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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAdult Care CAC minutes 092916Orange County Adult Care Community Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes September 29, 2016 Meeting convened: Meeting called to order at 3:35 p. m. at the Passmore Center in Hillsborough, NC by Chairman, Max Mason. Attendance: Max Mason, Chair Deborah Stewart, Secretary Autumn Pittman, Ombudsman Beverly Foster, Member Cresha Cianciolo, Member Debbie Rider, Member Yvonne Mendenhall, Member Suzanne Haff, Member James Bartow, Member The absences of Jack Vogt, Will Lang, and Gloria Brown are considered excused. Review Minutes, July 28, 2016 Approved. Ombudsperson Report, Autumn Pittman Carmelita Karhoff will be retiring soon. Carmelita won the Howard Hinds Award from The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long -Term Care and will travel to Washington DC to accept the awa rd. Members completed Confidentiality, Conflict of Interest, and Photo Release forms. Quarterly reports to Autumn are due by 10/14/16. Due to recent member and Ombudsman changes, it was suggested that we review our bylaws to revisit quorum guidelines, officer elections, and other matters. CAC Leadership Development occurred yesterday at the Triangle J Council of Governments. Board of Aging Updates, Yvonne Mendenhall On October 22, 9:00am- 12:00pm Yvonne will be at the UNC Health and Wellness Expo at Meadowmont Wellness Center to share information about our committees. It's a free opportunity for the community to learn more about health, wellness, fitness opportunities and screenings through UNC Health Care, UNC Wellness Centers, and other Triangle organizations and businesses. Project Engage will host "The Caregiver Support Faith and Aging Symposium" on Thursday, October 13, 2:30- 6:OOpm at Passmore Center in Hillsborough. The next Board of Aging meeting will be in November. Visitation Reports • Crescent Green (9/19/16) — approved • Carillon (9/13/16) — approved with edits • Villines (9/13/16) — approved, pending edits • The Stratford (9/19/16) — approved • Live Well (8/29/16) — approved with minor edits • Live Well at Coker Hills (8/9/16) — approved pending revisions • Charles House - Winmore — there was an error with electronic submission so we will revisit this report at next meeting It was suggested that it might help inform potential residents which outside provider agencies, if any, our facilities contract with. We discussed ways we might be able to advocate for resident rights and access to care on a larger scale. Autumn reviewed information around oversight, inspections & licensing of facilities. Autumn reported to the committee that she does follow -up on issues raised by our reports with the administrators at the facilities when she visits and she shares those issues with the Orange County Adult Home Specialists and /or other oversight agencies when appropriate. Debbie R. volunteered to reach out to Aveda to inquire if their students would be interested in and be able to benefit from gaining training experience while by providing services to ACH residents (this suggestion was triggered by The Stratford report). Housekeeping Autumn will email the committee a list of our facilities. We discussed the possibility of including the facility address on the visitation reports and rewording 10a to be more straightforward. Max stated he will re- engage with Yvette Misery re: volunteer opportunities that can benefit ACH residents. At next meeting, we plan to discuss our visit processes and goals for the future at next meeting. Max will begin working on the Annual Report and Work Plan which is due to the Board of County Commissioners by 12/16/16. Next committee meeting is scheduled for November 17,, 2016. Adjournment Upon completion of its business, the Committee voted to adjourn at 5:25 p. m. Minutes submitted by Deborah Stewart, Secretary.