Aging Advisory Board Minutes 021318

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ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARD ON AGING Minutes February 13, 2018 PRESENT: Mary Alpeter, Colin Austin, Hanna Boyd, Alex Castro, Keith Cook, Rachel Hawkins, Alicia Nelson, Donna Prather, Vibeke Talley, Dick White EXCUSED: Heather Altman, Peggy Cohn, Winston Liao, Lorenzo Mejia, Yvonne Mendenhall STAFF: Myra Austin, Kathie Kearns, Yvette Missri, Janice Tyler The meeting was called to order by acting Chair Alex Castro. Mary Fraser announced that she will be retiring from her Department on Aging position as Aging Transitions Director effective July 1. It was also announced that Yvonne Mendenhall will be resigning her Advisory Board appointment but will maintain her role with the Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee. The minutes of the January 9 meeting were approved following the motion made by Keith Cook and seconded by Vibeke Talley. The discussion of proposals for the upcoming Healthy Aging Summit was added to the agenda. DIRECTOR’S REPORT Janice Tyler asked Myra Austin to update the Advisory Board on the implementation of the Pass Management Senior Center check-in system installed in January. Key fobs with identification chips have been issued to more than 700 participants to date. Volunteers are being trained to assist in utilizing the check-in kiosks. Ms. Tyler expressed her appreciation for the staff effort to bring this project to completion. Ms. Tyler announced the March 14-15 NC Association on Aging Conference and circulated the agenda which includes two workshops being led by Department on Aging staff. She also noted that the Ann Johnson Institute Leader Symposium for Senior Center staff will be held the previous day. This will include a presentation on Project EngAGE. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has received a Letter of Intent from UNC-CH for its Bookend Caregiving Project which Ms. Tyler and Mary Fraser helped to formulate. If approved a full application for funding will be submitted. Department on Aging staff have been invited to attend a Community Response meeting on April 26 to address the opioid crisis. Orange County’s Rapid Response Team has met to consider the fate of mobile home park residents who are being displaced by development in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area. The initial inventory lists more than 100 trailer parks in Orange County and 88% of the residents are Latino. NEW BUSINESS In preparing the FY2018-19 budget requests Orange County departments have been directed to only include operating cost increases when new offsetting revenues are available. The County Manager has also asked Department Directors to identify areas where cuts could be made to current budget levels. Ms. Tyler reviewed several strategies for continuing some of the OC CARES grant services past the August 31 end date with existing resources in an effort to meet the needs of a community that is aging with an increasing number of dementia diagnoses. Mary Fraser addressed the need for continuance of the occupational therapist position. Ms. Tyler announced that the Passmore Center renovations will begin February 26. Also, one meeting has already been held with the architect for the Southern Human Services campus expansion project. She shared her proposal to expand the Seymour Center to include meeting space for the Commissioners’ meetings. Dick White, Vibeke Talley, and Alex Castro volunteered for the Outside Agency Application Review Team. The County Manager will meet with each applicant agency again this year. Keith Cook suggested that all aging services agencies that received Orange County funding be asked to meet with this Advisory Board during the year. The members supported this recommendation. Janice Tyler added that DSS has sponsored a meeting for all agencies dealing with food insecurity.