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Commission on Aging and Retirement Education (CARE)

The Baltimore City Commission on Aging and Retirement Education's (CARE) Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) will be assisting persons with Medicare to review existing plans and enroll in a Medicare prescription drug plan, or the Low Income Subsidy Assistance program at local senior centers, senior buildings, churches and other community locations. Check the schedule here .

If you need further information contact CARE at (410) 396-2273. You must bring your Medicare card, other health insurance, prescription coverage cards, and a list of the prescription drugs that you are currently taking.

Pythias A. and Virginia I. Jones
African American Community Forum on Memory Loss

This forum is designed for family members of people with dementia, including teens and adult children, as well as health professionals and care providers. The goals of this event are to inform the community about memory loss, to share the promise of research and to learn how to get involved to help conquer this disease.

Saturday, November 8, 2008
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Coppin State University
Tawes Center Ballroom
2500 West North Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21216


Organization

The Baltimore City Commission On Aging and Retirement Education (CARE) is a chartered organization created in 1973, by City Ordinance number 261, to advocate for Older Baltimoreans by developing, coordinating and funding programs, services and activities for seniors and establishing a pre-retirement education program. CARE serves as the local Area Agency on Aging (AAA) which allows the organization to receive funds from the Federal Older American's Act to coordinate and assure an adequate service delivery system

The Charter requires that CARE's structure include twenty-four (24) Commissioners, eighteen (18) of whom are appointed by the Mayor and six (6) of whom are ex-officio members, who serve to advise and assist CARE in its overall mission and direction. Commissioners advise and work with the Executive Director to promote agency efficiency and coordinate the delivery of programs and services for the elderly in Baltimore City.

Vision

The Baltimore City Commission on Aging and Retirement Education (CARE) envisions Baltimore as the most elderly-friendly city in America, where all of our older adults will have the opportunity to age with choice, independence, and dignity as they move along the aging continuum.

Mission

The Baltimore City Commission on Aging and Retirement Education (CARE), in partnership with other senior-serving organizations, is the primary public agency in the city responsible for advocating for and delivering services to older adult population, their family and caregivers in the City of Baltimore.

CARE's Goals

Sun. September 7, 2008