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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: September 1, 2015
Action Agenda
Item No. 4-a
SUBJECT: Orange County Long Term Care Quality Service Awards
DEPARTMENT: Aging PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Janice Tyler, Director, 919-245-4255
PURPOSE: To recognize the winners of the 2015 Orange County Long Term Care Quality
Service Awards.
BACKGROUND: As part of the Orange County 2012-17 Master Aging Plan, the Department on
Aging was asked to develop a mechanism to help increase the quality of care provided in
Orange County's long-term care facilities and home care organizations. In 2013, the Advisory
Board on Aging created the Orange County Long Term Care (LTC) Learning Collaborative to
bring administrators and direct-care staff together to learn about and share successful
approaches to quality care. This is the second year that the Orange County Advisory Board on
Aging and the Long Term Care Learning Collaborative have offered to long term care
organizations the opportunity to apply for a Long Term Care Quality Service Award.
Each year the Advisory Board selects an evidence-based or promising quality program for long
term care providers to learn about and implement within the year. This past year the focus was
on implementation of the Music and Memory program which helps persons with dementia regain
touch with music that they love, provide avenues for memory recall, and reduce some of the
more negative behaviors associated with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
Winners of the 2015 Long Term Care Quality Service Awards were able to successfully
implement a Music in My Mind/Orange County program by working with families and volunteers
to create a personalized list of songs for their residents and clients with dementia. The six
winning organizations are committed to continuing and expanding these programs so that many
more individuals with dementia living in Orange County will continue to experience the joy of
music that reminds them of their past and to share that joy with others.
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Winners of the 2015 Long Term Care Quality Service Award are:
A Helping Hand Companion Agency
Brookshire Nursing Center
Carol Woods Retirement Community
Livewell Assisted Living
Right At Home
Florence G. Soltys Adult Day Health Program
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The cash awards of $200 per organization have been budgeted in the
Department on Aging's Master Aging Plan budget.
SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Social Justice Goal is applicable to this agenda
item:
• GOAL: Create a Safe Community
The reduction of risks from vehicle/traffic accidents, childhood and senior injuries, gang
activity, substance abuse and domestic violence.
Efforts to implement better programming in long term care organizations will hopefully result in
better quality of care for Orange County residents in long term care facilities and also reduce the
risk of possible elder abuse.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board recognize these
organizations as winners of the 2015 Orange County Long Term Care Quality Service Awards.