College Park, GA – The public is invited to join residents and staff members of National Church Residences for an outdoor ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the donation of a bus from JenCare Senior Medical Center. The bus seats eight passengers. The senior-friendly bus will provide residents with safe and reliable transportation to the grocery store, pharmacy, post office, bank and other destinations.
“We’re extremely thankful for the generous bus donation from JenCare Senior Medical Center,” said Michelle Norris, executive vice president of external affairs & strategic partnerships at National Church Residences. “This bus will make a big difference in the lives of our senior residents, enabling them to remain mobile and maintain their social independence.”
The dedication festivities will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony and light refreshments. All attendees will be required to wear a face mask covering and practice social distancing. The event will take place on Thursday, October 29, 2020, from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. at Princeton Court located at 3633 Howard Drive, College Park, GA 30337. Princeton Court is one of eight National Church Residences communities in Atlanta, and provides a home for 116 seniors.
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To learn more about the event, please contact Sojourner Marable Grimmett, Senior Director of External Affairs & Strategic Partnerships, Atlanta Region for National Church Residences at (404) 448-3180 or sgrimmett@nationalchurchresidences.org.
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About National Church Residences
National Church Residences serves more than 42,000 seniors through its array of housing and health care services. The not-for-profit organization is driven by a vision of advancing better living for all seniors, enabling them to remain home for life. With 340 communities in 25 states and Puerto Rico, it is the nation’s largest not-for- profit provider of affordable senior housing and the largest manager of service coordinators. The organization also offers residential senior communities, home and community-based services, as well as permanent supportive housing for the formerly homeless and disabled. For more information, visit us at NationalChurchResidences.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
For seniors most in need of care, high-quality health care often is beyond reach. JenCare Senior Medical Center is a ChenMed company that brings concierge-style medicine — and better health outcomes — to the neediest populations. In the metro area, JenCare operates four senior-focused medical practices in Atlanta, Decatur, East Point and Morrow, Georgia.
ChenMed is a privately owned medical, management and technology company providing personalized primary care to tens of thousands of seniors in 10 states (Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia). Its popular brands include JenCare Senior Medical Center, Chen Senior Medical Center and Dedicated Senior Medical Center.
Results of JenCare’s/ChenMed’s high-touch approach to primary care are impressive, as illustrated in the Modern Healthcare cover story (Oct. 20, 2018), which reports, “Indeed, ChenMed's approach has resulted in 50 percent fewer hospital admissions compared with a standard primary-care practice, 28 percent lower per-member costs and significantly higher use of evidence-based medications.” Inspired by ChenMed chairman and founder James Chen, M.D., Ph.D., the company has been serving low-to-moderate-income seniors with multiple complex chronic conditions for 35 years.