:29):
non Medicaid funding that allows again individuals to say safe
and independent in the community for as long as possible.
And so that's really what our goal is at the
agency with these programs that we do out of my division.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
And if they want more information on other programs, same
website that I'm going to give here, right, they find
all of it at your website, correct, correct.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
Yep, go to the website.
Speaker 4 (13:49):
You can get connected with our front door navigators and
our team to be able to you know, really just
understand what your needs are and get you connected not
only with short term options, but those long term solutions
that will help you be successful in the community.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
All right, terrific.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
More information go online. Ohio District five Area Agency on
Aging and that is AAA the number five Ohio dot org.
If you want direct line to talk about transportation mobility
management Randy Hutchinson's number five six seven two four seven
sixty four eighty three. Remember, the Ohio District five Area
Agency on Aging covers a wide swath in the region.
(14:27):
You guys cover nine counties in total. I know we're
talking right here. You guys are in the studio with
us this morning in Richland County, but overall with a
lot of their programs Ashland, Crawford here on Knox, maryon
Morrow here in Richland, Seneca and Wine Dot Counties. Again,
Trey Turner, Chief of Community Living with the Ohio District
five Area Agency on aging. Randy Hutchinson, former mayor, probably
(14:48):
still gets called mayor. He is the mobility manager. Thanks
guys for coming in. Great to share the information. Randy,
something else you want to share?
Speaker 3 (14:55):
Yeah, just to share that. This is an ode on
how Department Transportation and funded program. There's like seventy eight counties.
There's a mobility manager in and five regional coordinators. Former
Richmond County mobility manager Lindsay Martin is now the regional
coordinator I think seven counties, so we all work together,
but there are other mobility managers allowed to stay. I'm
(15:18):
strictly Richland County, but I just wanted to mention.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
All right, terrific and you thank O doubt a high
Department of Transportation and grant and being in all the
other partners I know in the region. Trey Turner, Randy Hutchinson,
thank you guys for all the great work you're doing.
Thanks for coming in and sharing this morning.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (15:33):
I appreciate you highlighting the program.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
Thank you
All right, we have two guests in the studio this
morning from the Ohio District five Area Agency on Aging.
You'll know one guy very well, former mayor of Ontario
now working with the Ohio District five Area Agency on Aging,
Randy Hutchinson, who has been in a new role since
last summer. As we're going to talk about mobility management
(00:24):
and he is in that role. Randy, First of all,
good morning, Great.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
To see you.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Usually usually you and I are over the phone. Good
to see your face. This funny.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Correct.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Yeah, all right, So as we talk about your title
mobility manager, and we're going to hear more from you,
but we're going to start to my right, and that
is Trey Turner, who also is with the Ohio District
five Area Agency on Aging. He is the chief of
Community Living and I know he handles various things. We'll
get into that, but we're going to talk about mobility management.
(00:52):
Good morning, Trey, thank you for coming in today.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
Hey, good morning, Aaron. Thanks for having.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Terrific So I'm excited because I remember when Randy transition
from mayor into this role, he was telling me he
was excited to help out with the Area.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Agency on Aging.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
So could you is this this kind of under your division, correct,
this mobility management program?
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Could you share with us you know what is this program? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (01:16):
Great, thanks Aaron. It's in a program that we're really
excited about. It's actually been around in Richland County and
really across the state for a number of years. It's
a program that's funded through a grant that is through
the High Department of Transportation. And actually it started at
the Regional Planning Commission is where it's been for a
number of years, and then just in January of twenty
(01:39):
twenty four, the work transitioned to the Area Agency on Aging,
which was just mutually agreed upon that it was a
great place to house the grant and position it for
really just future sustainability and opportunities to enhance it in
the county.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
So what actually goes on?
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I don't know if you or Randy would like to share,
but somebody here's mobile the management what actually I'm assuming
this has to do with transportation and things like that,
but what actually goes on here?
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Yeah, no, that's a great question. So yeah, I'll give
a little bit of an overview and then I'm going
to let Randy as the Mobility Manager, you know, dive
in a little bit deeper. But it is a program
that really builds awareness. So we focus on seniors sixty
five and over and also those with the disability of
any age. But really it's a resource to the entire county.
