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Committee Meeting Minutes
Date:
June 30, 2010
Attendees: ,
Karen McLaughlin, STHRCJacqueline Martinez, STHRC, Jean DeLorme, STHRC, Phyllis Markopoulos, STHRC, Lynne Richards,
STHRC, Juliet Frodella, South Oaks, ELIH, Jay Slotkin, MD, Daphne Shuttleworth, Comfort Keepers, Bruce Petrucci, RSVP, Holly Rhodes Teague,
SCOFA, Wayne Miller and Barry Goodman, Choice Medical Transport, Robyn Berger Gaston, FSL, Denise Marzano-Doty and Amy Natsoulis,
Touro Law Center
TOPIC DISCUSSION ACTION
Review of Previous Minutes Minutes from 4/28 meeting were reviewed and accepted.
Special Presentation: Touro Denise Marzano- Doty, senior attorney at the Senior Citizens Law Karen will be coordinating a LIGEC
Law School Program at Touro presented with Amy Natsoulis. They are contracted presentation to include more information
with SCOFA to provide residents over 60 in Suffolk County with an about this service.
array of legal services. Services include: benefits assistance, health care
proxy, POA, durable wills, debt issues, contractor fraud, grandparent
visitation, landlord tenant issues, pooled income trusts for Medicaid.
There is no charge. They will be speaking with HRC staff to be on site
once a month in the community service room.
Karen McLaughlin:
Southold Town Senior Karen reported on the ACUU conference she and
Services Report Holly attended in Albany. Discussed evidenced based programs.
Presented to group a letter that appeared in the recent edition of The
Suffolk Times written by one of the program participants. Also reported
on potential development of a service directory in collaboration with
NFWFW and Senior Options and Solutions.
Mental Health Integration Next Wellness series 7/2, Options in Complimentary and Alternative
Grant Medicine to Promote Health and Well Being by Nancy Gray. Next
Senior Options and Solutions Learning Collaborative in Albany is scheduled for 7/13.
Jay Slotkin, MD:
Agency Reports Updated the group on the medical model program at
San Simeon.
Daphne Shuttleworth
: Benefit for Alzheimer’s Assoc at Martha Clara
Vineyards on 10/16.
Robyn Berger-Gaston:
FSL provides free caregiver counseling
Health Care Issues and Services for Seniors
Committee Meeting Minutes
available in –home. Also discussed the nursing home transition and
diversion waiver program. Interested individuals need to contact SILO
at 880-7929.
Due to special presentation regular agency reports were deferred this
month.
Philip Beltz, Special Projects Mt Beltz introduced the Town’s comprehensive plan, Southold 2020.
Coordinator, Southold Town They will be asking for public input and steering committee reports to
get information for the 14 chapters that will be part of the plan. One
chapter will be specific to Human Services.
Our next meeting is scheduled for 7/28/10. There will be no meeting
in August.
Minutes Submitted By: Juliet Frodella MS, CRC, LMHC Director, Mental Health Integration/Geriatric Center of Excellence