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Orange County Nursing Home Advisory Committee <br />Meeting Minutes July 11, 2017 <br />5:30pm, Seymour Center, Chapel Hill, NC <br />CALL TO ORDER by Vibeke Talley, Chair <br />• Members Present: Autumn Cox (Ombudsman), Carol Kelly, Jackie Podger, Jerry Ann <br />Gregory, Jerry Schreiber, Mary Fraser (Dept of Aging), Martha Bell, Peggy Lanier, Susie <br />Deter„ Vibeke Tally (Chair), Karen Macklin <br />• Members Excused: Molly Stein, Jennifer Moore, Teri Driscoll <br />OLD BUSINESS <br />• Discussion /Approval of March 7, 2017 Minutes: Approved with the following <br />corrections: <br />o Member Present: Jackie Podger <br />NEW BUSINESS <br />• Site Reports: <br />• Brookshire: accepted with changes. Brief discussion by members reminding us to <br />include only "actual observations" rather than "opinion type comments." <br />• Carolina Point: accepted; note comment under Ombudsman Report re: lost resident <br />item replacement. <br />• Signature: approval tabled until September 2017 meeting; modifications as <br />discussed during the meeting are needed. <br />Ombudsman Report: Autumn Cox provided the following: <br />• She has spent time at both Signature and Carolina Point conducting family meetings <br />and providing classes for the staff re: sensitivity training (including dignity issues) <br />and residents' rights to assist facilities to comply with regulations. <br />• Points were discussed with family and staff members to resolve concerns and put a <br />plan in place regarding lost personal items. Autumn told committee members that <br />there are provisions in the regulations to reimburse the resident /family member for <br />lost items. The facility needs to inform the Ombudsman's office of such situation in <br />order for reimbursement to be made. <br />Program on Aging Report: Mary Fraser provided the following: <br />o Orange County's Master Aging Plan has been accepted by the Board of County <br />Commissioners. Further discussion was made re: Objective 3.5.1c. NHCAC <br />members promote activities that support resident /staff well -being and that reduce <br />social isolation. Mary related that our County Commissioners have very positive <br />views about the work of the OCNHCAC members as advocates for residents. We <br />are asked to examine ways in which OCNHCAC expertise /strategies can help <br />successfully move this objective along. Examples might include calling for <br />volunteers to come into facilities to visit with residents who are unable to leave the <br />buildings and /or who have no other opportunities for family visits. This prompted a <br />discussion re: ideas for interventions as well as potential liabilities. This will be <br />further discussed at the September meeting. <br />