Health Care Community Names Nursing Assistants of 2011

July 01, 2011

Media Contact: Elyse Thierry
(434) 817-5236
ethierry@jabacares.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY NAMES NURSING ASSISTANT OF THE YEAR IN FIVE CATEGORIES

Charlottesville, VA— “Helping, Sharing, Always Caring” was the theme for 230 nursing assistants and their supporters at the 14th Annual Nursing Assistant Recognition on the evening of June 14.

The highlight of the evening was the presentation of Nursing Assistant of the Year awards in five categories: Acute Care, Long-Term Care, Assisted Living, Home Health/Community Care and Companion/Sitter.

Nominees and winners were:

Acute Care:
• Winner: Maricar Castaneda, University Of Virginia Hospital (UVa), 3 Central
Nominees:
• Kristen Crummette, UVa, 4 West
• Diane Emerson, UVa, TCVPO
• Becky Horton, UVa, East
• Nicole Miller, UVa, 5 West
• Michelle Shiflett, UVa, 8 West
• Elizabeth Smith, CCU
• Shirley Steppe, UVa, 5 Central

Assisted Living Care:
Winner: Janet Seal, Mountainside Senior Living
Nominees:
• Ashley Pappaconstaninou, Rosewood Village Innovations Unit
• Genetta Wells, Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge 

Community Care/Home Health:
Winner: Naomi Blakey, Orange Internal Medicine, UVa
Nominees:
• Threasa Beverly, Interim Healthcare
• Aaron Bunch, Interim Healthcare
• Linda Critzer, JABA Adult Care Center
• Trisha Frazier, Continuum Home Health Care
• Tracy Madison, Legacy Hospice
• Terry Minor, UVa Plastic Surgery

Companion Care:
Winner: Don Perfetti, UVa Staffing Resource Office
Nominee:
• Sarah Moore, Home Instead Senior Care

Nursing Home Care:
Winner: Clara Frazier, Golden Living
Nominees:
• Carolyn Banks, The Laurels of Charlottesville
• Janice Leathers, Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge
• Maurice Reed, Our Lady of Peace
• Margot Rose Trinity Mission of Charlottesville
• Brenda Washington, Charlottesville Health and Rehabilitation

A subcommittee of JABA’s Ethics Committee selected the winners using an anonymous and blind process.

Volunteering their time and talents to make the evening special were: guest speaker Chaplain Evangeline Calland, MTS; master of ceremonies J. T. Hall, RN UVA Health System, singer Peyton James, and the event committee: JoDean Chisholm, Cheryl Cooper, Beth Hochstetler, Marian Lawson and Cindy Southard. For the third consecutive year, the event was held at the Holiday Inn University Area, which donated half of the evening’s cost.

Co-sponsors with JABA for this year’s event were:
 Care Advantage Plus
 Charlottesville Health and Rehabilitation
 Golden Living - The Cedars
 Heritage Inn
 Home Instead Senior Care
 Louisa Health Care Center
 Legacy Hospice
 Mountainside Senior Living
 Our Lady of Peace
 Rosewood Village
 Rosewood Village Hollymeade
 The Laurels of Charlottesville
 Trinity Mission
 UVa Health Services
 UVA Health Services Foundation
 Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge

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For more information on this event or JABA, as well as answers to the full range of aging related questions, contact JABA at (434) 817-5222 or visit the Web site www.jabacares.org.

JABA (the Jefferson Area Board for Aging) serves the city of Charlottesville, and the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa and Nelson. JABA cares about all aspects of senior and intergenerational welfare. The nonprofit organization works to promote, establish and preserve sustainable communities for healthy aging that benefit individuals and families of all ages.


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