Even though it's housed at Airy Agency. You know, we're
(02:28):
a partner and a really an extension of mobility services
to connect people. So we're really building awareness of what
already exists because many times people just don't know, you know,
where to turn or what's available. But then also we
partner with other stakeholders, transportation providers, you know, local transit,
other resources and partners to really understand where there may
(02:51):
be gaps and where there might be opportunities to close
those gaps with some viable solutions.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
All right, So we're going to talk and learn more
about this with Randy Hutchinson. But again you are hearing
right there from Trey Turner, who is the chief of
Community Living with the Ohio District five Area Agency on
Aging as this program mobility Management is under his division.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
So Randy, as.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
We talk with you, and I will I will give
out the phone number that they gave me.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Randy's card.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
We talk about you being the mobility manager, explain, you know,
kind of about the program, and I'm just thinking about
somebody's you know, hearing transportation. You know, somebody is the
need of their senior. You mentioned maybe somebody with disabilities
that they're in need of a ride. Maybe there's a
doctor's appointment, maybe something's going on. Could you explain a
little bit what exactly goes on here.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Well, some of the goals of the program are to
increase understanding and awareness of community transportation needs. I'm out
in the community finding out what people need, what gaps
there are, and there are gaps, and then also increase
awareness of current community transportation options and programs. We have
a great Richard County transit in the county here covers
(03:59):
the city mass part of Lexington up through the Ontario,
so it's a great service. We've done a couple of
rides here this year. Just did a ride on Tuesday
with some seniors to show them how great the system
is and bring that awareness out in the community.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
You know, lady, as you bring that up, it's interesting,
there might be you know, somebody you mentioned a senior,
somebody is in need of transportation and.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
They don't know how it works.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
You mentioned it's important to show them, tell them that, hey,
you know you need this. There are services available because
there are people probably just don't know. Hey, if I
need a ride, if I do this, I can make
it happen.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Right.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Yes, with the Richmond County Transit, you can cover the
whole city of Mansfield, come out to Ontario on it.
You know, out to Kroger's on Ashan Road, so it
covers a very large area. And if you live close
to a bus stuff or have access to a bus stuff,
it's a great way to get around town and very
reasonable compared to owning your own car and insurance and everything.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Yeah, you talk about cost of everything going up, cars
and everything. You got it. We are talking today again
with the Ohio District five Area Agency on Aging. If
you want to learn more about this program, I'll share
this now and we'll share it again later. You can
go online to their website. They have a terrific website
at AAA the number five Ohio dot org. So AAA
(05:18):
number five Ohio dot org and Randy Hutchinson. I'll give
you the direct line you want to call, maybe leave
a voicemail you want more information that number is five
six seven two four seven sixty four eighty three again
five six seven two four seven six four eight three.
Randy Hutchinson Trey Turner with us from the Ohio District
(05:41):
five Area Agency on Agent Well, I have you guys
for just a few more minutes. We talk about mobility management.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Randy.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
You know you talked about informing people, letting them know
you talk with it with a lot of people in
the community and making sure everybody's needs are met. Talk
about you mentioned some of the programs you work with
with with a lot of different people looking. I can
hear you mentioned transit, but you're going to share some
of the programs offered then, correct.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
Yes, The main thing I do is try to get
out in the community where seniors are at go to
different senior centers, different events, different lunches, just to get
out dam and be accessible for all the seniors and
some of the things we're doing. One thing we're doing
is the Mobility Steps I call it at the Ontario Center,
the former original Mall. We do that twice a month
(06:26):
and while also doing a few steps events to Osue campus.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
You talk about people being active, You talk about you know,
socializing and things like that. You know, I chat with
the doctor, we have him usually on once a month,
and he talks about how important your mental health is,
you know, dealing with the pandemic and you know all those.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Kind of things.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Randy, it's very important, you know, to get out, socialized,
be active, all of that. Right.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
Well, that's a big thing. The reason I started the
walks was to get people not only the exercise, but
to get to socialization. Talk to different people, get out
of the house, get moving. I've had some people come
up to me and say they never have exercised really before.
