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Orange County Adult Care Community Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes May 19, 2016 Meeting convened: Meeting called to order at 3:37 p. m. at the Passmore Senior Center in Hillsborough, NC by Chairman, Max Mason. Attendance: Max Mason, Chair A. John "Jack" Vogt, Vice Chair Deborah Stewart, Secretary Beverly Foster, Member Deborah Rider, Member Yvonne Mendenhall, Member James Bartow, Member Gloria Brown, Member Carmelita Karhoff, Ombudsman Will Lang, Member Mary Fraser, Orange County Dept on Aging The following committee members provided advance notice to Max Mason, Chair, that they would miss the meeting; therefore their absence is considered excused: Dan Hatley and Suzanne Haff. Review Minutes, March 24, 2016 The minutes were approved. Ombudsperson Report, Carmelita Karhoff "Vulnerable and Elder Abuse Awareness Month" is May 8th Mother's Day, through June 19th Father's Day. Carmelita brought flyers for us to distribute at our facilities or anywhere else that can benefit from education around this issue. Flyers included: Governor's Proclamation, NCEA (National Center on Elder Abuse) statistics, symptoms to look for with guidelines on how and when to report, and a list of Department of Social Service (DSS) contacts to call. Inas AI -Rawas is no longer working with Ombudsman Program. Carmelita will remain our primary Ombudsman contact. State Ombudsmen office received letter from Administration for Community Living (ACL), a federal group, with notice that our NC program might not match other state programs. ACL is proposing a different application and appointment process. The committee reviewed the current application and appointment process and highlighted the processes that we felt made it easier to find a good fit for membership. Procedures are being developed and the statute will likely