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22 <br />maximizing functionality, and enhancing quality of life, is in some <br />cases directly related to quality of care. <br />B. The Orange County Board of Commissioners placed on the ballot a <br />Senior Centers Bond that was approved by the voters in November, <br />2001. The Bond will help construct two large multipurpose Senior <br />Centers -one in southern Orange and the other in central Orange. The <br />Senior Centers are hubs for healthy living and exercise, disease <br />prevention, socialization, recreation, information, counseling, and <br />services for seniors and their families. <br />C. The Chapel Hill Senior Center, operated by the Department on <br />Aging, is recognized as a state-wide model for the coordination of <br />and access to, community services and opportunities. It has a proven <br />track record for consistently providing high quality services to all <br />segments of the older adult population. Over the past 20 years the <br />Department on Aging has been awarded seven Achievement Awards <br />by the National Association of Counties (NACo). Most of the awards <br />were associated with senior center operations such as Coordinated <br />Leisure Programming, Saturday School for Seniors, Volunteer Income <br />Tax Assistance, Coordinated Agency Transportation, and the Senior <br />Times Newspaper: APublic-Private Partnership to promote aging <br />services. <br />D. For over 20 years, Orange County Nursing Home and Adult Care <br />Home Advisory Committees have been grassroots ombudsmen that visit <br />local long-term care facilities quarterly and act as advocates for residents. <br />They are appointed by the County Commissioners, staffed by the <br />Department on Aging and receive training and technical assistance from <br />the Regional Ombudsman Program through Triangle J Area Agency on <br />Aging. <br />