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Agency Name: Senior Care of Orange County, Inc. Mission Statement: The mission of Senior Care of Orange County, Inc. is to odvooata, establish and operate programs that provide services for frail or disabled older adults to remain in their homes as long possible. The 75+ older adult is the fastest growing population segment and increasing becoming frail and disabled. The program will be expanding in Fall, 2008 as a partnership with the county to continue to work towards meeting the goals of the Master Aging Plan of Orange County. Orange County Outside Agency Funding: 2807-08: $50.000 2088,4)9: $50.000 Executive/Program Director: Alvonia Baldwin Website: N/A MAJOR SERVICES • m Senior Care manages the Central Orange Adult Day Health Center, which is a therapeutic health focus program for adults and seniors that offers a variety of services in a home-like setting that is open from 7:3U-- '- -: ' ` Vor ay-Friday. The program goals are to promote personal independence and health; maintain social, pyoco| andenobona| we|l-bainQ; providetheoppodunityforeduKstoatayoonneotedvith their peers and the community; and provide relief and support for family caregivers. • The program will be expanding in January, 2009 in close relation with the County Department on Aging as the Central Orange Senior Center and the Adult Day Health Center increase their size in a new space at the Triangle Sportsplex in Hillsborough. There will be the opportunity for up to 30 participants to attend the Day Health Center daily, as compared to the current capacity of 10 participants. OUTCOME MEASURES FY 05-06 FY 06-07 FY 07-08 FY 08-09 / ) Actual Actual Actual Projected Average Number of Daily Participants N/A 8 9 9+ #of participant days (10 hours of service N/A 1.366 2.200 2.400 is one participant day) FY 2007-08 OUTCOMES Proposed Program Objective Status Actual Results 8 participants continue to attend the Prevent or delay the institutionalization of Meets Expectations day center. One participants' status participants changed to a higher level of care after about 2 years at the Center. FY 2007-08 CHALLENGES • Please deac�bechallenges your agency faced while t�/im0to reach your pmognamnmb]eoth/em' inFY 2007-08' How did you work to overcome these obttoolea? (If no challenges existed, please write none.) |n3OO7-2OO8 the Adult Day Health (�antarexpehencedturnover in its PrognarnK8anagerposition, eo that the management nf the Center was handled ona volunteer basis by members of the Board during the interim until, a new Program Manager could be hired in May 2008. Space continued to be a challenge, since the square footage of the Center is only large enough to support at most 10 participants, per NC state licensure specifications. With the prospect of moving to the 4,000 square foot space in the Sportsplex, this will greatly relieve the space issue and allow the program to serve more participants. 85