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• CAC Leadership Committee Meeting, Sept 30th. RSVP by 23rd. Members were encouraged <br />to attend as it will provide good networking opportunity and time to hear and understand <br />what other counties are doing. <br />Report from the Department on Aging, Mary Fraser <br />• September 1, 2015 – Six Long Term Care Quality Service Awards were awarded based on <br />implementation of Music and Memory Program. Recipients were: <br />o Carol Woods – is now using the program in Assisted Living and Nursing Home areas; <br />o Livewell is starting to incorporate information about music preferences at intake; <br />o Florence Gray Soltys Adult Day Program; <br />o Right at Home and A Helping Hand are working with clients who are at home; <br />o Brookshire is using this even at end of life, not just with dementia residents <br />• Next award will be based on palliative and end-of-life issues and will focus on the facilities <br />that are providing comfort, not just bringing in palliative and hospice care providers. For <br />eligibility, a facility would develop a comfort care program, show it in action, then apply for <br />award. Training October 28 for administrators to learn about it and how to implement. <br />o Suggestion: For the SHARP (Senior Health Advocacy and Resource Partners of <br />Orange County) Award and Long Term Care Quality Service Award programs, maybe <br />there could be one focused on a facility that primarily accepts public funding to <br />provide incentive and motivation for staff to participate. Mary noted that there has <br />been extreme difficulty to starting new programs in some facilities since they have to <br />regularly address crises and may not have staff to spare; if they participate, that will <br />be a great start. Several facilities have shown initiative and excitement but their <br />efforts are inhibited. Free training and consultation available. <br />• Livewell is expanding their property. <br />• Department on Aging was awarded Caregiver Support grant for $900K that came through <br />Alzheimer’s support initiative. New services will roll out in approx. 3 months: <br />(1) Individual level – in-home support to caregivers from MSW and OT to focus on <br />rediscovering competencies and addressing behavioral concerns. Also to expand respite <br />program to Hillsborough; <br />(2) Organizational level – train individuals and workers in facilities; <br />(3) Community level – goal is to become a “Dementia-Friendly Community” which <br />involves developing a training program that will allow businesses and retailers to show <br />that they commit to accommodating clients with dementia. County offices will also go <br />through this training. Only 11 grants were awarded in the country! <br />• Aging in Place Series: presentation tonight at 7:00pm at Seymour Senior Center on <br />reimaging one’s community. Presenter, is Bolton Anthony, editor of “Reimagining your <br />neighborhood.” <br />Community Relations/Patient Advocacy & Education issues, Joyce Teston <br />• Confirmed table at Duke Monday Dec 14th at Wash Duke display set up by 10am. Program <br />11-1. One person from each table will be able to attend program and luncheon. Deadline to <br />present the name of that attendee is Oct 9. Charlotte will send out email so we can <br />coordinate schedules. Joyce is incoming president of that orgnaization so she cannot be <br />our representative.