The New Year Will Be Very Happy at Rapha Residential Care

The looming digital transition is quite confusing and stressful for many of us. The idea that everyone needs a digital converter box to be able to continue watching free local broadcasts on their analog TV means millions of Americans are now in the market for a new piece of technology – the digital converter box. This new product basically replaces your TV’s analog tuner enabling you to receive crystal clear digital broadcasts.

So now consumers are faced with the problem of choosing a converter box, a decision making process that has confused many. Which unit do I buy? What is the difference between them? What is analog pass-through? There are many questions being asked by consumers. The government has made an attempt to ease the cost of the digital transition on consumers’ wallets by providing up to two $40 coupons per household, since the new digital transition is mandatory. The task of acquiring these converted boxes is especially daunting for those who reside in assisted living facilities like Rapha Residential Care.

Rapha Residential Care is located in Gaston, South Carolina. It has been around since 1988, and it is the home of 92 residents. Rapha has three main areas, the Alzheimer’s unit (Dementia, or D-Hall) where the residents require hands-on care, the independent hall where attendants only help when needed, and the assisted hall where the attendants help with most day to day activities. Rapha Residential Care houses 45 residents in need of digital converter boxes, as well as five sitting areas where residents sit together and watch TV like a big family.

For Rapha to receive all the necessary coupons, they had to write the NTIA to receive a special form to apply for coupons for a Nursing home. Their application was eventually accepted and they were granted 50 DTV coupons. Keeping with the spirit of the holiday season, due to a generous donation by SolidSignal.com Rapha Residential Care was able to get 50 Sansonic FT-300A’s and their shipping cost for free.

The New Year marks the beginning of a new era of crystal clear reception for the recipients of the 50 converter boxes donated to Rapha Residential Care by Solid Signal. Now those residents are able to continue watching their favorite TV programs, and for some of those in the D Hall; continue their daily conversations with their televised, bed-side companions.


J.S.