Aging Advisory Board Minutes 101315

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Mary Fraser provided her quarterly update of Master Aging Plan activities which included: • Latino Outreach weekly Spanish social club meeting at Seymour to build core group • Habitat building a senior low-income housing at the new Waterstone development • September Aging In Community presentation on Reimagining Your Neighborhood by Bolton Anthony • New Mobility Manager Lisa Berley was hired in mid-September; new OPT buses have arrived to be utilized on the expanded general public and Senior Center routes • Partnership with S.A.L.T. (Seniors And Law enforcement together) has identified needs for home modifications and $1,000 has been raised to address these needs. Alex Castro suggested Habitat for Humanity apprenticeship program as resource. Other suggestions included private businesses, the realtors association, Carolina Villages and Samaritan Purse. • The current Capstone Team will utilize the November election as an opportunity to conduct a survey for the aging preparedness campaign. • Senior Health Advocacy and Resource Partners of Orange County (SHARP) committee will continue its work for long term care improvements for a third year. Yvette Missri updated the Advisory Board on the recent activities of Project EngAGE and the graduates’ Senior Issues Teams: • Class 3 began on September 10 with 13 enrollees. • Community Building team has established two subgroups to support the development of new “villages”. • End Of Life team is sponsoring workshops on the Five Wishes For End Of Life Choices on October 21 and 29. • Faith-Based team is holding two Senior Hunger Symposiums in November. • Falls Prevention team co-sponsored a successful outreach event at the Hillsborough Wal-Mart in September with 25 persons participating in the screening. • Five Project EngAGE graduates have completed the Healthy Ideas training. Ms. Missri also distributed the new Volunteer Connect 55+ Handbook which includes the registration form that will be used for all Department on Aging volunteer placement. In conclusion she announced that Department on Aging staff has been invited to give a presentation on Orange County’s Project EngAGE at the Amiercan Society on Aging Conference in March 2016. Mary Fraser announced that the Long Term Care Learning Collaborative will focus on palliative care for its 2016 campaign. A seminar on this subject will held on October 28 for facility owners and administrators. Strategies are being developed for recognizing residents and staff of care facilities with small gifts and other tokens of appreciation. Discussion followed on successful activities in the community. Committee Progress Reports • Music In My Mind User Group continues to meet and the social work interns want to be involved in the training. • Dick White reported that the Senior Tar Heel Legislature was instrumental in lobbying for the restoration of the Home and Community Care Block Grant funds cut during the previous fiscal year. • Teri Driscoll summarized her written report for the Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee which included the September 30 Triangle J training session.