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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil on Aging-Disabilities 04-13-06 NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA ST. CROIX COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING Thursday, April 13, 2006, 8:30 am County Board Room, St. Croix County Government Center 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin 54016 CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING DATE OF NEXT MEETING — Thursday, May 18.2006 OLD AND NEW BUSINESS 1. Introduction: Margaret Ann Bosman, Helpful Hearing for Hard of Hearing 2. Volunteer Recognition (Wednesday, April 19, 2006) 3. Senior Resource Fair (Friday, May 12, 2006) and Older Americans' Month Events 4. ADRC Update 5. * Transportation Committee Report 6. Volunteer Report 7. Staff Reports 8. Nutrition Program/Senior Center Updates 9. Possible Agenda Items for next meeting ADJOURN (Items may be taken in different order) ** Additions /Changes /Corrections SUBMITTED BY Kjersti L. 0. Duncan, Thursday, March 30, 2006 COPIES TO County Board Office County Clerk News Media/ Notice Board Committee Members Items for County Board approval must be submitted to the County Clerk's office by Wednesday morning preceding a County Board meeting. 3/31/2006 8:33 AM COUNCIL ON AGING MEETING April 13, 2006 St. Croix County Government Center CALL TO ORDER Vice Chairperson Jeanette O'Connell called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. Pledge of Allegiance was said. ROLL CALL Members present were: Jeanette O'Connell, Gerald Peterson, Irene Burch, Rich Peterson, Richard (Buzz) Marzolf, John Mortensen, Alice Mullan, Carolyn Weisenburger, Al Schrank, Art Feyeriesen and Bette Norman. Also present were: Kjersti L.O. Duncan, Tracy Davis, Renea Aeschliman, Donna Lamson, Lorraine Jacobs, Shirley Marlette, Marcia Chandler, Cindy Helmke, Vivian Kemling, Janice Thompson and Julie Hillstead. Excused was Ralph Bader. ADOPTION OF AGENDA A motion was made by Richard Marzolf and seconded by Al Schrank to adopt the agenda as printed; motion carried. DATE OF NEXT MEETING The next meeting will be held on Thursday, May 18, 2006. ACTION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES A motion on the amended minutes was made by Gerald Peterson and seconded by Al Schrank to approve the minutes; motion carried. 1. Introductions: Margaret Ann Bosman, Helpful Hearing for Hard of Hearing, presented information on a universal symbol she created for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. Her goal is to have this symbol recognized world -wide to ensure people with hearing impairments are treated with respect, patience, and dignity. Ms. Bosman has created posters, stickers, and buttons to help promote this symbol. Locally, she would like to see posters posted at each of the Senior Centers. She would also like to see older adults, who have hearing impairments, feel comfortable wearing the buttons; they could also request that stickers be used on their medical records and drivers licenses. Ms. Bosman has been appointed to Governor's Council for Hard of Hearing. She is available to speak at the Senior Centers to promote her program, as well Council on Aging Page 1 08/04/06 as to receive feedback to be brought back to the state. 2. Volunteer Recopanition: The annual volunteer banquet will be held on Wednesday, April 19 at The Valley House. Registration starts at 10:30 a.m. and the day will end around 2:00 p.m. The Volunteer Banquet is to honor persons who have given over 10 hours of service in 2005. During 2005 over 350 individuals volunteered 16,734 hours to our department; this translates into a savings of $144,575 to taxpayers. 3. Senior Resource Fair and Older Americans' Month Events: The Department on Aging, along with The Deerfield, the YMCA of New Richmond, and Holy Family Hospital, will be hosting a Senior Resource Fair on Friday, May 12 at the YMCA in New Richmond. Posters were given out to the Nutrition Program Managers to hang up at the Senior Centers. This year the Department on Aging will not sponsor a Senior Celebration to honor Older Americans' Month. Instead, each Senior Center will host their own celebration to honor Older Americans. The Department on Aging will be hosting an Open House after the council meeting on May 18 4. ADRC Update: Kjersti started by handing out information regarding the history of Family Care. Family Care was initially designed under Governor Thompson's administration to provide cost - effective, comprehensive and flexible long -term care for individuals. Governor Doyle has continued with this initiative. Long -term Care Reform includes the implementation of Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs) and Care Management Organizations (CMOs) throughout the state. The goal is to provide a "one stop shop" of information and assistance to older adults and persons with disabilities. Currently there are 13 counties in Wisconsin that have ADRCs. Along with information and assistance, ADRCs also provide: elderly and disability benefit specialist counseling; long -term care options counseling; emergency referrals; outreach and marketing; short-term care management; adult protective services; and health promotion/prevention /early intervention. Additionally, persons can be screened for functional and financial eligibility toward CMO care. St. Croix County is currently involved in a nine - county consortium which is pursuing the implementation of long -term care reform in Western Wisconsin. Community Health Partnership is involved with this process and would like to take a leading role in sharing the risk Council on Aging Page 2 08/04/06 involved with assisting persons on Medical Assistance. Implementing this program would help eliminate the long waiting lists that exist for the waiver programs (in St. Croix County: 3 years for older adults and 8 years for persons with disabilities). The 9 county consortium continues to meet on a weekly basis. Kjersti attends the ADRC consortium subcommittee that meets every other week. Additionally, Kjersti and Tracy have been meeting every other week with Health and Human Services Department staff to work together on implementation in St. Croix County. The plan is to have Community Health Partnership functioning in St. Croix County by October 2006. Consequently, plans are moving fast as an ADRC will need to be in place before October 2006. Kjersti will continue to keep the Council updated on ADRC activity as it progresses. 