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