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ANNUAL REPORT <br />of <br />CABARRUS COUNTY <br />ADULT CARE AND NURSING HOME COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES <br />REPORTING YEAR: 2012 CHAIRPERSONS: Karen Pensgen, ACHCAC <br />Karen Gabbert, NHCAC <br />Introduction <br />When there is a decline in an individual's personal or mental health, families often find they need <br />assistance in caring for their loved one. There are two basic types of facilities available: (1) Adult Care <br />Home and (2) Nursing Home. An adult care home offers people with mild health problems a unique <br />environment in which to live by offering residents the comforts of home, as well as a social community in <br />which to stay active. In addition to the comfort factor, adult care homes offer residents medical <br />supervision and minor medical care to go along with assistance with basic daily living activities such as <br />bathing, eating, dressing, cooking and housekeeping. <br />A nursing home offers the higher level of care required by a person who has a severe or debilitating <br />physical or mental illness and is unable to care for himself or herself. These facilities are fully staffed and <br />residents are monitored. Residents in both types of facility have rights and responsibilities as outlined in <br />the Nursing Home and Adult Care Home Resident Bill of Rights. The ADULT CARE AND NURSING HOME <br />COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES are appointed by the Commission and are charged with <br />monitoring facility compliance. They do so by visiting each facility on a quarterly basis and submitting a <br />written report that is public record and kept on file with the Regional Ombudsman. <br />Purpose of the Community Advisory Committee <br />Community Advisory Committee members are volunteer advocates who are appointed by the county <br />commissioners to serve on the nursing and adult care home Community Advisory Committees (CAC) in <br />each county (G.S. 131E -128 and 131D -31). There are over 1,300 volunteers state -wide. These volunteers <br />are trained and assisted by regional ombudsmen. Beginning 2012, Cabarrus County had five nursing <br />home CAC volunteers and 12 adult home volunteers. The primary purposes of the advisory committees <br />are to maintain the intent of the Resident Bill of Rights within nursing homes and adult care homes and to <br />promote community involvement and cooperation with such homes to ensure quality of care for older <br />adults. <br />Were all the homes in Cabarrus County served by the Committees? <br />All homes were visited during 2012. The Nursing Home (NH) CAC completed 100 percent of its required, <br />quarterly visits to the seven homes in Cabarrus County. The Adult Care Home (ACH) CAC was able to <br />complete 100 percent of its required quarterly visits to the twelve homes. This committee is divided into <br />two sub - committees; one sub - committee visits on weekdays; the other schedules visits in the evening <br />and Saturday mornings in order to attract employed people. <br />Attach menogg,�bf d <br />1 -1 Page 257 <br />