BATON ROUGE — A new program will provide East Baton Rouge seniors with free on-demand bus rides to a clinic, the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging announced on Wednesday.
The program, Lotus Care Transit, is being launched by EBRCOA, CareSouth and Capital Area Transit System and will begin Monday.
To qualify for the program, riders must be at least 60 years old, reside in East Baton Rouge Parish and be homebound or living with a disability in an underserved community. Eligible seniors will be picked up directly from their home and brought to the CareSouth Geriatric Clinic at Lotus Village…