Aging Advisory Board Minutes 121013

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ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD ON AGING Minutes December 10, 2013 PRESENT: Heather Altman, Virginia Brown, Alex Castro, Peggy Cohn, Ed Flowers, Dan Hatley, Lorenzo Meija, Thelma Perkins, Donna Prather, Jeane Suddarth, Dick White, STAFF: Mary Fraser, Lance Hendrix, Janice Tyler EXCUSED: Leo Allison, Keith Cook The meeting was called to order by Vice-Chair Alex Castro, until Chair, Heather Altman, arrived. The minutes of the November 12 meeting were approved as corrected. (Peggy Cohn was shown as presnt, but she was not there). The 2014 meeting schedule was distributed and approved. In her Director’s Report Janice Tyler introduced Lance Hendrix, the new Orange County Aging-related Mobility Manager, who began work about a week ago. Lance will be truly “mobile” with no permanent office space, but reachable via email and his cell phone. The new Transportation Helpline phone number is 919-717-1853. Ms. Tyler announced that she has been notified by Triangle J AAA that we can expect further budget cuts related to the Federal Government sequestration. In addition, the Orange County Financial Services Manager has cautioned that no budget growth should be anticipated for the next fiscal year. Ms. Tyler informed the Advisory Board that the Department on Aging has been designated as an Affordable Health Plan application site. Beverly Shuford will head up the effort for the Department. To date, Beverly and one volunteer have been trained and certified to counsel applicants. Mary Fraser’s report on MAP activities began with the Project EngAGE update. She distributed the names and townships of the 15 Orange County residents who have been selected to participate in the inaugural 13-week senior leadership course to begin on January 13, 2014. Class sessions will be held at the Central Orange Senior Center on Mondays from 10am through 3pm. Commissioner Barry Jacobs has offered to give a formal welcome to the Project EngAGE class at their first class session. The members of the Advisory Board then broke into three work groups, choosing among the topics of Housing, Transportation, and Long-term Care. The Housing work group was led by Janice Tyler, with the help of consultant, Cherie Rosemond. The transportation work group was led by Alex Castro, with the help of the new Mobility Manager, Lance Hendrix. The Long-term Care work group was led by Mary Fraser, with the help of consultant, Charlotte Terwilliger Orange County Ombudsman. Each work group was given the list of strategies outlined in the Year 2 MAP Implementation Plan related their topic. Dr. Fraser asked that work group members develop action steps toward implementation of these strategies, identify who would be responsible for implementation of the action steps and to note any costs associated with these plans. At the end of the work group discussion, the group leaders gave a report to the full Board on each group’s recommendations for action as follows: