Live
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 affordable living communities that increase options for living better.
Enjoy
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.
Support
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.
Give
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.
Learn
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.”
LOCAL MEDICARE D SUBSCRIBERS MAY NOT BE COVERED
July 21, 2009
Press Contact: Elyse Thierry
(434) 817-5236
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOME LOCAL MEDICARE D SUBSCRIBERS MAY NOT BE COVERED
JABA offers help to affected subscribers during Special Enrollment Period
Charlottesville, VA—- Recently, WellPoint, the parent drug company for all Anthem Medicare Advantage and Part D drug plans, disclosed that approximately 4,600 beneficiaries who had enrolled with WellPoint at the end of last year had not been properly informed that their plan was being terminated in 2009. As a result, these individuals are currently not covered. However, they are eligible for a special enrollment period (SEP) allowing them to enroll in another health plan or prescription drug plan. Beneficiaries eligible for the SEP were sent a letter from Medicare shortly after July 6, 2009 informing them of the situation.
“In our region these policies were sold under names SmartValue Classic and SmartValue Plus,” explains Phyllis Payne, Health Insurance Specialist with the Virginia Insurance Counseling & Assistance Program (VICAP) at JABA. “The special enrollment period is limited to July, August and September 2009. This makes it important that anyone receiving a letter should call us immediately, so we can help them with the process and get them enrolled in something different during this limited period.”
Medicare is urging affected subscribers to keep the letter informing them of their eligibility for special enrollment as proof their right to enroll in a new plan.
For details on the SEP contact 1-800 MEDICARE. For information on JABA and answers to 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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Contact JABA
- 674 Hillsdale Drive, Suite 9
- Charlottesville, VA 22901
- Email:
- jabacares@gmail.com
- Phone:
- (434) 817-5222
- Fax:
- (434) 817-5230
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Volunteers are the heart of JABA. Whatever your age, you can find a fulfilling volunteer opportunity through JABA's Volunteer Services.
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