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We offer a variety of free or heavily subsidized services that empower Seniors and Persons with Disabilities to live independently, in their own homes. Most Northern Alameda county residents can use Wheelchair Rescue, for free roadside repairs if their device breaks down. As well as heavily subsidized Repairs on an as needed basis. Berkeley residents can call 24/7 for Emergency Caregiving if their Caregiver misses a shift, as well as take advantage of free help finding Caregivers with our Case Managers. Berkeley Residents can also use our Private Accessible Transportation Vans for rides in and around Berkeley.
Free Roadside Assistance and Affordable Repairs
If you rely on a Power Chair, Manual Chair, Walker or other assistive technology to maintain your mobility; you can count on our repair team to keep it working at home and on the go.
Wheelchair Rescue
Serving Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Castro Valley, Emeryville, Hayward, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, and Oakland
If your power chair, manual chair, or other assistive technology breaks down while you are out and about. Call us for a free Wheelchair Rescue. Our Repair Technicians will come to your location and attempt repairs on the spot. If they can't fix it right then and there, you get a free ride to a safe location and loaner chair while we take yours back to our repair shop for more comprehensive repair work.
Wheelchair Repair
Serving Berkeley, Emeryville, El Cerrito, Richmond, and Albany Residents
Preventative Maintenance helps ensure that you won't need to be rescued in the first place. Clients who live in cities we serve can schedule repairs for a low hourly copayment whenever they need them. Regardless of whether it's minor adjustments, joystick issues or a battery swap. Our team will keep your equipment running with our collection of donated parts that further offset repair costs.
Free and Funded by the Alameda County Transportation Comission
Thanks to funds generously made available by ACTC, we're able to offer roadside assistance free of charge.
Subsidized by The Cities of Berkeley, Emeryville and Donors like you
We're able to offer subsidized preventative maintenance thanks to funding from The Cities of Berkeley, Emeryville and donations from the community.
24/7 Emergency Caregivers and free Caregiver Matching
Berkeley Residents who rely on a Caregiver to remain mobile can call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week due to an unexpected lapse in care. You can also work with our Case Managers for free help finding your own full time care.
Emergency Caregiving
Serving Berkeley Residents
Caregivers are a necessity for the community we serve. In the event that one misses a shift, Berkeley Residents can count on our team of 24/7 emergency caregivers to cover an unexpected lapse in care. They're equipped to help with most urgent daily living activities when nobody else is available to do so.
Caregiver Matching
Serving Berkeley Residents
If our Berkeley clients are struggling to find reliable in home caregiving providers, our Case Managers are available during regular business hours to help our clients improve their in home support system. We'll help you place ads, interview, hire and manage caregivers. Empowering you to rely on us for service as little as possible.
Made Possible by Berkeley's Measure E
Our Emergency Attendant Care and Matching are primarily funded through Measure E, a ballot initiative passed by Berkeley voters in 1998. Measure E authorized a small property tax to finance essential services for severely physically disabled residents of Berkeley. This funding supports EDI’s emergency personal care, wheelchair repair, and accessible transportation services. Measure E remains the principal source of funding for EDI, enabling it to provide critical safety net services to the community.
Free Prescheduled and Paid Accessible Transportation
If you're a current member of Berkeley Rides for Seniors and the Disabled, you can use your vouchers to get door through door accessible transportation to medical appointments or vital errands.
Scheduled Accessible Rides
Serving Berkeley Residents
Berkeley residents can use Berkeley Rides for Seniors and the Disabled Vouchers to access our door-through-door, private, accessible van service. We can transport you to medical appointments and on essential errands. Rides must be booked at least 24 hours in advance to use BRSD Vouchers.
Emergency Accessible Rides
Serving Berkeley Residents
If you require last minute emergency transportation to a medical appointment or essential errand. You have the option of using our emergency rides service. Although we cannot guarantee availability and can't accept vouchers, we'll do our best to accommodate you when no other ride services are available to you.
Made Possible by Berkeley's Measure BB
Our pre-scheduled accessible transportation services are funded through the Berkeley Rides for Seniors and the Disabled (BRSD) program, backed by Berkeley's Measure BB sales tax revenues. For eligible Berkeley residents, BRSD provides free wheelchair van vouchers that you can use to pay for your rides with us.
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