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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-02-07 Council on Aging SummaryCOUNCIL ON A. GING February 7, 2002 10:00am Call Meeting to Order Roll C all :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: · ........+.::::::.:.:.:.:.:::::.. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :.. ............ · : ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ===================================== Agenda Approval Minutes from Prior Meeting Old Business: 1. Interest in Assisted Living ' 3. Legislative Issues from Teleconference February 19, March 5 & 19, APril 2 & 16, every April 23, meetings will be held every Tuesday until the end of Legislative session. 6. Vintage Point Key Situation New Business: 1 ' Goals for Council 2002 Persons Wanting to be Heard: 1. Dick. Jurgensen and Linda Swamer Report on Common Ground Conference. COUNCIL ON AGING MEETING FEBRUARY 7, 2002 10:00 A.M. KENAI SENIOR CENTER CHAIRMAN EARL JONES, PRESIDING MINUTES ITEM 1' CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Chairman Jones called the meeting to order at approximately 10'05 a.m. The roll was confirmed as follows' Members Present: Members Absent: Others Present' Hollier, Jones, Jurgensen, Nelson, Osborn, Fields, Wilson, and Huddleston Enfield City Clerk Freas, City Councilwoman Swarner, Senior Director Craig, Elsie Seaman ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL MOTION: Member Huddleston MOVED to approve the agenda as presented and Member Hollier SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 3' APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION: Member Hollier MOVED to approve the minutes as presented and Member Osborn SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. ITEM 4: OLD BUSINESS Discussion -- Interest in Assisted Living A lengthy discussion took place in regard to the seniors' interest in development of an assisted living facility in the city of Kenai. Jones reminded members they were requested to bring ideas of how an assisted living facility would serve the community to the meeting which will be forwarded to the City Council. It was noted a representative from Alaska Housing had taken a needs assessment for a facility last year. In the assessment, they included a planned facility that would be adjacent to Heritage Place in Soldotna, but that facility had not yet been built. Swarner suggested, the membership should request council's support of finding funding for a facility through passage of a motion. Director Craig reported she discussed the possibility of partnering with the Kenaitze Indian Tribe to acquire funding and they will be discussing it in more detail. Swarner was asked if a facility could be built on city land and she answered, she felt the city would be open to donating land and placing utilities, however it may not be interested in running a facility. She added, she believed council would be supportive of getting funding as well as lobbying for a facility's development. MOTION: Member Osborn MOVED to request support from council for an assisted living facility in the City of Kenai. Member Hollier SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. Discussion followed in which the following was noted: · Assisted living includes different levels of care and what level of care this facility would be would have to be determined. The level of care is determined by a health assessment criteria and the cost is then comparable to the level of care. · The State offers a program that can help with some of the costs involved for living in the facility and levels of funds depend on the type of health care and income. · New regulations for assisted living facilities are being formulated. · There are not a lot of funds available for these facilities, however the city has a very good track record of getting funding and not asking for more funding later for the same project. · Funding could include a culmination of several sources. VOTE: There were no objections. SO ORDERED. It was suggested funding sources be investigated and members attend a future council meeting to show their support of their motion and concerns. 4-bo Discussion'-- Legislative Issues Craig distributed information regarding bills before the Legislature pertaining to seniors. She encouraged members to review the information and to attend the teleconferences to listen to discussions on the bills. Discussion followed regarding the information referring to HB88/SB55 which would allow Veteran funding to be used for long-term care at Alaska Pioneer Homes to accommodate the expanding population of veterans in Alaska. It was suggested those interested review the bills prior to the Council on Aging taking any action. Discussion -- Vintage Point Keys Craig reviewed the discussion held at the last meeting in which concerns were expressed regarding the amount of people who are seen in the facility, but are unknown to many of the residents. She reported she had been investigating costs COUNCIL ON AGING MEETING FEBRUARY 7, 2002 PAGE 2 involved in changing the locks and reissuing keys for the front door. Also, they were considering a sign-in sheet be used for visitors into the building. They were considering two keys per resident and then additional keys would need to be signed out. There was general agreement the re-keying and sign-in should be developed. ITEM 5' NEW BUSINESS Discussion -- Goals for 2002 Craig noted, the by-laws for the council require bi-monthly meetings. In order to be more active, at the last meeting they discussed monthly meetings. She noted, a change in the by-laws would be required. It was suggested a questionnaire be sent to local seniors asking if they are interested in developing an assisted living facility in the city, what their particular needs might be, what types of funding assistance they would have to use, if they were aware of others that might be interested in such a facility, etc. Suggested goals were: · Moving forward with finding funding and development of an assisted living facility. · Increasing participation at the Kenai Senior Center · Questioning seniors of other activities they would like to see available at the Center (could be done through a questionnaire). · Investigation were the need for covered parking at Vintage Pointe. Members Hollier and Osborn offered to compile a list of questionnaires to bring to the next meeting. ITEM t5: PERSONS WANTING TO BE HEARD A report was heard on the' Common Ground Conference attended by Swarner, Craig and Jurgensen. It was suggested a Hospice representative provide information on care giving. Craig reported staff would be attending classes on CPR and first aid for seniors and it was suggested seniors may want to also take the class. Information will be included in the March newsletter and the class will be held in March or April. Members of the Kenai Fire Department would be giving the class. ITEM 7: ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Member Jurgensen MOVED to adjourn and Member Osborn SECONDED the motion. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. COUNCIL ON AGING MEETING FEBRUARY 7, 2002 PAGE 3 It was noted the next meeting would be held on March 1 1 and would be the Annual Meeting at which an election of officers would be held. The meeting adjourned at approximately 11:10 a.m. Minutes transcribed and prepared by: Carol L. Freas, City Clerk COUNCIL ON AGING MEETING FEBRUARY 7, 2002 PAGE 4