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NURSING HOME COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMblTI'rEE ADULT CARE HOME COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMM1TI~E APPOINTMENTS AND ACnVITIES VOLUNTEER JOB DESCRIPTION The Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee CNHCAC) and the Adult Care Home Community Advisory - Committee (ACHCAC) serve the residents of long t~im care facilities within the county. The committees have legislative authority to monitor the Residents' Bill of Rights, promote community involvement in the homes, provide public education on long term care issues, assist residents in grievance resolution and promote elder - abuse awareness. (G.S. 131 D-31, G.S. 131E-128) NHCAC members are required to visit all nursing homes once a qoarter as a committee and are to visit - individually as often as possible. ACHCAC members are to visit Adult Care Homes q~_m_rterly, Family Care Home and Group Homes for Developmentally Disabled Adults annually as a committee with individun! visits being carried out as ot~en as possible. Bus'mess meetings are held on a q,~a_rterly basis. Training and in - facility orientation will be provided by the North Carolina Division of Aging through the Regional Ombudsman Program. Committee activities will involve at least eivaht hours a month. The initial training consist of reading materials, attending a training session conducted by the Regional Ombudsman Program and an in-fadlity orientation visit to each type of facility the committee member serves. If a member does not complete the training and in-facility orientation within three months from the date, of appointment~ the County Commissioners will be asked to replace the Committee M,ember. Members of these committees must reside within the county that the committee serves. They should attend training sessions and be able to effectively communicate with the residents and facility staff. All committee members are appointed by the County Commissioners. One-third are to be nominated by facility administrators. All appointees shall serve an initial one year term and then may be re-appointed to a subsequent t¢,m of two or three years for ACHCAC and three years for NHCAC. The legislation requires that "no person or immediate family member of a person with a f'manclal interest in a home served by the committee, or employee or governing board member of a home served by the committee, or immediate family member of a resident in a home served by the committee may be a member of that committee".. Immediate family is defined as mother, father, sister, brother, child, grandmother and grandfather as well as in-laws. Volunteers serving on these committees are the link between the facilities and the community. Their work will ultimately result in improving the quality of life for home residents. They have the opportunity to meet a wide variety of people as they carry out committee responsibilities. Additional information on committee activities can be obtained from the Regional Long Term Care Ombudsman Program at the Centralina Area Agency on Aging, 704-372-2416 or 1-800-508-5777. Re. vised July, 1998