HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-06-29 Council on Aging SummaryCOUNCIL ON AGING
June 29, 2000
lO:OOam
Call Meeting to Order
Agenda Approval
Minutes from Prior Meeting
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Old Business:
1. Assisted Living/Long Term Care
Guest Speaker- Kay Branch
New Business:
1. Discussion-.Alaska Commission 'on Aging Grant
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':'3. Remits from recent Legislative Session
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COUNCIL ON AGING
JUNE 29, 2000
10:00 A.M.
KENAI SENIOR CENTER
ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Chairman Earl Jones called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. and the roll was
taken as follows:
Present:
Absent:
Also Present:
Jones, Fields, Jurgensen, Enfield
Wilson, Wiese, Nelson, Hollier, Meeks
Council Member Joseph Moore, Director Kelso,. Dennis
Murray, Cindy Derning, Melba Frazier, Betty Lou Curtis,
Patricia Stringer, Janel Wallace, Marjorie Pate, Esther
Peteet, Leigh Hastrom Sanger, Mae Stanley
Seeing there was not a quorum, the meeting was modified to a work session in
order to hear presentations by Kay Branch and Patricia Stringer regarding
assisted living and long-term care facilities and Senior Center Director Kelso
regarding the Alaska Commission on Aging Grant.
ASSISTED LIVING/LONG TERM CARE:
Kay Branch from the Alaska Commission on Aging spoke to the group about
long term care, in general and assisted living facilities, in particular. She
reviewed trends; level of care and funding mechanisms; issues for
Kenai/Soldotna-area seniors; services involved; differences between nursing
and assisted-living homes, including level of care, supports required, goals,
services, designs, costs, construction funding, etc. Chairman Jones expressed
his concern that a middle-income senior must impoverish himself in order to
take advantage of a long-term care facility and that there were no facilities
locally. Kelso explained that grant money was available for capital projects, but
not for the on-going operational costs associated with maintaining an assisted
living facility.
Patricia Stringer from Frontier Community Services reviewed the Assisted Living
Market Study recently undertaken by the City of Soldotna and Frontier
Community Services. As a result of the study, Frontier is hoping to build a
four-unit assisted living facility in Soldotna.
There was a general discussion regarding standards for both new and existing
assisted living facilities. Branch recommended members contact Gary Ward at
the Division of Senior Services with any questions or complaints about an
assisted living facility.
COUNCIL ON AGING MEETING NOTES
JUNE 29, 2000
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ALASKA COMMISSION ON AGING GRANT:
Kelso reported the Kenai Senior Center would be receiving identical money for
their Commission on Aging Grant. They were also successful in obtaining a
mini-grant which would allow for the purchase of a new computer.
BOROUGH GRANT:
Kelso informed the members the Kenai Peninsula Borough awarded an identical
grant to the Kenai Senior Center as in previous years. Also vying for funds was
the new senior group in Cooper Landing who were awarded a $5,000 start-up
grant. The Cooper Landing grant award did not impact the amount distributed
to the existing senior centers covered under the Borough Senior Center Grant
Program.
RESULTS FROM LEGISLATIVE SESSION:
Kelso reported on items from the 'most recent Legislative Session that may
impact seniors.
The meeting adjourned at approximately 11'30 a.m.
Notes prepared by:
Kell~K~~, Senior Center Director
COUNCIL ON AGING MEETING NOTES
JUNE 29, 2000
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