HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-03-13 Council on Aging MinutesCouncil on Aging Board Meeting
Room 16 - Town Hall
March 13, 1989
Present: Gladys Cail, Barbara Doucette, Dorothy Foxon, Gail
Rourke, Loretta Spaulding, Irving Stackpole, Lois
Bond
Absent: Ginny Lane, Linda Nordberg, Barbara Ritchie, Ruth
Vitkovich
Meeting was called to order at 5:40 p.m. by Chairperson Gladys
Cail in Room 16 of the Town Hall.
Amy Lassman, Marketing Co-ordinator from Somerset Nursing Home,
Reading presented information on a new state,certified Adult Day
Health Service program at Somerset which it's hoped to open on
April 18, 1989. Amy would like from us referrals to Somerset and
the use of our van for transportation which brought up the quest-
ions of liability and 6 mile radius which would extend beyond
Reading.
Minutes of the February meeting were accepted on a motion by
Loretta Spaulding and seconded by Irving Stackpole.
The Treasurer's Report was accepted. Fifty-four percent of a
projected sixty-six percent of the budget to date has been spent.
The Director's Report was accepted. Updated information
included:
1. Attorney Bartley's presentation on Social Security was taped
on Channel 3 which will become part of the video library;
2. Garden Club Program is March 15, 1989;
3. Cholesterol Screening at Senior Center - discussion as to
whether or not the $7.00 charge would be reimbursable by Med-
icaid.
Old Business
Survey - Irving Stackpole has
Budget and timetable
at April meeting. U
velope was suggested
Volunteer Policy - wait until staff has
give input.
New Business
list and labels.
will be available
sing a postpaid en-
for mail survey.
had a chance to
Smoking policy at Senior Center was addressed: (a) no air cir-
culation (b) check to see what Reading Fire Department says.
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Fred Perry of Patron for
writing what is needed for
by their May 10 meeting.
Old Business
Older Adults has asked to submit in
the adult volunteer recognition dinner
Fred Perry questioned why Council on Aging does not run bus day
trips anymore. Council on Aging voted, in the summer of 1988, to
have the local agents provide trips and we would advertise their
trips in the news column.
Resignation from the Board for the Council of Elder Services was
received from Gail Rourke, effective March 14, 1989.
Letter received from Cheryl A. Patterson, Trust Officer, Bank of
New England regarding giving a financial planning seminar to
Council on Aging. The Council felt this and others like it would
be a good idea to pursue for people under and over 60 years old
and also to write in a disclaimer that Council on Aging does not
endorse the company.
Quilting Class Field Trip - It was moved by Irving Stackpole and
seconded by Dorothy Foxon that the van may take the class on a
field trip.
Senior Center Study Ad Hoc Committee - It was moved by Loretta
Spaulding and seconded by Gail Rourke that the following names be
forwarded to Board of Selectmen from the Council for the ad hoc
committee.
Dorothy Foxon )
Linda Nordberg ) Council on Aging Board members
Irving Stackpole)
Molly Ziegler Board of Selectmen
Lois Bond Director, Elder Services
Meeting was adjourned at 7:25 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
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Lois K. Bond, Director
Council on Aging
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