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• Attendance at all Triangle J Leadership training sessions. <br />• Continuing meetings and site visits by our CAC volunteers. <br />• Preparation of detailed site visit reports after visit to each nursing home. <br />• Partnering with the Department of Aging’s 2016 Long-Term Care Learning Collaborative on <br />Palliative Care: The Comfort Zone. <br /> <br />Describe this board/commission’s activities/accomplishments in carrying out BOCC goal(s)/priorities, if <br />applicable. <br />See above answers <br /> <br /> <br />Describe the collaboration relationship(s) this particular board has with other advisory boards and <br />commissions? <br />We have a very close relationship with the Orange County Department of Aging, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />If your board/commission played the role of an Element Lead Advisory Board involved in the 2030 <br />Comprehensive Plan preparation process, please indicate your board’s activities/accomplishments as <br />they may relate to the Comprehensive Plan’s goals or objectives. <br />(The Element Lead Advisory Boards include: Planning Board, EDC, OUTBoard, Commission for the <br />Environment, Historic Preservation Commission, Agriculture Preservation Board, Affordable Housing <br />Board, Recreation and Parks Advisory Council) <br /> <br />N/A <br /> <br />Identify any activities this board/commission expects to carry out in 2016 as they relate to established <br />BOCC goals and priorities. <br />If applicable, is there a fiscal impact (i.e., funding, staff time, other resources) associated with these <br />proposed activities (please list). <br />None of the activities or functions have a fiscal impact. <br /> <br />What are the concerns or emerging issues your board has identified for the upcoming year that it plans to <br />address, or wishes to bring to the Commissioners’ attention? <br /> <br />The committee plans to continue encouraging all levels of planned activities for nursing home <br />residents. This is easily done with privately owned facilities. We are concerned with care of <br />residents in Medicaid-dependent nursing homes due to the quality of caregivers and the high <br />turnover of staff. Some facilities struggle in continuing to provide basic service. We will continue <br />to advocate for fair wages and proper treatment of staff. Facility management challenges, <br />vacancies and turnover of key administrative positions at Orange County’s Nursing Homes is of <br />much concern. The CAC will continue to provide consultation to recently appointed <br />administrators to help them address these challenges. <br /> <br /> <br />Decreases in census at some nursing homes creates some fiscal difficulties at the facility. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />