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1 <br />Orange County Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee <br />Meeting Minutes, November 6, 2018 <br /> 5:30pm, Seymour Center, Chapel Hill, NC <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER by Vibeke Talley, Chair <br />• Members Present: Martha Bell, Stephanie Boswell, Carol Kelly, Jerry Ann Gregory, <br />Susie Dieter, Vibeke Talley (Chair), Autumn Cox (Ombudsman) <br />• Members Excused: Jackie Podger, Stephanie Miller, Annie Deaver (Orange County <br />DOA) <br /> <br />OLD BUSINESS; <br />• Discussion/Approval September 4, 2018 Minutes: Reviewed and approved as written. <br /> <br />NEW BUSINESS <br />• Resignation: Molly Stein. She will be enrolling in a Physician’s Assistance Course <br />away from North Carolina. We’ve appreciated her involvement with our committee as <br />well as her service to the residents in nursing homes of Orange County <br /> <br />• Site Visit Reports <br />o Signature: Accepted as written. This visit was done prior to Hurricane Florence. <br />The facility and staff were very well prepared for the storm. Signature is also now <br />considering starting a family council in addition to their resident counsel. <br />o Carolina Point: Visit scheduled next week. We learned that a new nursing home <br />administrator is due to arrive in the coming weeks. Autumn continues her visits as <br />Ombudsman due to staff and care issues. <br />o Carol Woods: Accepted as written. <br />o Brookshire: Accepted as written. <br />o Parkview: New Chapel Hill location of this Liberty chain of facilities. No official <br />visit from committee members, we note that the facility was opened just prior to <br />Hurricane Florence. Staff and residents were reported to be very well prepared for <br />the storm to the point that the low census allowed the transfer of residents from other <br />nursing homes in jeopardy because of the hurricane results. Vibeke is working with <br />the Administrative staff at Parkview to schedule an initial tour for available <br />committee members. <br />o Site Visit Assignments as of November 2018: Update by Vibeke with approval <br />from all present members <br /> <br />• Ombudsman’s Report (Autumn Cox, Ombudsman): We welcomed Autumn Cox <br />back from maternity leave. She provided the following information: <br />o Of note was the ongoing annual state and unscheduled federal survey. While no <br />quality care issues surfaced, there were a few findings all related to new regulation <br />changes with required documentation. Carol Woods is in the process of appeal. A <br />new nursing home administrator has started with the facility. <br />o Signature has a new social worker; <br />o Parkview is owned by Liberty Health Care. It is prepared to provide bariatric <br />services with ceiling lifts positioned in an entire wing.