They're coming out doing that. They enjoy it because they
can talk to people and walk in a nice climate.
Just try to get people out and see the county
(07:10):
and enjoy the walk along with the socialization.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Yeah, terrific.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Now I was reading here in some of the notes
that su Montgomery provided to us from the Ohio District
five Area Agency on aging.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Can you talk about car Fit? I saw that. Now
people may what's what's going on there? You help them?
I'm assuming something to do with the car, I guess.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Yeah. Car Fit is brand new to the area here.
Car Fit is we don't inspect a car. We don't
inspect you judge if you can drive or not. It's
actually fitting you to the car. We have you sit
in the car, check blind spots, check your mirrors, your
turn signals to make sure you're safe in the car.
The car fits you and airbag deployment, turn signals, everything
(07:54):
involving the car.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
That should be for everybody.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Right, you think about your car and your safety, you
know all that tell you, yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Look at that all the time. Just being aware of
how your car operates, especially if you got a newer car,
all the new things going to call.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Those bells and whistles.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Yeah, how your seat belt should be adjusted. It covers
everything safety wise. We don't inspect you to the car.
We fit you to the car not. We're not telling
you you can drive or not. So we're gonna have
some events, a couple of events throughout the year.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
We're gonna give Randy's information one more time before I do,
and I got one quick question for Trey Turner before
I let him go again. Randy Hutchinson, his title is
Mobility Manager with the Ohio District five Area Agency on Aging.
We're talking about the mobility management program.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
This morning.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
You talked about RCT Wrestling County Transit. I saw in
their travel training you share with us about that. Is
that just kind of informing them, you know, the bus
goes here to that kind of thing.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Yeah, Richmond County trans had already been doing that for years.
Anybody that's new to the bus, they'll go through a
whole program with them to make sure they understand bus stops,
the timing, everything like that. I'm off and also I've
done some basic travel training to some people that like
riding a bus. We've done some bus rides to just
show them a little bit about it. But then if
they want, you know, full scale, they can get all
(09:11):
rich and kind of transit to get that so you're
comfortable when you do ride the bus.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Narani, I'm gonna give your phone number again in the
website before I let you go. But if somebody does
want to reach out, they want to talk to you,
they have a specific question.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
You mentioned. You go out and meet with a lot
of people.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
You'd love to be able to help somebody out here
in the community, senior, somebody maybe who has a disability,
they're having an issue, maybe you know of getting around
that kind of thing. You'd love for them to reach
out so you could actually talk to them and get
them in connection with the right people.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Right, yes, call me, stop in whatever, email me. The
website has a link to mobility Management. We have a
transportation resource guide on there which they can find out
local companies that do offer transportation. Well, we do schedule
some transportation. We did some transportation for some vaccination clinics,
(09:59):
so can continue that. Somebody need to get somewhere, we
can get the transportation arranged for them, but just give
us a call take care.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Of It's terrific you guys offer that because there is
just people who are like I don't know, and we're
gonna talk to Trey here as we wrap it up,
but they don't know who to turn to. You know,
they have a question. So this is terrific information. This morning,
we'll give you Randy's information again. He is the mobility
manager and his direct line. You can leave a voicemail.
Maybe you'll catch him in the office live on the phone.
If not, he'll call you back. His phone number is
(10:29):
five six seven two four seven sixty four eighty three.
That's five six seven two four seven six four eight three.
The website, you can find all this great information. They
mentioned they have a great direct link. It's a AA
the number five Ohio dot org. So AAA the number
five Ohio dot org. As we wrap it up, we
(10:52):
talk about mobility management and under his division is Trey Turner,
who is the chief of Community Living Program. Because I mentioned,
I'll let you just talk about it and I'll have
one more question.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
For you before I let you go.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
But it's just the point of sometimes people don't know
who to turn to if they're having an issue with transportation,
and that is so important right now, You're.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Right, Aaron.
Speaker 4 (11:13):
I think that's one of the things as an area
agency locally that we take a lot of pride in
as being a trusted source of information and just be
in a place that if people don't know where to start,
you know, call We have some you know, highly experienced
and trained navigators that answer the phone at our front
door that can get people connected with the right resource.
