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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 6, 2002 Action Agenda Item No. 13- - SUBJECT: Approval of Guidelines for the Operation of the Orange County Long Term Care Facility Roundtable DEPARTMENT: Advisory Board on Aging and PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No the Department on Aging ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Florence Soltys, (919) 962-6541 Appendix A: M.A.P. Objectives on LTC Jerry Passmore, (919) 245-2009 Appendix B: Planning Task Force TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Description Hillsborough 732-8181 Appendix C: Draft LTC Roundtable Chapel Hill 968-4501 Guidelines Durham 688-7331 Figure 1: Diagram of Roundtable Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider approving the Guidelines for the Operation of the Orange County Long Term Care Facility Roundtable. BACKGROUND: The approved Master Aging Plan (M.A.P.) identified and recommended the establishment of an Orange County Long Term Care Roundtable (OCLTCR) (Goal IV-A-a1) comprised of regulators, advocates, consumers and service providers, who will work together to define, address, and resolve issues related to the long term care (LTC) population. The OCLTCR has been identified as a lead agency in fourteen M.A.P. objectives pertaining to improving the quality of care and quality of life for Orange County's long term care population (Appendix A). In June 2002, the Advisory Board on Aging, in cooperation with the Department on Aging, the Department of Social Services, the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, and the Nursing Home and Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committees established a planning task force to identify the specific target population, purpose, and structure of the OCLTCR (Appendix B). The Planning Task Force identified the main LTC target population as residents of long term care facilities (assisted living and nursing homes). Goal IV-A-a1 was revised to reflect this target population, the inclusion of consumers on the Roundtable, and the main mission to improve the quality of care and quality of life for Orange County residents of long term care facilities. The Planning Task Force defined the OCLTCR broadly as a membership organization consisting of individuals from diverse backgrounds who live or work in Orange County or have family members residing in Orange County long term care facilities. The Roundtable will be comprised of representatives from the Advisory Board on Aging, the Department of Social Services, Department on Aging, advocates for residents (LTC Ombudsmen, family members and the Community Advisory Committees), long term care facilitv administrators. facilitv staff.