[skyguy79]

Our experience was also a positive one. My wife and I had 3 initial visits and blood tests done. The first was a clerical visit at the colony Sales Center to review and have our application entered into their computer system and to select our doctor. The second appointment was to meet the doctor and basically have a question and answer session. The third was the physical and blood test results. They also quickly setup an approval for and administered a shingles vaccination. They also processed for me a referral for a procedure I was due for. You know, the one you should get when you reach the age of 50? We chose Dr. Noel and both she and the entire staff were pleasant. We felt as much at ease with Dr. Noel as we were with Sylvia Wallace that was supposed to be at Colony when she left the previous practice but wound up with the Drs. of Bellview at the Morse Bldg. If things continue into the future we'll be very happy with this new service.

Originally Posted by spk7951

Depends upon where you live. We went to an orientation session last week and are thinking of changing to this care center. I believe they said the Colony center is supposed to support residents of Hadley, Hemingway, Duvall, Sanibel, Fernandina and Charlotte. Not sure if those are accurate but the intent is to have care centers located around The Villages serving a certain numbers of villages.

You are correct on the villages covered except that Gilchrest is also on that list for a total of 7 villages.

Originally Posted by wendyquat

How does one get honored with an invitation?

Contact the office at 352-674-1700, let them know you're in one of the villages listed above and ask if you can stop by and pick up an application to join the center. They'll take it from there. That's what we did when we weren't receiving the application within the time frame we were told.