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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil on Aging 01-22-09 NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA ST. CROIX COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING AND DISABILITIES Thursday, Jan. 22 *, 2009, 9:00 am — 11:00 am County Board Room, Government Center 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin 54016 CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL REVIEW OF AGENDA CONSENT OF AGENDA APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING — Dec. 18 DATE OF NEXT MEETING: Thursday, February 19, 2009 OLD AND NEW BUSINESS 1. Aging Updates • Caregiver Program o Interfaith Volunteer Needs handout • Transportation Program • Requests • Advisory Committee • Training • Hammond/Roberts Nutrition Program Manager Opening • Health & Wellness Expo sponsored by ADRC Update • 2008 program statistics 3. ADRC Updates • Strategic Plan • Update on ADRC office expansion/remodel • Client transition update • Newsletter changes • 2008 program statistics 4. Project Lifesaver for St. Croix County 5. Linda Fike, Community Health Partnership update 7. Correspondence 8. Possible Agenda Items for next meeting ADJOURN (Items may be taken in different order) SUBMITTED BY Brad Beckman, ADRC Manager COPIES TO County Board Office County Clerk News Media/ Notice Board Committee Members * Date changed Items for County Board approval must be submitted to the County Clerk's office by Wednesday morning preceding a County Board meeting. 01/15/2009 8:44 AM COUNCIL ON AGING AND DISABILTIES MEETING January 22, 2009 St. Croix County Government Center CALL TO ORDER: Councilmember Nelson called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: Supervisors: Al Schrank, Esther Wentz, Gerald Peterson; Councilmembers: Ramsey Lee, Lois Burri, Kristen Johnson, Vera Grant, Michelle Chevalier, and Sue Nelson. Also present were: Community Outreach Coordinator Tracy Davis; Administrative Assistant Renea Aeschliman; Caregiver Support Coordinator Nancy Abrahamson; Health and Human Services Director Fred Johnson; Brad Beckman ADRC Manager; County Administrator Chuck Whiting; and Community Health Partnership Representative Linda Fike. Absent were Supervisor Sharon Norton - Bauman and Councilmember Virginia Jacobson. ACTION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES: A motion to approve the minutes with the revision was made by Supervisor Schrank and seconded by Councilmember Grant; motion carried. DATE OF NEXT MEETING: Thursday, Feb. 19 in the County Board Room of the Government Center. 1. Aging Updates: • Caregiver Program A list of the current Interfaith Volunteer requests was given to the Council. Abrahamson informed the Council that she has been able to fill some of the requests from the list. There has been an increased number of volunteer requests and also volunteer applicants. • Transportation Program ° Transportation requests to use the ADRC vans for out of county trips were presented by Community Service Coordinator Davis. • Deer Park Senior Center — Stillwater — January 23 A motion to accept the transportation requests was made by Councilmember Grant and seconded by Councilmember Lee; motion carried. ° Transportation Advisory Committee: Community Service Coordinator Davis informed the Council she would like to schedule a meeting with Transportation Advisory Committee after the February Council meeting. Members of the Transportation Advisory Committee are Supervisor Schrank, Councilmembers Grant and Lee. Davis stated she would like to have the Transportation Advisory Committee review the current policies pertaining to the transportation of individuals on oxygen through the Volunteer Medical Transportation Program, the radius of service for the Specialized Transportation Program for the Nutrition/Senior Center, and other policies. ° Trainings: Community Services Coordinator Davis informed the Council there will be two training opportunities for staff and volunteer drivers in February. On February 6 th & Council on Aging Page 1 03/04/09 27 from 1:00 p.m. — 3:30 p.m. Ethics and Boundaries trainings will be held at the River Falls Public Library. • The Preventative/Nutrition Program Coordinator Randi Hanson introduced herself as the new Preventative/Nutrition Program Coordinator to the Council. Hanson informed the Council that she has completed the first rotation of the menus and will be working with a registered dietitian to ensure state compliance and nutrition regulations. Hanson will be visiting the Nutrition Sites on a regular basis to ensure compliance with state ServSafe code and to review policies and procedures with the Nutrition Program Managers and Nutrition Program Cooks. She will be responsible for hiring and training new staff members for the Nutrition Program, oversight of the Nutrition Advisory Committee and coordination of quarterly meetings with the Nutrition Program Managers and Nutrition Program Cooks. • The Hammond and Roberts Nutrition Program Manager position Interviews were held the week of January 5 th and the position has been filled by Amy Hueg. Hueg will began on Monday, January 26 at the Roberts Senior Center and Tuesday, January 27 at the Hammond Senior Center. Hanson will train Hueg on both days. • Health & Wellness Eno: The event will be held on March 28, 2009 at WITC in New Richmond from 9:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. Vendor registration information was sent out to prospective vendors and there has been good response so far. The Expo will feature clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies and other providers. There will also be blood pressure screens, diabetic information, cholesterol checks, and other screenings. The expo will be open to individuals of any age. More information will follow. • 2008 Program Statistics Beckman distributed handouts from his presentation to the County Board on Tuesday, January 20 The handouts reflected the number of units of service provided to clients throughout 2008. An increase was seen in the transportation program and home - delivered meals. The number of volunteer requests and need for Adult Day Respite also increased in 2008. The Congregate Nutrition Program showed a decrease in numbers, which is a trend throughout the state. 