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i~, <br />referral system to link patients with the appropriate services. This is a service <br />more easily accessed by Orange County residents discharged from UNC hospitals, <br />rather than those from other hospital systems. However, a resident or family <br />member can call the OCDOA anytime and get a home assessment and begin the <br />referral process for services. <br />Kate Barrett of the OCDOA presented a directory of services for county <br />residents. The directory includes contact names and numbers, services that are <br />provided and can be offered in the home. Free to all residents, the directory is <br />supported by donations. Barrett recommended the book as a resource .for those <br />needing assistance, and also recommended calling the OCDOA in times of need. <br />The duty of Gwen Phillips of the Orange County Department of Social Services is <br />to monitor the local nursing homes. If a resident can not stay in their private <br />homes then they are placed in a facility that can provide them with care. Also a <br />person in a facility can still get help from the county in a nursing home. Phillips <br />complimented the local nursing homes as being outstanding places to live if someone <br />can not live independently. The state regulates how the facility should be operated. <br />Orange County is lucky to have some of the best facilities in the country. for their <br />residents and more people are moving here because the quality of care that is <br />offered. <br />If a resident is active and would like an outlet then Laura Deloye of Senior Care of <br />Orange County addresses the need for daycare for adults. The center has various <br />hours and the rates are for single persons or married couples. Senior Care of <br />Orange County has a sliding fee scale and charges up to $70.00 per day. The <br />center has activities planned and is a very good social outlet. The center serves <br />functioning adults that can take care of themselves. There are no medical services <br />provided at the center. <br />Carol Taylor of Piedmont Health System supports the development. of P.A.C.E <br />.(Program of All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly) which helps low-income <br />elderly(Medicaid /Medicnre eligible) to remain in their home as long as possible <br />with community-based health care. They are currently waiting on a grant award. <br />Florence Soltys of the Orange County Advisor Board on Aging mentioned that UNC <br />Hospital needs to include in their emergence entrance an admission area for the <br />aging adults. She used the example of the pediatrics entrance. They should have <br />Page 15 of 18 <br />