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2 <br />Heather Altman did not have a report from the Triangle J Area Agency on Aging <br />Advisory Council. Jan Wells has agreed to also represent Orange County on the regional <br />Council. Jerry Passmore announced that an Orange County Resource Fair will be held on <br />May 1 in conjunction with the Department on Aging’s 30th anniversary celebration with <br />the theme being “30 Years of Partnering with Community Agencies.”. <br /> <br />Steve Yuhasz reported that the County Commissioners began a review of Commissioner- <br />appointed boards and committees in December. Therefore, no new Board appointments <br />have been made recently. A final decision should be made when the Board of County <br />Commissioners meets again in late January. Jan Wassel noted that the Advisory Board <br />on Aging plays a vital role in the Orange County community. Jerry Passmore stated that <br />the County Manager has called a meeting to explore the future role of the Human <br />Services Advisory Commission. Peggy Cohn added that the Adult Care Home <br />Committee is mandated to conduct certain activities and need new members appointed to <br />complete these tasks. <br /> <br />Heather Altman reported that the Chatham-Orange Community Resource Connections <br />(CRC) has been selected by the NC Division of Aging for a Person-Centered Hospital <br />Discharge Planning grant. A formal announcement of the award will be made in late <br />January. She also stated that the Duke Endowment Community Connections grant <br />awarded to Carol Woods has funded tele-health monitoring devices for individual homes. <br />Now the service is being expanded to the Central Orange Senior Center and other <br />community locations. Jan Wells asked if the target population is Medicaid patients. Ms. <br />Altman replied that, in this area, the target population is Piedmont Health Service <br />paitents. Jerry Passmore stated that the tele-health monitor for community use is <br />currently being installed at Central Orange. He added that plans are underway to have <br />email ‘encrypted’ in order to make information sharing among agencies easier. <br /> <br />The next item on the agenda was consideration of the recommendation to name the <br />Central Orange Adult Day Health Program in honor of Florence Soltys. The Chair noted <br />that a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners on this matter was <br />approved by the Advisory Board on Aging in March, 2008. No action was taken at that <br />time because the Commissioners were in the process of establishing a policy for naming <br />County facilities. Discussion followed on the distinction between naming a program and <br />a facility. Peggy Cohn made a motion and Leo Allison provided the second that a letter <br />and draft resolution be submitted to the County Commissioners for consideration of the <br />Program’s name change. Heather Altman asked for assurance that the Senior Care Board <br />has approved this action. Discussion continued about whether that section of the building <br />would continue to be named for Ms Soltys if the adult day health program was relocated. <br />Peggy Cohn offered a revision to her motion to substitute the word ‘Center’ for <br />‘Program’. Commissioner Yuhasz noted that the questions raised during this discussion <br />points to the need for further clarification of the new naming policy. Fred Schroeder <br />suggested deferring this issue to next month’s meeting and asking the Commissioners to <br />have informal discussion about the appropriate terms to be used. Leo Allison made a <br />motion to table action on the motion and Thelma Perkins provided a second. Motion <br />carried.