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ORANGE COUNTY <br />ADVISORY BOARD ON AGING <br /> <br />Minutes <br />June 14, 2016 <br /> <br />PRESENT: Alex Castro, Agustin Diaz, Ed Flowers, Katherine Leith, Winston Liao, Yvonne Mendenhall, Dick <br />White <br />EXCUSED: Mary Altpeter, Peggy Cohn, Keith Cook, Dan Daniel, Teri Driscoll, Lorenzo Mejia, Donna <br />Prather, <br /> <br />STAFF: Mary Fraser, Jacob Foster, Kathie Kearns, Yvette Missri, Janice Tyler <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order at the Passmore Center by retiring Chair Alex Castro. Both he and Mary <br />Fraser have been invited to participate in the Town of Chapel Hill’s Complete Streets Committee. Ms. <br />Fraser introduced Jacob Foster as the UNC Pastoral Care intern who will have office hours at both the <br />Passmore and Seymour Centers this summer. <br /> <br />Director’s Report <br />Janice Tyler announced that the Direct Care Worker Awards on May 26 had more than 150 people in <br />attendance. UNC-G professor and former Aging Advisory Board member Jan Wassell has scheduled a <br />tour of the Orange County Senior Centers for a group of senior services professionals visiting from <br />Korea. In that country retirement is mandatory at age 60. Their Senior Centers serve large numbers of <br />people (1,200 for lunch); volunteering is not part of the culture. <br />Nantucket Grill has been recommended to continue as the Senior Lunch Program caterer for next fiscal <br />year. The per-meal cost will increase from $5.75 to $6.50. The Home and Community Care Block Grant <br />allocation for Orange County has increased for FY17. The additional funding of $29,528 was divided <br />between the Department on Aging to support its Mandarin-speaking social work position and Senior <br />Care for its Adult Day Health program. <br />Ms. Tyler reported that the delay in Senior Care’s reimbursement for VA-funded services continues to be <br />an issue. The Board of Directors is in need of new members due to term expiration. <br />The Cedar Grove Community Center will hold a grand opening on June 18 beginning with a ceremony at <br />10:00am. This facility will follow the self-management model initiated with the Rogers Road Community <br />Center. A Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) town hall meeting will be held on July 28 <br />at the Passmore Senior Center with the State Insurance Commissioner in attendance. <br />The program staff from both Senior Centers held a planning retreat with the Capstone Team to focus on <br />the final report on aging preparedness and engaging the next generation of retirees. The National <br />Institute of Senior Centers (NISC) Accreditation document has been submitted for review. Ms. Tyler <br />expressed her appreciation of Myra Austin for completing this task. The NISC review team will make a <br />site visit before approving the Orange County Senior Centers for this distinction. Discussion followed on <br />the difference between NC Centers of Excellence and the national accreditation. <br /> <br /> <br />New Business <br />Janice Tyler recognized Alex Castro and Ed Flowers for their service to the Department on Aging and <br />Orange County. Both members are completing their second consecutive term on the Advisory Board on <br />Aging at this meeting. Mr. Flowers offered his list-serv to distribute information as of July 1. Mary