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t <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Me sing Dale: January 18,2002 <br /> .Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Family Caregiver Support Program Contractwkh THangleJ Council of <br /> Governments (TJCOG) <br /> DEPARTMENT: Aging PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) ' N <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Contract Jerry M. Passmore, Director, eat 2007 <br /> Program and Budget Florence Soltye Aging Board Chair <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS <br /> Hillsborough 7324181 <br /> Chapel Hill 9684501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336.227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To seek authonzabon to enter into a contract with TJCOG —Area Agency on Aging <br /> for$39,256 to provide Family Caregiver Support Services. <br /> BACKGROUND: Of the top 20 Master Aging Plan's issues/objectives, three address the need <br /> for caregiver and family support services. Goal IIIA-c3 recommendetl the implementation of an <br /> adult day care program to provide relief to caregivers and Goal I WA-b3 recommendetl the <br /> implementation of a heavy house cleaning service. The BOCC already have taken action on <br /> both of these initiatives. However, Goal IIIA-bi recommended providing assistance 0 <br /> familieslcaregivers by expanding in-home respite care services. The attached Orange County <br /> Respite Plan approved by the TJCOG -Area Agency on Aging meets the needs of caregivers <br /> who have different types of caregiving situations. The plan to be implemented by the Orange <br /> County Department on Aging covers four areas: (1)Volunteer In-home Respite—expanded use <br /> of volunteers by"A Helping Hand% a non-prolrt agency that has a volunteer-based home <br /> service; (2) Group Respite—a one-clay-a-week pilot group respite pmgrem at the NorthskJe <br /> Senior Center provided in cooperation with JOCCA, DSS. Junior League, Orange Public <br /> Transportation, and others; (3)Institutional Respite Relief Program—contract with local long <br /> term care institutions to provide temporary relief to caregivers for overnight and 24 hour care <br /> obligations; and (4) In-Home Respite requiring Personal Care—use of a professional such as a <br /> certified nursing assistant to provide relief for the caregiver who is assisting an elderly person <br /> with extreme personal care needs(incon5nence, etc.) beyond the training and appropriateness <br /> of a volunteer. <br /> The Master Aging Plan Steering CnmmMee was reconvened in November to help develop the <br /> respite plan, and the Orange County Advisory Board on Aging reviewed the plan in December <br /> and recommended Its approval. <br />