Free Seminars Offered to South Carolina Seniors with Diabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses

Care Improvement Plus to Provide Information on Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Tips for Healthy Living, Free Farmers Market

COLUMBIA, S.C., March 9 /PRNewswire/ — A series of free seminars designed to help South Carolina Medicare beneficiaries with chronic illness maintain a healthy lifestyle and learn about Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans designed for their unique needs will be offered during March at various locations throughout the state.

Care Improvement Plus, the state’s largest Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plan for beneficiaries with diabetes and other chronic conditions, is hosting the sessions, which will include tips on proper nutrition and fitness, a free farmers market, and information on its 2009 plan offerings.

“Medicare beneficiaries in South Carolina experience higher rates of chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart failure, which can lead to serious complications if not properly managed,” says Lisa Nelson, national director of community outreach for Care Improvement Plus. “Our goal is not only to educate beneficiaries on our plan benefits and services, but to present them with a sense of the unique support and education that our special needs plan seeks to provide.”

Call toll free, 1-866-766-8698 (TTY: 1-866-766-8695) for more information or to register to attend one of the following seminars in your area:

March seminars:

    March 23rd, 11:00 AM      March 19th, 9:00 AM     March 30th, 11:00 AM
    La Quinta Inn             March 25th, 9:00 AM     Wingate
    3430 Clemson Blvd.        Holiday Inn Hotel       33 Beacon Dr.
    Anderson, SC  29621        & Suites               Greenville, SC  29615
                              8105 Two Notch Rd.
                              Columbia, SC  29223

    March 23rd, 9:00 AM       March 26th, 9:30 AM
    March 30th, 9:00 AM       Holiday Inn Airport
    Holiday Inn Charleston    500 Chris Dr.
     Airport                  West Columbia, SC
    5264 International Blvd.  29169
    North Charleston, SC
    29418

SOURCE Care Improvement Plus