New driving service can
help you stay independent

The transition from family home to assisted living or a senior community was using DriverOnCall for transportation to visit family and friends in Flint
can be diﬃcult for many. Depending on others to cook your meals, do your and West Bloomﬁeld. Best of all, she could go where she wanted, when she
housework or most of all to drive you everywhere you need to go, may make wanted, simply by calling DriverOnCall.
you feel you’ve lost your independence. But DriverOnCall can help keep you
on the road—safely.
“I am never bored, I don’t know what boredom is,” said Linder. “I always have
something to do and somewhere to go. DriverOnCall gives me freedom.
Just ask Beatrice Linder, a vibrant and vigorous 91-year-old who lives at It allows me to do the things I love.”
Independence Village of East Lansing. A mother, grandmother and great-
grandmother, Linder values family and lives for her children who motivate her, That freedom is especially helpful when scheduling medical and dental
bring her happiness and help keep her active. She also loves spending time appointments. Linder, who recently had a heart attack, was able to easily
with friends for dinners, movies, lectures and other events.
make all of her cardio therapy appointments each week without having to
schedule them around her kids’ schedules. She even calls DriverOnCall to
“I love to go out on the town,” she said. “It keeps me young.”
assist when her car needs an oil change.

Two years ago, however, Linder had surgery that left her unable to drive at DriverOnCall has become a lifeline for Linder who appreciates how easy the
night. Suddenly, she found herself unable to keep commitments with friends service makes her life.
and family because she could not ﬁnd a driving service that was available
24/7. Her kids tried to accommodate her needs, but they had busy lives of “My life is simple,” said Linder. “I don’t clean, I don’t cook and when I need a ride,
their own.
I pick up the phone and that is done for me. If I didn’t have DriverOnCall
I would be stuck at home.”
“My kids wanted to help, but you don’t want to bother your kids everyday,
and I had hair and nail appointments, shopping and other things I had to Instead, she said she has drivers who are “well-trained, attentive and who help
get done,” she said.
(me) in and out of the car.”

One day, Linder’s daughter-in-law told her about a driving service she heard As one of DriverOnCall’s most valued customers, Linder admits she is very
of called DriverOnCall that oﬀered 24-hour-a-day service, providing licensed pleased with the growing relationship.
and insured drivers to transport you in your own vehicle wherever you need
to go. Both Linder and her children quickly found it to be the answer to their “Whatever life is going to be, it is going to be to the quality and standard
prayers; the perfect solution for providing the safe, friendly and aﬀordable I like, and that would not be possible without DriverOnCall.”
transportation Linder required to retain her freedom.
For more information, driveroncall.net or call 1-888-713-7483.
Linder began using DriverOnCall at least three times a week for salon
appointments, prescription pick-ups, grocery shopping and occasionally a
social event like dinner and a movie with friends on Saturday night. Soon she

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