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Rursing Rome Community Advisory Committee Domieilia~ Rome Community Advisory Committee Appointments and Activities 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 eount}f. The committees are responsible t'or monitoring the Residents' Bill of Rights, promoting community involvement in the homes, and providing public education on long term care issues. 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 Homes annually, and Homes for Developmentally Disabled Adults annually as a committee with individual visits being carried out as often as possible. Quarterly business meetings are required in the legislation. Committee activities will involve approximately eight hours a month. Orientation and training will be provided by the North Carolina Division of Aging through the Regional Ombudsman Program;. Members of these committees must reside within the county which the committee serves, They should be willing to attend the training sessions, and able to communicate with the residents and home administrators. One-third of all appointments are to be nominated by home administrators. All appointees shall serve an initial one year term and then may be reappointed to a subsequent term of two or three years to ensure staggered terms of office. The legislation requires that"no person or immediate family member of a person with a financial interest in s 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. Any county commissioner who is appointed to the committee shall be deemed to be serving on the committee in an ex officio capacity. Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties". Volunteers serving on these committees are the link between the facility and the community. Their work will ultimately result in the improved quality of life for home residents. Additionally information on committee activities can be obtained from the committee ehairpersan or from the Regional Ombudsman at the Centralina Area Agency on Aging, 372-2416,