For the elderly or infirm, exceptions can be made to allow them to leave the bus through the front door so they can use the "lowering steps".
But for the elderly and infirm, it can be a nightmare because they physically find it impossible to travel.
Mr. Ritz, whose department is responsible for food safety, had been the government's public face during the outbreak of listeriosis, a bacterial disease that can be fatal to the elderly or the infirm.
FOR adults with aging or infirm parents, determining what type of care their parents need can be a complicated, multilayered process.
PENCE: Because there is -- a society can be judged by how it deals with its most vulnerable, the aged, the infirm, the disabled, and the unborn.
"A society can be judged by how it deals with its most vulnerable: the aged, the infirm, the disabled and the unborn," Pence said Tuesday.
In the vice-presidential debate, Mike Pence spoke with sincerity about how "a society can be judged by how it deals with its most vulnerable - the aged, the infirm, the disabled and the unborn.
We should offer £750m for social care, so that more people can be assisted in their own homes and fewer hospital beds need be used for the infirm elderly not in need of immediate hospital treatment.
Still, Ms. Zap said, "If you are infirm, there are people in the community who can take care of you".
Housing officials are asking residents who are infirm or disabled to provide their medical information so the agency can share it with other city agencies to coordinate search rescue efforts; at least 900 have signed up so far, officials said.
