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NURSING HOME COM)(UNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE DOMICILIARY HOME COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS AND ACTIVITIES VOLUNTEER JOB DESCRIPTION The Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee (NHCAC) and the Domiciliary Home Community Advisory Committee (DHCAC) serve the residents of long term 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, and assist residents in grievance resolution. (G.S. 131 D-31, G.S. 131 E-128) NHCAC members are required to visit all nursing homes once a quarter as a committee and are to visit individually as often as possible. DHCAC members are to visit Homes for the Aged quarterly, Family Care Home annually, and Homes for Developmentally Disabled Adults annually as a committee with individual visits being carried out as often as possible. Business meetings are held on a quarterly basis. Orientation and training will be provided by the North Carolina Division of Aging through the Regional Ombudsman Program. Committee activities will involve at lest eiqht hours a month. As part of their initial training, committee members are required to make orientation visit is to each type of facility they serve and to attend an orientation session conducted by the Regional Ombudsman. Members of these committees must reside within the county that the committee serves. They should be willing to 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 reappointed to a subsequent term of two or three years for DHCAC and three years for NHCAC's. The legislation requires that "no person or immediate family member of a person with a financial 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 committee chairperson or from the Regional Long Term Care Ombudsman at the Centralina Area Agency on Aging, 704-372-2416. A73.B