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11 <br /> Objective D-1: Maintain older persons in the most appropriate setting through the <br /> development or expansion of innovative models of aging-friendly community <br /> programs. <br /> Lead Organization (s): Department on Aging-Aging Transitions Div. with Board of <br /> County Commissioners and the Carol Woods-Community Connections for Seniors Project <br /> Activities, Accomplishments and Recommendations: <br /> 1. Orange and Chatham Counties prepared and received a grant to create Community <br /> Resource Connections (CRC) formerly called ADRC (Aging and Disabilities Resource <br /> Connections) to simplify the access to a variety information and services for seniors and adults <br /> with disabilities within both counties. This model is designed to break down individual service <br /> silos, which create fragmentation of services and frustration with the system. The CRC should <br /> result in information sharing among agencies within the CRC. As a result, the consumer should <br /> receive access to a full array of services with reduced paperwork and reduced wait time. <br /> 2. Carol Woods has awarded the CRC a $10,000 award for its first implementation year from <br /> its Community Connections for Seniors' Duke Endowment. <br /> 3. The CRC (Orange County and Chatham County) agreed to participate in a Nursing Home <br /> Modernization Grant submitted by the N.C. Division of Aging and Adult Services to the federal <br /> government. If funded, the grant would create an Orange County pilot program in which <br /> persons who exceed poverty level can be granted limited federal funds to create an <br /> individualized in-home long-term care plan. The goal is to design programs that cost less than <br /> placement in a nursing home while providing greater personal freedom and satisfaction. <br /> 4. A group respite demonstration program called "Caregivers Day Out", which provides a one <br /> day per week break for caregivers, continues to be held at the Seymour Center. The goal is to <br /> have local faith groups visit the program and consider replicating in their faith communities. <br /> Recommendation for 2008-09: Begin the three-year CRC project and continue the group <br /> respite program as a demonstration expansion project. <br /> Objective D-2: Improve the coordination of transitional care through increased <br /> contact and training of health care and community care providers. <br /> Lead Organization (s): Department on Aging-Aging Transitions Div. with Carol Woods- <br /> Community Connections for Seniors Project. <br /> Activities, Accomplishments and Recommendations: <br /> 1. The CRC project will significantly improve the communication and cross training of health care <br /> providers in the aging and disability fields. <br /> 2. Volunteers in the group respite demonstration program are being trained to re-create this <br /> weekly caregiver respite program in their churches. <br /> 8 <br />