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ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD ANNUAL REPORT Specific Tasks, Events, or Functions Performed or Sponsored Annually. • All of the adult care and family care homes were visited by the committee in 2010 for a total of 26 facility visits. • Visitation reports were written for each of the Orange County Adult Care and Family Care Homes. These reports will be available on the Orange County website to allow for public access. • Ongoing training and support for committee members at business meetings, by phone, email and one -on -one meetings were provided by the Ombudsman and other Triangle J personnel. • Reading and sharing of articles from national organizations working with older adults in all forms of media. Other Activities and Accomplishments in Carrying out BOCC Goal ls) /Priorities. . • Participation in the Department of Aging Resource fair in the spring of 2010 • Recognition /training of paid facility staff, thereby improving quality and continuity of care of residents. • Illumination of CAC activities to other community organizations in which committee members are involved. • Service on Aging Boards and in Human Service organizations. • Provision of activity resources to facilities such as magazines, puzzles, clothes, activity materials and other needed items. Activities this Advisory Board Expects to Carry Out in 2011: • Assist in pursuit of" Baby Boom" readiness for increased need for Long Term Care in Orange County, an assessment which the Department of Aging hopes to complete. • Support and promotion of "culture change' in our assisted living facilities to provide more person centered care which can improve the quality of life for current and future residents. Concerns and Emerging Issues for the Upcoming Year: • Ongoing concern and advocacy for increased training and legislation for supporting staff in adult care whose care for a mixed population of mental health elderly residents. Facilities that mix younger, chronically mentally ill residents and older, frail residents pose problems that are of concern to the committee • Our committee continues to be concerned with care of residents in Medicaid dependent adult care facilities. We recognize that quality care is contingent on quality caregivers and low turnover. We will continue to support the front line workers in these facilities by supporting fair wages and treatment. • Facility management problems, vacancies and turnover in key administrative positions. • Decreased in resident volume at many facilities indicate the economic downturn is keeping many elders at home, thus creating potential for greater family stress and fiscal difficulties at facilities with low census. • A couple of our Adult Care Homes provide inadequate activities for their residents. 2 of 4