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Orange County Nursing Home Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes May 2, 2017 5:30pm, Seymour Center, Chapel Hill, NC CALL TO ORDER by Vibeke Talley, Chair • Members Present: Teri Driscoll, Autumn Cox (Ombudsman), Jerry Gregory, Carol Kelly, Martha Bell, Molly Stein, Susie Deter, Mary Fraser (Dept of Aging) , Vibeke Talley, Jackie Podger • Members Excused: Sandy Nash • Members Absent: Jerry Schreiber • Guests Present: Peggy Lanier and Jennifer Moore, applicants for membership. OLD BUSINESS • Discussion /Approval of March 7, 2017 Minutes: Approved with the following corrections: • Member Names (Jackie Podger rather than "J. Page "; Glenda Floyd rather than "G. Floyd ") • Member Status: Sandy Nash has not resigned as note; excused absence for meeting • Quarterly Activity Reports due: 2nd Quarter April 15, 2017 rather than I" Quarter • Member request that first names be included (rather than just initial) in all future minutes NEW BUSINESS • Role of OCNHCAC as related to draft Master Aging Plan indicator 3.5.1c: As committee member comments were offered, Mary Frasier announced a significant change done by the Master Aging Plan work group which clarified the role and expectations of the committee. This section is now drafted to read: "Nursing Home and Adult Care Home Advisory Committee members promote activities that support resident /staff well -being and that reduce social isolation." OCNHCAC members present agreed with the rewording and approved the section. The Master Aging Plan will be reviewed by the Orange County Board of Commissioners on May 16. The discussions around our role prompted a further item: how do we as committee members promote activities that support well being and reduce the social isolation of nursing home residents and staff? Several points were made: • there is no discussions in our orientation re: training/providing /promoting such activities; one member pointed out that while the OBRA regulations specify there are to be group and individual resident activities that will promote such; • the regulations do not have any specificity for council advisory committee members; • One member suggested the following would be some of the items we should learn about: how are activities developed; how are residents encouraged to participate; how are care plans /activity plans individualized for a resident who may not enjoy group efforts; and should we be asking residents about their participation in such events? This led to the idea that a guide could be developed for committee members to use when trying to query residents and staff regarding such efforts. Committee members Carol Kelly and Jackie Podger volunteered to draft some guides /questions we all could use when officially visiting a facility. Thank you Carol & Jackie! • Meeting Schedule: At the end of the March 2, 2017 meeting a member asked about rescheduling our meetings from every two months to quarterly, hence the topic on this agenda. After detailed discussion of the pros and cons of a meeting schedule change, including a historical perspective by Vibeke of this topic during prior years, she called for a hand vote. It OCNHAC, Meeting Minutes, May 2, 2017