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ORANGE COUNTY <br />ADVISORY BOARD ON AGING <br />November 13, 2012 <br /> <br />PRESENT: Leo Allison, Virginia Brown, Alex Castro, Keith Cook, Ed Flowers, Dan Hatley, Thelma Perkins, <br />Donna Prather, Jeane Suddarth, Jan Wells, Richard White <br />STAFF: Mary Fraser, Kathie Kearns, Janice Tyler <br />In the absence of the Chair the meeting was called to order by Vice-Chair Alex Castro. Following <br />introductions the minutes for October 9 meeting were approved upon the motion offered by Ed Flowers <br />and the second by Keith Cook. Motion carried. <br />In her Director’s Report Janice Tyler announced that she had received a response from the UNC GIGU <br />representative stating that the first meeting of the technical advisory committee meeting will be <br />scheduled within a few days. Ms. Tyler attended three sessions of the recent Town of Carrboro Housing <br />Summit. Jan Wells and Mary Fraser reported on the success of today’s Memory Screening Clinics held at <br />both Senior Centers. Ms. Wells acknowledged the Orange County Human Resources Department’s <br />promotion of the event which contributed to its attendance. Based upon the doodle poll conducted of <br />newly-appointed members, orientation will be held on December 4, 3:00-5:00pm at the Seymour <br />Center. The Board of County Commissioners has approved revised by-laws for all appointed advisory <br />boards and commissions. At that work session one BOCC member asked if seven (7) member of the <br />Aging Board met the age requirement of 60+. Although date of birth is not a part of the current <br />application process, the consensus was that the current membership of the Board meets this goal. Ms. <br />Tyler noted that the Nursing Home and Adult Care Home by-laws were also approved. <br />In her Master Aging Plan (MAP) update Mary Fraser reported that approximately 800 aging information <br />and wellness surveys were completed by persons 50 years and older during the election polling site <br />solicitation. The Capstone Team will analyze the data. Additionally 30 individuals expressed a <br />willingness to serve on a focus group that will further evaluate the results of the survey. Discussion <br />followed on some of the preliminary findings about exercise habits and ways of receiving information. <br />Ms. Fraser noted that the approval of the sales tax increase to support public transportation should <br />result in additional local resources. The Aging Transitions staff has been meeting with Orange County <br />Emergency Management to develop a falls prevention campaign which includes both residents of the <br />community and long term care facilities. Due to the low attendance at the last MAP Steering <br />Committee meeting staff have been meeting individually with key personnel of the Health Department, <br />EMS, and the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Meals-On-Wheels program. The main issues continue to be <br />information dissemination and transportation. Alex Castro announced that a summary of information <br />available in the Resource Guide has been distributed to the MOW volunteers. Janice Tyler suggested <br />having the magnets with the Aging Helpline number delivered with the meals.