Regal Rexnard, Chesapeake Housing Mission, ramp up hope in Cambridge

Cambridge resident Ben Parks, 76, a Hooper’s Island native, was raised to do things for himself.

But medical issues have left him less steady than steady on his feet, unable to safely navigate the front steps to his Nathans Street home.

For the past four months, Parks has been homebound, receiving medical care via telehealth appointments and receiving daily visits from his son who stops in on his way to work.