Aging Advisory Board Minutes 080916

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departments within the Town of Chapel Hill are also being trained. The project completed a site visit by the grant’s technical assistance team in July. Master Aging Plan Updates The Department has secured a five-member, senior capstone team through the Health Policy and Management program within the UNC School of Public Health to help with the MAP process over this academic year. Over the summer months, needs assessment data will be collected through a community survey, focus groups and a series of key information interviews. The first MAP Steering Committee meeting will be held on September 21st from 8:30-10:30am at the Carol Woods Retirement Center. Members for the MAP steering Committee are being recruited among County Department heads, town mayors and managers, healthcare administrators, non-profit leaders and University experts. Two large Community Meetings will be held in October to share information gathered over the summer and to help prioritize issues to be studied through the winter. All Orange County residents interested in aging issues will be invited to attend. One meeting will be held at the Seymour Center on October 26th from 9am- noon and the other will be held at Passmore Center on October 28th from 1:30-4:30pm. Committee Progress Reports if needed: The Senior Tar Heel Legislature has new leadership and is requiring more accountability from its delegates. The Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee is organizing to promote absentee balloting in the facilities. The Carnival fundraiser organized to benefit both Friends organizations on July 30th was very successful and experienced a good turn-out. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Janice Tyler, Secretary