2015-04-14 Meeting Minutes New Hanover County Nursing Home
Community Advisory Committee
Quarterly Meeting Minutes
Date:April 14,2015
Time:4:00 PM
Location of meeting:Council of Government Conference Room
Attendees:see signature form
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Called to Order/time:4:00 PM by Julie Brewer,Chairperson
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1 In-service: To be received at the Community Advisory Committee Appreciation
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Review of Minutes Approved:NA
Review By-Laws:NA 1
Old Business: Reviewed/Approved
New Business: 1. Proposals for Improving Community Involvement in our Nursing Homes
Discussion ensued regarding CAC active involvement in public awareness.Motion to table this
proposal at this time by Dot Grime and second to the motion by Denise Shuart.
, 2. National Nursing Home Week;Theme is"Bring on the Fiesta";May 10-16,2015
Partial activity schedules reviewed/encourage all CAC's to choose a facility to attend and/or assist
3 with their celebrations;final schedules to be made available by Julie
Letters with copies of the facilities activities to be sent upon completion to the County
Commissioners;one of our goals is to encourage their participation
3. North Chase visit
i Discussion and review of CAC responsibilities in observations and exit interviews
CAC Visitation Checklist provided to each attendee
4. Davis Visit
Discussion indicating difficulty entering and exiting the individual housing units. Suggesting 2
teams of CAC's assigned to grouping of 4 houses
Reminders that there is to be no identifying of the houses,room numbers,or other client reveal,
unless written authorization by resident
1 5. a. Identify self with administration if visiting a facility in a capacity other than CAC,
according to the State Ombudsman
b. Resident acquaintances/friends:CAC visitation with observations,conversations,
3 exit interviews to be limited to assigned areas that do not include these residents/family members
c. Susie Sprenger,DSS: Invitation to participate in a walk for Elder Abuse
Awareness,June 3,2015;0845 sign-up;Senior Center i
1 d. CAC Appreciation:Thursday,April 23,2015;2:00-4:00 PM;Liberty Commons
Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, 121 Racine Drive,Wilmington,N.C.
"Making the Best Out of Long Term Care"presented by Eleanor Krassen Covan,PhD
IVolunteer room set up begins 1:30 PM
1 Review of quarterly visits:completed
Scheduling visits of next quarter:tentative dates set i
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Meeting adjourned: 5:45 PM by Julie Brewer
1 P Quarterly Meeting Scheduled: Tuesday,July 14,2015;3:00 PM COG conference room t
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Respectively Submitted,
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Jan Stump,secretary
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