5. Transportation Committee Report: The Department on Aging and Transportation Committee are in the process of purchasing a new, accessible vehicle. The new vehicle will be similar to the van that is in Baldwin, with a few modifications. There will be ambulatory capacity of 12 with a fold -down seat in the wheel chair bay allowing for 14. With these additions, the cost of the new bus would be $41,035 and would arrive this fall if the order is placed now. A motion was made by Carolyn Weisenburger to approve the specs that Tracy presented to the Council. Seconded by John Mortensen. Motion carried. 6. Volunteer Report: Volunteers are needed for transportation to dialysis on a weekly basis. There are also home - delivered meal volunteers needed for the Hudson and Glenwood City area. Friendly visitors are needed throughout the county. 7. Staff Reports Kiersti's Report: Along with 6 other individuals from St. Croix County, Kjersti attended the CWAG District 6 meeting in Chippewa Falls on March 31S Some of the issues discussed at this meeting include: affordable health care, accessible drug care, and improved equality of Medicare money across the nation. The next meeting will be on June 23r at the New Richmond Heritage Center. Meet and greet with local representatives, information regarding the 55 Alive Driving Program, and a tour of the Heritage Center will be part of the day's activities. The cost of attending will be $7.00 including lunch. The program starts at 9:00 a.m. Members of the local Council on Aging Page 3 08/04/06 Senior Center Board Advocacy Committees are encouraged to attend. Russ Feingold will hold listening sessions April 21 at two locations in this area — 8:00 a.m. at the Spring Valley Hall and 10:30 a.m. Hudson Village Hall. Kjersti attended the WAND /Aging Unit Directors conference in Wausau. The main topics were ADRCs and preventative health. Tracy's Report: Cards are going well and two weeks into the tournament Somerset is in the lead. Tracy thanked those that work hard to make the card tournament such a success! 8. Nutrition Program /Senior Center Updates: BALDWIN Not present DEER PARK Janice requested an earlier Center Board meeting because the Deer Park Senior Center is coming up on its 20 year celebration in May. The board would like to do some planning for the celebration. The card tournament went well. Easter Baskets were made and sent out to the home bound today. GLENWOOD CITY: Bingo is going very well. Card tournament went well. The center is done being redecorated and looks really nice. HAMMOND: Everything is going well. In April the Easter and Birthday party celebrations will be combined. Card players are looking forward to the weekly card tournaments and also hosting in May. A massage therapist has been contacted to come in so massage can be offered at the site — several people are interested. ROBERTS Roberts/Hammond Area Senior Center will be hosting the card tournament on May 3r Ruth Hurtgen will cater the event. The `Alphabetize your Garden' activity in April's menu activity pack was lots of fun. The Easter Bunny visited the center the other day and dyed eggs with the participants. On May 22n a fishing opener activity is planned. HUDSON Since the closing of the Croixview satellite site, individuals from Croixview have been attending the noon meal and activities at the Hudson Senior Center. The new Starbucks in town has offered to donate day -old baked goods to the Senior Center. The Hudson Card Tournament will be held at the Marina in Hudson. NEW RICHMOND May 22 will be the birthday party with entertainment. Bingo and cards are going well. Looking forward to hosting the card tournament on May 17 th ) RIVER FALLS: Dominoes, Bridge and Euchre are still being played at Council on Aging Page 4 08/04/06 the center. Foot Clinic is the Y Wednesday of the month. AARP 55 Alive Driving Course will be May 8 th and 9 th from 10:00 a.m. — 2:30 p.m. — call Senior Center to reserve a spot. Pierce County Department on Aging will fund the painting that needs to be done in the kitchen. Betty found the old bingo roller cage and everyone has enjoyed it. Wal -Mart has donated items for bingo prizes. The May general meeting will preview the upcoming summer plays of the St. Croix Community Theatre. SOMERSET Everything is going well. Dave Newman from the New Richmond News visited the Senior Center when the St. Anne's kids visited. He took pictures and is going to write an article. (Kjersti reminded all Senior Centers to submit any local publicity /articles to the Department on Aging. This information will then be shared during the - annual county board report.) WOODVILLE Planning a plant/flower swap. Lots of different things are planned for the month of May, including a variety of entertainment and krummkaka demonstration. Don't forget the Syttende Mai celebration. The popcorn and movie event in April, featuring Walk the Line went really well. VAN TRIPS: Disability Coalition to Eau Claire on June l O th . A motion was made by Rich Peterson and seconded by Robert Jacobson; motion carried. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE Aging Summit will be held May 19 in Eau Claire — info to follow at Center Board meetings. POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: None given. A motion to adjourn was made by Gerald Peterson and seconded by John Mortensen; motion carried. Council on Aging Page 5 08/04/06