Promoting, establishing and preserving
sustainable communities for healthy
aging that benefit individuals and
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At JABA, our mission is to ensure that individuals and families live better. We believe that living as part of a community promotes healthy aging, so all JABA owned and run living options promote a sense of community. Whether you are seeking independent living or living with assistance, JABA continues to establish and preserve living communities that increase options for living better.
Living as an elder should be an enjoyable part of your life. Why not enjoy yourself as part of a community that learns, plays and works together? At JABA, we have designed our Community Centers and our Adult Care Centers to promote fun and fellowship.
JABA is all about lending support to seniors in need of assistance. Whether that includes basic information, case management, insurance counseling, home delivered meals — or any of the many other available services — we want you to think of JABA as a source of support for you or your loved ones. Most of our support is offered as a gift to those who cannot pay. See individual programs for more details.
JABA is able to do all that it does because of generous volunteers and donors. We value contributions of time as well as dollars and promise to put your talents and your donations to very good use.
In the past five years, government funding has diminished. Luckily, individual and corporate contributions have begun to rise. Your assistance is greatly appreciated and needed.
What’s good for us as we age is good for our entire community — from planning for neighborhood growth, to promoting local foods and collaborating for the best use of resources. This is the philosophy behind JABA’s mission, “to promote, establish and preserve sustainable communities for healthy aging that benefit individuals and families of all ages.”
Growing older is like visiting a new and sometimes frightening foreign country. JABA is that wonderful taxi driver who knows what to avoid and what not to miss, and how to keep the whole family involved, happy, and healthy on that long trip called aging. That's what this web site is all about. Go ahead and hail a cab!
Adult children often bring a parent to a JABA Community Center. Fannie Holmes comes with her mother. Retired seamstresses, the mother and daughter share a love of the good company and good food they find at JABA. Both are also regulars at their church. And, while the elder Fannie is a little hard of hearing, she can still read the fine print in her Bible. Not bad for having reached 100!
Growing older presents a range of physical challenges. JABA wants to help you find the right solutions. Whether you need increased safety in your bathroom, or assistance going up and down stairs, JABA and its sister company — My Home For Life —have identified available products that help you overcome your challenges.
Institutional chefs now have the help they need to incorporate locally grown food into their programs with a new DVD and guidebook from JABA.
The DVD--Meal Programs: Feeding a Crowd with Local Foods--gives a step-by-step, hands-on explanation of how to incorporate local foods into institutional menus. Will school lunches ever be the same!
To order a copy of either or both the DVD and guidebook, contact Judy Berger at 434-817-5234.
Want to continue your quality of life at home rather than in a nursing home? Get in on a pilot program offered through JABA: The Voice Your Choice Community Living Program, which provides you with a monthly spending account to pay for a menu of services. An Options Counselor will help you develop a customized plan. If you are over 65 years old, have an income at or about $2,000 per month and are likely to be denied Medicaid, contact the JABA Information & Assistance at 434-817-5222 for more information. You can also download a brochure here.
JABA volunteers are the heart of JABA so recently we surveyed 600 volunteers to evaluate how pleased they are with their experience. The results were extraordinary! 92.8% of those surveyed are satisfied or very satisfied with their volunteer experience. A general theme was that volunteers get back more than they give. For more information on how you can register to volunteer, go to the Volunteer Opportunities page or contact Martha Williams (434-817-5245). Martha can send you a full copy of the survey results or you can read a synopsis here.
Patrons of the Charlottesville's City Market no longer need cash to pay for their veggies because the market is now equipped for electronic balance transfer (EBT). Also SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) recipients can use their allotment to purchase local produce. Click here to find out more about how the EBT program works.
The OLLI office at UVA has announced a new partnership with JABA. OLLI members who provide 30 hours of documented community service through JABA will receive a $25 discount on OLLI tuition and JABA volunteers who are new to OLLI will receive a free course. To learn more, contact Martha Williams, JABA's Manager of Volunteer Services at 434-817-5245.
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