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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 20, 2003 Action Agen a Item No. -Q SUBJECT• Program Report on the Central Orange Adult Day Health Center Initiative DEPARTMENT: Aging PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No Advisory Board on Aging ATTACHMENT(S): MAP Goal/Objective on Adult Day Health Program Progress Report INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Passmore, Director, ext. 2009 Steve Reda, Adult Day Health Center Manager, ext. 2017 Florence Soltys, Chair, Advisory Board on Aging„ 962-4541 Jack Chestnut, Vice-Chair, Advisory Board on Aging, 918-3210 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To receive as information a Special Progress Report on the Central Orange Adult Day Health Center Initiative: Development and Operation. BACKGROUND: Establishing an adult day health program was one of the top priorities (Goal III-A, c1-3) identified in the Master Aging Plan for Orange County (see attachment). In FY 2002-03, the Board of County Commissioners approved the adult day health initiative and set aside $40,000 to plan and implement the adult day health center initiative. Apart-time planner was hired to direct the necessary planning and oversee the renovation of the Meadowlands Drive site location. Specific tasks that had to be addressed before the doors could open were: marketing, networking, facility design requirements, policy development and funding support. It was agreed that the Adult Day Health Center Initiative would be a community partnership, not a County program, and that anon-profit agency should be established to take over the adult day health program as well as operate other programs designed for frail and disabled older adults. The main goal of the program would be to prevent or delay the onset of institutionalization of the participants and provide respite for family caregivers from all income levels. Thus, a sliding fee scale was established (Program Report: Attachment #1 ). Several community organizations committed their support to this initiative. They included: 1) Carol Woods contributed $18,400 for space rental and administrative costs; 2) Friends for the Senior Center in Central Orange supported the utility costs; 3) UNC School of Nursing provided contract nursing services required for Adult Day Health Centers;