2. ADRC updates: • Update on ADRC office expansion: Johnson informed the Council the project is a go, but no timeline has been given by Building Services. Discussion pertaining to where the office staff will be relocated during the remodeling process. Space in the Government Center is at a minimum and relocation options discussed are: utilizing the lower level community room; conference room 1216 (near the ADRC office); Health and Human Services satellite offices. Moving the entire ADRC staff to New Richmond for 2 weeks does not make a lot of sense. Johnson and Beckman will be setting up a time to meet with Building Services Supervisor Tobin shortly so the ADRC staff can prepare for the remodel. • Client transition update Beckman reported 23 individuals have moved from the list while 33 from the list are not eligible for the publicly funded program system. Currently, 49 members have chosen IRIS State Self - directive program which is the most of any county in Wisconsin. • Newsletter Changes Beckman stated the newsletter will now be called ADRC News instead of SCAN. Other additions to the newsletter includes articles from the Disability Benefit Council on Aging Page 2 03/04/09 Specialist, Information and Assistance Specialists, and monthly feature of a Health and Human Services Department. • 2008 Prop_ ram Statistics Beckman informed the Council over 200 individuals received assistance with Medicare Part D from the Elderly Benefit Specialist. The Disability Benefit Specialist has been very busy since starting in August. Beckman reported Disability Benefit Specialist Mottaz has 13 Social Security Disability applications in process, 3 appeals, and continues to assist individuals 18 to 59 years of age with Medicare Part D and other services. 3. Project Lifesaver for St. Croix County: Officers Demulling and Johnson were not able to attend today's meeting. They will present the Project Lifesaver project at the February meeting. 4. Linda Fike, Community Health Partnership: Linda Fike informed the Council that February 2009 will be the last month for transitioning all current LTS clients into Community Health Partnership or IRIS. To date, Pierce & St. Croix Counties have transitioned 450 clients. Even though there have been some glitches with Western Wisconsin Medical Association, St. Croix County has done a good job transitioning clients. After February, 10 clients (3 Nursing Home relocations and 7 waiting list) a month will transition into either Community Health Partnership or IRIS. Discussion was held regarding the acceptance of Partnership or Family Care programs provided by Community Health Partnership by clinics in the Western Wisconsin Medical Association. Fike stated that clients under Partnership can change to providers that currently accept the CHP — Partnership Plan. Clients with CHP — Family Care Plan can continue to see their same provider. The ADRC will be meeting with the staff from CHP at the end of January. 5. Michelle Chevalier — Social Security experience: Councilmember Chevalier shared her signing up for retirement experience with Social Security. Chevalier called the toll free number that was listed in the SCAN Newsletter and was on hold for a long time before reaching a live voice that referred her back to the Elderly Benefit Specialist at her local ADRC. When she called the ADRC she was informed the EBS was on leave and the individual filling in would not be returning to the office for another week. She was then referred to the DBS Mottaz, who informed her of the offsite hours for Social Security in River Falls. Unfortunately, there would be no date for December due to the holidays. DBS Mottaz provided Chevalier with a direct number for an individual at Social Security and was then redirected to another individual. Eventually Chevalier was able to set up a telephone appointment with a Social Security representative to complete the application over the phone. Her experience with Social Security was not a very good one and just wanted to share it with the Council. 6. Correspondence Beckman read two Thank You notes from Secret Santa recipients. Beckman informed the Council of a new senior and disability housing unit that will be built in the Heritage Green Development in Hudson. The AARP Tax Assistance 2009 schedule was handed out. The schedule will also be printed in the ADRC Newsletter and local newspapers. Beckman informed the Council that all non -union employees on the pay grid will receive a one time pro -rated check in lieu of a raise in 2009. It was discovered that most of the Aging staff were not on the pay grid (Managers, Cooks, Cooks Aides, and Drivers). Beckman and Johnson met with the Finance Committee. As a result, the `non -grid' Aging employees will also receive a pro - Council on Aging Page 3 03/04/09 rated, one time check, in lieu of a raise in 2009. Once the Springsted Study is complete, all ADRC staff will be on the pay grid. 7. Possible Agenda Items for next meeting: Project Lifesaver; Council Chair Nelson will not be present at the February Council meeting, Council Vice Chair Wentz will reside over the meeting. A motion to adjourn was made by Supervisor Peterson and seconded by Supervisor Wentz; motion carried. Renea Aeschliman, Administrative Assistant Lois Bum, Secretary Council on Aging Page 4 03/04/09