Emily Haney

Will and Emily Haney
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Published June 18, 2009 08:31 pm - Will and Emily Haney of Athens are just embarking on careers in public service. Emily, 29, has been director of the Council on Aging for three years and Will, 31, is a year short of completing his nursing degree.
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Will and Emily Haney of Athens are just embarking on careers in public service.

Emily, 29, has been director of the Council on Aging for three years and Will, 31, is a year short of completing his nursing degree.
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"Will was in nursing school at Auburn University-Montgomery and he came home on weekends," said Emily.
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The results of a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan revealed the "hot spots," Emily said.

"Friday, we had the 'sit down' with Dr. Ravi (Anderson sarcoma specialist Vinod Ravi,) to learn what he saw on the scans," wrote Emily in an e-mail.
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Emily is the daughter of Limestone County Circuit Court Clerk Charles Page and his wife Kathy and Will is the son of Tink and Sharon Haney.
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Emily said she hopes from time to time to be able to work in her office at Athens Senior Center.

Emily and Will made quick trip home on the weekend and were inundated with friends and food, she said.

"I didn't think our little house could hold so many people," said Emily.

"The search for the nutrition coordinator was kind of a tough one because it requires compassion and management responsibility," said Emily Haney, director of Council on Aging.
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"I just can't imagine a better fit," Haney said.
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To get involved in the Limestone County senior centers, call Long or Haney at (256) 233-6412.

"No. 1, with the economy the way it is, we have to make sure our seniors are taken care of, especially our homebound seniors," said center director Emily Haney.
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There is definitely a "Jim following," Haney said.

"The crowd always looks forward to seeing what he's going to do each year," she said.
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"It takes a small village [to put on the show]," Haney said.

Emily Haney, director of Limestone County Council on Aging, believes this is an event that the seniors are looking forward to.

"Ticket sales have really been busy and we figure next week will even be busier," she said Friday.

The four-hour event includes lunch catered by Valley Foods Services and activities such as Bingo and a cakewalk, which Haney describes as number one.Activities will be under tents, which will provide shade.

Haney said volunteers from different agencies, Athens-Limestone Foundation for Aging and some of the same people involved in Poke Sallet will be helping out during Funfest.

Funfest is an event where seniors can get together and have fun, basically for free, Haney said.

"All that we ask is they make a $1 donation for tickets for the activities for the day."

"We're (volunteers and Athens-Limestone Foundation for Aging) just in it to benefit the seniors and for them to have a fun day that day."

Haney said in the event that it rains on the day of the event the Funfest will go on at the Senior Center on Pryor Street.

Tickets to the event can be picked up at the Athens Senior Center for a $1 donation.

Council on Aging President Emily Haney said that seniors should use this time between now and November to gain as much education as they can about their plan and other plans they might be considering.

Leading up to the June 30 deadline, one and possibly two companies were going door-to-door selling the new Advantage -or Medicare C-to seniors.Haney said that several seniors enrolled in the Advantage plan, but then contacted her office wanting to know how to get out of it when it didn't meet their needs.

Haney said most seniors in this area are adequately covered by Medicare A and B. The Advantage plan bundles Medicare A, B and D, but medical bills go to the Advantage plan and not Medicare.
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Haney said seniors could opt out of the Advantage plan through a written request that her office would help them draw up.

"You have to know the right channels," said Haney."We've had more people request to get out of then than to get into them.However, we know one lady who has an Advantage plan and is happy with it."

Haney advised seniors that if they are approached by a sales person to ask to see a list of the doctors and hospitals that are covered.

"It's always best to make an informed decision and remember the Council on Aging is always there to help," she said.

Contact the Council on Aging at 233-6412.