HomeMy WebLinkAboutNursing Home CAC minutes 02042020 Orange County Nursing Home Advisory Committee
Meeting Minutes February 4, 2020
5:30pm, Seymour Center, Chapel Hill,NC
CALL TO ORDER by Vibeke Talley, Chair
• Members Present: Vibeke Talley, Martha Bell, Jackie Podger,, Jerry Ann Gregory, Autumn
Cox (Ombudsman), Annie Deaver(Orange County Department on Aging), Carol Kelly, Linda
Davis
• Members Excused: Stephanie Boswell
OLD BUSINESS;
• Discussion/Approval Minutes November 5, 2019: Minutes approved as written.
NEW BUSINESS;
• Membership:
o Reluctantly we say good bye and thank you for their service to:
Jerry Ann Gregory whose term will end March, 2020. An extraordinary member who
has faithfully served this community's elder adults, taken on officer responsibilities, and
advocated for improved services in the facilities within our county. We wish her well.
Annie Deaver, Aging Transitions Administrator, Orange County Department on Aging.
Annie joined us in 2018 and has been a great asset to the committee for these past
months. She is leaving to become the Associate Executive Director at Brighton
Gardens (Assisted Living) in Raleigh. We know she will have great success in her new
job and hope to see her again at various conferences. Internal candidates will be
interviewed 2/12/20
o Proposed New Member Steven Day: Autumn announced that Mr. Day had been approved
for membership. He will be attending a required orientation session sometime in the Spring.
Our committee continues to seek new members; we are authorized 12; current membership is 7
(excluding the Ombudsman and DOA representative). Autumn will help others in her office to
develop a recruitment information pamphlet for our committee like one used by the Wake
County Committee. Our members will be able to distribute them to help with our efforts to find
additional interested parties willing to advocate for our county's long term care residents.
• Annual Committee Officer Election: Vibeke Tally has consented to continue as the Chair of
the committee and was duly elected to the position. Martha Bell has consented to continue as the
Committee's Secretary and was duly elected to the position.
• Site Visit Reports (for Quarter Jan, Feb, Mar 2020) Please note: Several of the Skilled Nursing
Facilities have recently had surveys conducted by the NC Division of Health Service Regulation
(DHSR). These included both Annual Surveys and Complaint Surveys. Reports can be found on
the Medicare.gov website.
o Peak Brookshire: report accepted with changes. Points of Concern and follow up included
food service (the facility is dealing with a new vendor and staff who will have additional
education regarding procedures); call bell response times by staff; medication cart and a
mechanical room found unlocked and unattended.
o Pruitt-Carolina Pointe: Accepted with changes. Points of Concern and follow up included:
nail care; ungracious comments to residents/family members when asked for assistance. One
resident found reading voiced the hope that the facility could provide more library-like
material.
• Ombudsman Report(Autumn Cox, Ombudsman)
o Continuing Education Opportunities: further information will be forthcoming from the
Ombudsman office regarding: June 101h at the NC Rural Center there will be a seminar
provided by Elder Abuse Awareness. Speakers will address: Social Isolation, Human
Trafficking and LGBTQ Issues; and May 201h the NC Partnership plans a seminar on Adult
Abuse.
• Department on Aging (Annie Deaver)
o The office will begin interviewing internal candidates on 02/12/2020 to replace Annie as she
moves to another position in Raleigh.
o Project EngAGE, a cohort of senior leaders trained by the Department completed education
for five graduates. They are tasked with supporting and developing senior resource teams for
the Department.
o SHARP direct care worker awards is set for 5/14/20, 4:30-6pm at the Passmore Center. This
is a ceremony which celebrates direct care workers throughout Orange County.
• Announcements by Committee Members:
o UNC School of Nursing: a group is beginning an"Engage Study" and seeking participants to
speak with a SON student about their observations of current engagement and safety
strategies.
o New assignment sheets were distributed due to recent membership changes.
• Reminders:
o Quarterly Activity Reports due no later than April 15, however the Ombudsman Office
appreciates any report forwarded earlier than the due date.
o Quarterly Site Visit Reports due no later than March 31, 2020; please provide copies to both
the Committee Chair and Ombudsman.
• Next Meeting: May 5, 2020
Respectfully submitted,
Martha Bell,
Secretary