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3~ <br />Objective #74: Develop and maintain at least one support group for caregivers (consider <br />Internet- based support groups) (Goal III-A) <br />Accomnlishment: DOA Eldercare- Along-running caregiver support group, which provides <br />educational and behavioral strategies in a confidential sharing session, continues to grow in <br />Chapel Hill. Members share their phone numbers and email. Staff facilitators encourage <br />email communications between sessions as well. Group members participated in the creation <br />of a teaching video on how to, facilitate a caregiver support group. Additional groups have <br />been added in Hillsborough at the Central Orange Senior Center and at the Cedars in <br />Chapel Hill. <br />Objective #75: Provide county-sponsored counseling/education services for caregivers in <br />order to reduce cazegiver stress & to improve quality of cazegiving in the home. (Goal III-A) <br />Accomplishment: (Multi year objective 2002 - 200.5) DOA Eldercare Licensed clinical <br />social worker provides in-off ce or in-home counseling, involving education, cognitive- <br />behavioral strategies, emotional issues, and environmental changes, Occupational therapist <br />provides hands-on training to caregivers. <br />Objective #76: Seek funding to employ one full-time mental health professional to provide <br />individual and group therapy and educational programs, to reduce cazegiver abuse. (Goal III-A) <br />Accomplishment: DOA Eldercare Services provides professionally trained staff for [his <br />purpose. No staff is assigned to this role only. However, this needs further study to meet the <br />growing need such as a billing. for services, for those who can pay or have insurance. <br />Objective #77: Start a "cazegiver card" program that provides personal care tips on portable <br />reference cazds. Provide materials in culturally relevant language and pictorials. (Goal III-A) <br />Accomnlishment: Eldercare office has awide-variety of educational materials for <br />caregivers. These are put together in an individualized manner to focus on the needs of the <br />caregiver and presented carefully to avoid "information overload. " <br />Unmet Objectives --Support for Caregivers <br />Objective #78: Establish a caregiver support network (e.g. using telephone networks, Internet <br />chat rooms or listservs) with a no cost cooperative respite service among cazegivers.(Goal III-A) <br />Comment: No Internet neria~orks, However, group mernber•s are encouraged to share <br />telephone numbers, but is not, formalized <br />Objective #79: Provide a minimum of two mini multi-cultural training courses per yeaz for <br />informal caregivers on basic in-home cazegiving skills (perhaps in partnership with a support <br />group for caregivers). (Goal III-A) <br />Comment: In 2004 a two day training for dementia caregivers was provided by DOA <br />Eldercare Services, the OC Long term Care Facility Roundtable, T.ICOC Area Agency Long <br />Term Ombudsman Program and the Alzheimer's Association.. <br />IV. THE SEVERELY DISABLED/ INSTITUTIONALIZED <br />OLDER POPULATION <br />Goal IV-A: Orange County residents who require long tern: care services <br />will have access to a continuum of quality care and will be treated with <br />dignity and respect <br />1~ <br />