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Memorandum <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Michael L. Murphy <br /> <br />Date: July 7, 2003 <br /> <br />Subject: Long Term Care Committee <br /> <br />The Cabarrus County Department of Aging is submitting a proposal, to the North <br />Carolina Division of Aging and the North Carolina Department of Human Services for <br />consideration as one of two pilot projects to develop and implement a Long Term Care <br />Planning Committee. This committee will develop a Long Term Care Master Plan for <br />Cabarrus County. The results from the two pilot projects will be used to determine the <br />state standards for future Long Term Care committees. The Department of Health and <br />Human Services plans to require each county to develop a Long Term Care Planning <br />Committee and implement this plan within the next two years. They are required to <br />submit a report to the General Assembly in October 2004 (as required by House Bill 172) <br />and it is expected that Long Term Care Planning Committees will be mandated soon <br />after. <br /> <br />The Long Term Care Planning Committee process has been discussed for several years <br />and comes from a study and report form the North Carolina Institute on Medicine's Task <br />Force on Long Term Care in 2001. As a result of this report, the Department of Aging <br />has akeady developed a plan to implement the Long Term Care Planning Committee as <br />part of the Cabarms Aging Network. The Cabarms Aging Network consists of 29 local <br />agencies that provide services to Cabarms County older adults. Most of the <br />representatives that will need to be included in the Long Term Care Planning Committee <br />are already meeting with our staff on a quarterly basis through the Cabarms Aging <br />Network. These agencies are; the Department of Social Services, Cabarms Health <br />Alliance, NorthEast Medical Center, Cabarms County Council on Aging, Piedmont <br />Behavioral Health, Cabarms County Home Health, Pathways Home Health, Coltrane <br />LIFE Center, University Adult Day Care, the Centralina Area Agency on Aging, the <br />Cabarrus County Family Caregiver Support Program, Western Piedmont Alzheimer's <br />Association Chapter, Cabarrus County Hospice and Cabarrus Meals on Wheels. To <br /> <br /> <br />