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being given. In last year's successful awards program, 27 direct care workers were nominated, and six awards for excellence in direct care for the elderly were given. This year, the Department of Aging hopes to receive more nominations of direct care workers from more facilities. Nominations will be open from February 1 thru the end of March. Nominations may be made by administrators, staff, residents or others familiar with the care provided to residents in assisted living or nursing facilities, family care homes, or at home by direct care staff in the county. Nomination forms are available on the County Department of Aging web site. • The County department of Aging is starting an initiative to encourage assisted living and nursing facilities in the county to begin, expand, or strengthen programs in which volunteers are involved in visitation or activities for the benefit of residents in these facilities. Yvette Missri of the Department is coordinating this initiative. She made a presentation to our Committee on it in November, and Suzanne Haff of the Committee is our direct contact with Yvette as she goes forward. In this year's "Long -Term Care Collaborative" program of the County Department on Aging, the theme will be on palliative /comfort care for residents in assisted living and nursing facilities, family homes and in home care. Palliative or comfort care is designed for persons who face death or life threatening or serious illnesses. Several nursing homes, e. g., Brookshire and Signature Healthcare, and a number of family care homes, e. g., Livewell, have signed up to work with the Department of Aging to improve the palliative /comfort care for their residents. Last year, this collaborative program involved "Music and Memory" and was quite successful. The expectation is that "music and memory" will be part of the palliative /comfort care activities. Yvonne Mendenhall, CAC committee member, is involved in this collaborative program to improve palliative /comfort care in facilities and homes. • The County Department of Aging will be sponsoring a presentation by Dr. William Thomas, a national authority on dementia and aging. The presentation will take place on April 17, 2016 at the Friday Center, UNC- Chapel Hill. Mary urged CAC members to attend. Their will be a $15 admission fee, but Mary is attempting to get the fee waived or reduced. for CAC and also Nursing Home committee members Welcome to Gloria Brown, New Committee Member, and to Will Lang, Prospective New Member. Max Mason welcomed Gloria Brown and William Lang to the Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee. Gloria has already been appointed by the County Commissioners. She will be attending a field training at The Stratford with Charlotte next week. She will also need to visit a family care home as part of her training. Gloria lives in Hillsborough, works at Piedmont Health, and said she is looking forward to serving on the Committee. Will Lang also lives in Hillsborough, building a new house there, and he has worked with the American Pharmacy Association and been involved with Hospice of North Carolina. His appointment to the Committee is now before the County Commissioners. The Committee unanimously approved a resolution recommending that the Commissioners appoint Will to the committee.