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<br />NURSING HOME COMMITTEE <br />The OCNHCAC had a meeting on May 5, 2015. It was basically a reorganizational meeting. All of our <br />meetings will be held at the Seymour Center. <br />After a brief discussion, the members of the committee decided to add another meeting date to the <br />schedule as they did not meet in the summer. It was decided to have a July meeting which will be on <br />July 7 2015. <br />We talked about having a speaker come to one of our meetings and we contacted Lisa Levine of the <br />Alzheimer’s North Carolina and she will be coming to speak at our July meeting. She will be speaking <br />from 6-7 pm and her topic will be Engaging Residents with Dementia during our Facility Visits. We will <br />also be inviting the Orange County Adult Home Care CAC. Lisa is an excellent speaker and has been a <br />guest at many of the Triangle J meetings. <br />The Carol Woods site visit was completed on Mar. 20th and reviewed at the meeting. Another good site <br />visit. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Teri Driscoll <br />May 12 2015 Committees Progress Reports submitted by Alex Castro Jr. <br />Chapel Hill Carrboro Meals on Wheels <br />A total of 3237 meals delivered in April 2015 versus 3002 in 2014. The facilities committee continues to <br />pursue possible sites for a home for the organization. There are few options in Chapel hill or Carrboro <br />and a commercial real estate broker is being hired to line up choices. The Project Engage Senior Hunger <br />SRT continues to pursue with OCIM the expansion of meal deliveries into the northern parts of the <br />county. <br />Orange County Unified Transportation Board <br />Orange Public Transit (OPT) is about to formally launch service under its Americans with Disability Act <br />(ADA) Implementation Plan. Included in this plan is a greatly expanded OPT service involving the <br />Hillsborough circulator route revamp and the initiation in June/July 2015 of service into the northern <br />parts of the county and out to Efland. The Efland service will complement the new Go Triangle (formerly <br />Triangle Transit) ODX route by providing service between Hillsborough and Efland during the 10 AM to 2 <br />PM timeframe. New Route schedules have been developed, two new buses acquired and bus stop <br />signage ordered. In the May 20 meeting the Outboard will review a Rural Bicycling Safety Plan drafted <br />by a committee of Outboard and community members. This plan will be forwarded to the BOCC for their <br />consideration at the June 17th meeting. <br />