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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. _ <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 18, 1997 <br /> SUBJECT: Amended Resolution Endorsing a Statewide Pharmaceutical Assistance Program for <br /> Low Income Elderly and Persons with Disabilities <br /> DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: YES: NO: X <br /> Orange County Disability Awareness Council <br /> County Manager <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: YES: NO: X <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Miles, <br /> Chair(or) <br /> Sharron Siler ext. 2300 <br /> Amended Resolution TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill -968-4501 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To amend the Resolution endorsing a Statewide Pharmaceutical Assistance Program <br /> for Low Income Elderly Adults to include persons with disabilities. <br /> BACKGROUND: At the August 5, 1996 meeting,the BOCC approved a resolution endorsing the <br /> need for a statewide pharmaceutical assistance program for senior adults, age 60+, who fall within a <br /> defined income/expense range and who do not qualify for Medicaid. <br /> Studies indicate that elderly persons on a fixed income oftentimes cannot afford to pay for their <br /> prescription drugs and have to choose between purchasing food or their medication. In addition,to <br /> financial assistance,there is also a need for education. Many persons, literate and illiterate, do not <br /> understand why they are taking their prescriptions, over-the-counter medications and/or vitamins. <br /> They also do not understand how or when these medications should be properly administered. The <br /> approved resolution endorses a program that provides medications, as well as a regular educational <br /> and counseling component. <br />