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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 24, 2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4-a <br /> SUBJECT: Orange County Long Term Care Quality Service Awards <br /> DEPARTMENT: Aging <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Janice Tyler, Director, 919-245-4255 <br /> PURPOSE: To recognize the winners of the 2016 Orange County Long Term Care Quality <br /> Service Awards. <br /> BACKGROUND: As part of the Orange County 2012-17 Master Aging Plan, the Department on <br /> Aging was asked to develop a mechanism to help increase the quality of care provided in <br /> Orange County's long-term care facilities and home care organizations. In 2013, the Advisory <br /> Board on Aging created the Orange County Long Term Care (LTC) Learning Collaborative to <br /> bring administrators and direct-care staff together to learn about and share successful <br /> approaches to quality care. This is the third year that the Orange County Advisory Board on <br /> Aging and the Long Term Care Learning Collaborative have offered long term care <br /> organizations the opportunity to apply for a Long Term Care Quality Service Award. <br /> Each year the Advisory Board selects an evidence-based or promising quality program for long <br /> term care providers to learn about and implement within the year. This past year the focus was <br /> palliative care and the creation of a culture of comfort for older adults living with pain and <br /> chronic conditions in long-term care facilities and at home with homecare assistance. <br /> Winners of the 2016 Long Term Care Quality Service Awards were able to facilitate access to <br /> palliative care services when appropriate while creating individualized programs of comfort and <br /> pleasure for clients and residents. The five winning organizations are committed to continuing <br /> and expanding these programs so that many more individuals, facing pain and suffering, will <br /> continue to have opportunities to experience joy and pleasure. <br /> Winners of the 2016 Long Term Care Quality Service Awards are: <br /> Acorn Homecare Services <br /> Carol Woods Retirement Community <br /> Homewatch Caregivers <br /> Livewell Assisted Living <br /> Visiting Angels of Central NC <br />