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37 <br />Adult Care Home Community Advisory <br />NAME OF BOARD/COMMISSION: <br />Committee <br /> <br />January 2012 – December 2012 <br />Report Period: <br /> Service on Aging Boards and in Human Service organizations. <br />· <br /> Provision of activity resources to facilities such as magazines <br />· <br />clothes, activity materials and other needed items. <br /> <br />Identify any activities this board/commission expects to carry o <br />as they relate to established BOCC goals and priorities. If appl <br />there a fiscal impact (i.e., funds, staff time, other resources) <br />with these proposed activities (please list). <br /> <br /> Continued preparation in concert with Orange County Department <br />· <br />for increased need for Long Term Care due to aging “Baby Boom” <br />generation. <br /> Support and promotion of “culture change’ in our assisted livin <br />· <br />provide more person centered care for current and future residen <br /> Continued implementation of Department on Aging’s Master Aging <br />· <br /> As yet unnamed public fundraiser to provide used music players <br /> <br />· <br />Long Term Care who also suffer from dementia/Alzheimer's Disease <br />of . <br /> <br /> <br />What are the concerns or emerging issues your board has identifi <br />upcoming year that it plans to address, or wishes to bring to th <br />Commissioners’ attention? <br /> <br /> <br /> The lack of stimulating daily activities for residents of Orang <br />· <br />term care facilities continues to worry our committee. State gui <br />all facilities to maintain a calendar of events, but in many ins <br />as window dressing to mask a culture of inactivity. The committe <br />to highlight the benefit of daily activity and encourage sharing <br />planning between the myriad long term care facilities in Orange <br /> <br /> Ongoing concern and advocacy for residents who are no longer el <br />· <br />personal care services under the new state eligibility requireme <br />anticipated that many of these residents currently residing in a <br />and family care homes will be discharged from these facilities d <br />payment. <br /> <br /> Ongoing concern and advocacy for increased training of and legi <br />· <br />oversight for support staff in adult care facilities with mixed <br />Facilities that mix younger, chronically mentally ill residents <br />residents pose problems that are of much concern to the committe <br />training of support staff can reduce the likelihood of injury to <br /> <br /> <br />