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Orange County Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee <br />Meeting Minutes – May 21, 2015 <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Convened <br />Meeting called to order at 3:30pm at the Central Orange Senior Center in Hillsborough, NC by <br />Chair, Max Mason <br /> <br />Attendees <br />Max Mason, Chair <br />Jack Vogt, Vice Chair <br />Deborah Stewart, Secretary <br />James Bartow, Member <br />Mario Battigelli, Member <br />Beverly Foster, Member <br />Suzanne Haff, Member <br />Dan Hatley, Member <br />Yvonne Mendenhall, Member <br />Debbie Rider, Member <br />Joyce Teston, Member <br />Mary Fraser, Department on Aging Liaison <br />Charlotte Terwilliger, Ombudsman <br /> <br />The following committee members provided advance notice to Max Mason, Chair, that they <br />would miss the meeting; therefore their absences are considered excused: Talita Crews <br /> <br />Minutes March, 2015 <br />Minutes approved. <br /> <br />Visitation Reports from March 19th Meeting <br />Those had been reviewed via email in advance. Reports were approved. <br /> <br />Report from the Ombudsman, Charlotte Terwilliger <br />• Charlotte asked if representative(s) from this committee would be willing and able to man a <br />table at the Triangle Caregivers Conference in Raleigh. <br />• The Stratford in process of remodeling due recent flooding <br />• There is a new administrator at Carolina House <br />• Charlotte may request assistance from committee members to assist with Virtual Dementia <br />Tour Training at Carolina House. <br />• Charlotte reminded the committee of the purpose and necessity for submitting quarterly <br />activity records. <br />• Suggested that Lisa Levine’s dementia training in Oct at Triangle J from 1:00 pm-3:30 pm <br />may benefit us as we engage residents with dementia during our visits. <br /> <br />Report from the Department on Aging, Mary Fraser <br />• Direct Care Worker Awards ceremony was on May 6, 2015 at The Seymour Center. A high <br />priority will be placed on increasing awareness about this award to our facilities for next <br />year’s event.