You know. One of the things that I was going
to mention is Randy was sharing it did such a
(11:34):
great job about the impacts of the program with mobility management.
You know. One of the things that I didn't want
to fail to mention is the intention of just not
duplicating services. I think that there's so many great organizations
in Richland County where blessed with transportation services. And you know,
it's the understanding of you know, getting the person to
the right place at the right time. And that's one
(11:55):
of the things that Randy brings to the table is
you know, being able to tie to that person and
understand are they already enrolled in a program, are there
benefits that they already get that maybe they're not aware of.
Are there things that maybe aren't offered in that program
that we can connect them with a mobility resource. I
think that's so important because we're all working under different
you know, federal, state, and local funding. That's all, you know,
(12:16):
we want to be good stewards and so I think
that's one of the things about the program that we're
really intentional, is just making sure that we're not duplicating
services that already exist and getting people to the right
place at the right time. So he's doing a great job.
I was loving, you know, listening to him also talk
about mobility is more than just driving a car, riding transit.
It's really walking, it's riding a bike. And so I
(12:37):
think we've got some innovative things that he's working on
that we're really excited to talk about into the future.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Yeah, head to the website we mentioned and get more information,
get involved in some of the things Randy was talking about.
Talk to him, talk to the people at the Ohio
District five Area Agency on aging trade. I know we're
out of time and you got to go, but anything
you want to share in terms of you being the
chief of Community Living and I know that, well, there's
a lot that you guys offer. Anything going on now
(13:03):
specifically that you want to highlight here.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Sure, so you know under the division.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
The easiest way to think about what we do out
of community living is really a lot of our non
Medicaid funded services and programs. So you know, we're doing
evidence based wellness programs. We have in home care coordination
services that allow individuals to get you know, home delivered meals, transportation,
personal care, homemaking, We're doing caregiver support. There's just a
lot of different services and programs that we offer under
(13:29):
non Medicaid funding that allows again individuals to say safe
and independent in the community for as long as possible.
And so that's really what our goal is at the
agency with these programs that we do out of my division.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
And if they want more information on other programs, same
website that I'm going to give here, right, they find
all of it at your website, correct, correct.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
Yep, go to the website.
Speaker 4 (13:49):
You can get connected with our front door navigators and
our team to be able to you know, really just
understand what your needs are and get you connected not
only with short term options, but those long term solutions
that will help you be successful in the community.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
All right, terrific.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
More information go online. Ohio District five Area Agency on
Aging and that is AAA the number five Ohio dot org.
If you want direct line to talk about transportation mobility
management Randy Hutchinson's number five six seven two four seven
sixty four eighty three. Remember, the Ohio District five Area
Agency on Aging covers a wide swath in the region.
(14:27):
You guys cover nine counties in total. I know we're
talking right here. You guys are in the studio with
us this morning in Richland County, but overall with a
lot of their programs Ashland, Crawford here on Knox, maryon
Morrow here in Richland, Seneca and Wine Dot Counties. Again,
Trey Turner, Chief of Community Living with the Ohio District
five Area Agency on aging. Randy Hutchinson, former mayor, probably
(14:48):
still gets called mayor. He is the mobility manager. Thanks
guys for coming in. Great to share the information. Randy,
something else you want to share?
Speaker 3 (14:55):
Yeah, just to share that. This is an ode on
how Department Transportation and funded program. There's like seventy eight counties.
There's a mobility manager in and five regional coordinators. Former
Richmond County mobility manager Lindsay Martin is now the regional
coordinator I think seven counties, so we all work together,
but there are other mobility managers allowed to stay. I'm
(15:18):
strictly Richland County, but I just wanted to mention.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
All right, terrific and you thank O doubt a high
Department of Transportation and grant and being in all the
other partners I know in the region. Trey Turner, Randy Hutchinson,
thank you guys for all the great work you're doing.
Thanks for coming in and sharing this morning.
Speaker 2 (15:33):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (15:33):
I appreciate you highlighting the program.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
Thank you
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