Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutAging Advisory Board Minutes 031516ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD ON AGING Meeting Summary March 15, 2016 PRESENT: Mary Altpeter, Alex Castro, Peggy Cohn, Keith Cook, Dan Daniel, Ed Flowers, Donna Prather, Dick White Excused: Teri Driscoll, Lorenzo Mejia, Yvonne Mendenhall The meeting was held at the Seymour Center. The February minutes were approved following the motion made by Dick White and the second by Ed Flowers. Alex Castro distributed a draft of the letter to the CH Transportation Connectivity Board addressing safety improvements needed in the Seymour Center area and will accept comments through next Tuesday. Director’s Report • Re-naming of the Central Orange Senior Center to the Jerry M. Passmore Center Report from the North Carolina Association on Aging Conference - Yvette Missri won the Rising Star award • Won the American Society on Aging 2016 Award for Excellence in Multicultural Aging • State Alzheimer’s Plan released on March 8 • Human Services Departments’ Informatics projects – Food Insecurities/Transportation • TJCOG Annual Monitoring visit – April 6-7 • UNC School of Public Health Pitch for a Capstone Team to work on 2017-22 Master Aging Plan • Orange County Government Expo – University Place – April 8 Janice Tyler stated that the OC Cares Project was mentioned in the State Alzheimer’s Plan. She outlined the Food Insecurities and Transportation initiatives of the Human Services Departments of Health, DSS, Housing and Aging Informatics project. Information will be shared with OCRA. She stated that the UNC Capstone team assignments will be announced April 1. She concluded by announcing that both the Seymour generator and outside storage shed have been scheduled for delivery. New Business • Board Orientation – April 5, 10 a.m. • Outside Agency Funding Applications Review – March 16 or 17 • UNC School of Public Health Capstone Team board presentation – April 18 The Board Orientation date for members Daniel, Driscoll and Mendenhall was confirmed. Board members were recruited to review the outside agency funding applications. All Advisory Board members were invited to the current Capstone Team luncheon presentation on April 18 at Carol Woods. Continuing Projects • 2016-17 Budget • Bill Thomas’ Age of Disruption Tour – April 21 Ms. Tyler gave an update on the Bill Thomas’ Age Of Disruption Tour being held at the Friday Center on April 21. She encouraged the Advisory Board to attend and also to let her know if she needed to purchase their tickets. Master Aging Plan Updates • Project EngAGE and Senior Resource Teams Update • Dying with Dignity Forum – March 17, 4-7 p.m. Friday Center • Community Volunteer Recruitment Fair – April 13, 4-6 p.m. Seymour Center In the MAP update Keith Cook asked that flyers promoting the April 13 Volunteer Fair be sent to the churches. The S.A.L.T. Project has 16 volunteers serving 166 residents. Peggy Cohn asked about how all of Project EngAGE activities are being tracked. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Janice Tyler, Secretary Committee Progress Reports: Report of: Orange County Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee Date: March 10, 2016 The OCNHCAC had a meeting on March 1, 2016. We met our new Ombudsman, Inas Al-Rawas and her training Ombudsman, Carolyn Pennington. We approved site visit reports from Signature of Chapel Hill and Brookshire. We reorganized with officers for the next year. They are as follows: Teri Driscoll, Chair; Vibeke Tally, Vice-Chair; and, Sandy Nash, Secretary. All 1st Quarter Site Visit s are to be completed by March 31, 2016. Still awaiting reports from Carolna Pointe and Carol Woods which will be discussed at our May meeting. I attended the Board of County Commissioners meeting on Feb. 9, 2016 along with other Board Chairs and we reviewed the Annual Reports of all of the Volunteer Committees. Triangle J is sponsoring a Seminar “Dementia Beyond Disease” on March 23, 2016 from 8 am- 4:30 pm at the Millenium Hotel in Durham, NC. Many of our members will be attending. We have two vacancies on our committee. We do not have a meeting in April. Our next meeting will be on May 3, 2016 at 5:30 pm at the Seymour Center. Respectfully submitted, Teri Driscoll, Chair