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66 <br />Board or Commission: Orange County Nursing Home Community <br />Advisory Committee <br /> <br />Report Period: 2012 <br />ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS <br />INPUT FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ ANNUAL PLANNING RETREAT <br /> <br />Board/Commission Name: <br />Orange County Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee <br /> <br />Person to address the BOCC at Retreat (if requested by BOCC) and <br />information: <br />Ed Flowers <br />2813 Beckett’s Ridge Drive <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Phone 919-971-6188 <br />E-mail: ED_FLOWERS@YAHOO.COM <br /> <br />Primary County Staff Contact: <br />Mary Fraser <br />Orange County Department on Aging <br />Phone: 919-245-4276 <br />Email: mfraser@orangecountync.gov <br /> <br />Ombudsman <br />Charlotte Terwilliger <br />Regional Long Term Care Ombudsman <br />Phone: 919-558-9401 <br />Email: cterwilliger@tjcog.org <br /> <br />How many times per month does this board/commission meet, includ <br />special meetings and sub-committee meetings? <br /> The committee meets the first Monday every other month. <br />. <br />Brief Statement of Board/Commission’s Assigned Charge and Respon <br /> <br /> This Community Advisory Committee is composed of Orange Count <br />volunteers are appointed by the Board of County Commissioners an <br />paid ombudsmen. Our ombudsmen also provide our committee volunt <br />ongoing technical assistance and educational support. The commi <br />include: <br />Quarterly visits to each nursing home. These site visits are no <br /> <br />· <br />announced ahead of time. <br />Apprise themselves of general conditions under which residents o <br /> <br />· <br />care facilities are living. <br />Assisting residents or family members with grievance resolution <br /> <br />· <br />residents' rights issues by referring them to the Ombudsman <br /> <br />