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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.
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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.”
Health Care Community to Honor Nursing Assistants
June 14, 2010
Press Contact: Elyse Thierry
(434) 817-5236
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY TO HONOR NURSING ASSISTANTS
Record number sign on to honor the healing power of nursing assistants.
Charlottesville, VA —- “Helping People –- Touching Lives” will be the theme for 250 nursing assistants and their supporters Tuesday, June 15 at the 13th Annual Nursing Assistant Recognition. The celebration takes place 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Holiday Inn University Area, 1901 Emmet Street North, Charlottesville 22901.
Highlighting this year’s program will be 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.
“Nursing assistants are the frontline of patient care,” says Gordon Walker, CEO, JABA. “They can provide the majority of the day-to-day care and deserve to be recognized for the value of their time and professionalism. All of us at JABA are proud to again work with other health-care organizations to put together this program.”
Co-sponsors with JABA for this year’s event are:
- Care Advantage Plus
- Charlottesville Health and Rehabilitation
- Golden Living – The Cedars
- Home Instead Senior Care
- Louisa Health Care Center
- Legacy Hospice
- Martha Jefferson Hospital
- Mountainside Senior Living
- Our Lady of Peace
- Rosewood Village
- Rosewood Village Hollymead
- The Laurels of Charlottesville
- Trinity Mission
- UVa Health Services
- UVA Health Services Foundation
- Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge
“We’re extremely pleased to once again have the support of the Holiday Inn University Area,” says Beth Hochstetler, a JABA Long-Term Care Ombudsman. “Thanks in large part to the Holiday Inn, last year’s event was an evening to remember for everyone involved. And, this year, we have a record of 250 attendees registered. The evening would not be the same with out the hotel’s generosity.”
On the program this year will be guest speaker Minister Savola “Butter” Monroe, BSN, M.Div, with Peggy Scott, RN as the master of ceremonies. Just Us, an a-cappella group of eight singers, will provide the entertainment.
For 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.
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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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- 674 Hillsdale Drive, Suite 9
- Charlottesville, VA 22901
- Email:
- jabacares@gmail.com
- Phone:
- (434) 817-5222
- Fax:
- (434) 817-5230
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