Tracy Hunt                                  Allied Home Health

Mary Ann Rubino                         Mountain View Care Center

Maggy Bushwick                          Jewish Family Services

Clayton Jacobs                            Alzheimer's Association

Gerri Sanitate                             Compassionate Home Care

Nancy Post                                  Voluntary Action Center

Bob Vielee                                   Home Instead Senior Care

Jane Hoffner                               Telespond Senior Services

Mary O'Donnell                            Telespond Senior Services

Call to Order- Maria

Approval of Minutes- Motion by Maggie; second by Bob

Treasurer's Report- Balance of $3,375.61

Executive Committee-  Set dates for 2009 Executive Schedule, meetings will be the third Thursday of February, April, June, August October, and December, held at 4:00 pm at LIFE Geisinger

Membership- More brochures need to be printed Brochure Template to be sent to Ellen ( Student Intern) Several New members 

Education- Grant Confirmed; discussed speaker and location possibilities the event will be held on June 17th pending Bertice Barry's availability, Maria will call to confirm. Alice will reach out to Dr. Alessandria of the Medical College and Mary Ann Rubino will reach out to Dr. Roger Cadieux for his availability.

Advocacy- Maria spoke to Teresa who confirmed she or Mary could not attend due to previous conflict but offered to pass along any information as Teresa saw the need.

Long Range Planning- Networking event will be held in the Fall instead of the Spring will hold on any discussion until later in the year.

Finance- Bob and Kathy audit books at the Green Ridge Nursing Home, Audit will be completed by the next meeting.

Marketing- No Report

Speakers- Mary Ann Rubino of Mountain View spoke about the facility and services.

Old Business- No Report

New Business- Members can bring their binders, information sheets and business cards to be updated at the May meeting.

Next Meeting- (:00 AM on May 21, 2009 at Oakwood Terrace

Adjournment- Motion by Ellen, Second by Patty

COALITION FOR AGING SERVICES

OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY

MINUTES

THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2009

9:00 AM

GREEN RIDGE HEALTH CARE CENTER

 ATTENDING:

Ellen Craven                             Green Ridge Health Care Center

Cathy Ann Hardaway               United Neighborhood Centers

Alice McDonnell                       Marywood University/Interim Health Care

Maria Maletta Hastie                LIFE Geisinger

Gerri Sanitate                           Compassionate Home Care

Layna Schrader                        Hospice of the Sacred Heart

Terry Golecki                           MTH Senior Medical/Mental Health

Sylvia Kolosinsky                     Oakwood Terrace

Corinne Yanul                          CareGivers America

Maggy Bushwick                      Jewish Family Service

Ann Miles                                 Elan Gardens

Kathleen Healy-Karabell          Marywood University

Ellie Axford                              Home Instead Senior Care

Clayton Jacobs             Alzheimer’s Association

Linda Korgeski             Serving Seniors, Inc.

Call to Order - Maria

Approval of Minutes - Motion by Terry; second by Gerri

Treasurer's Report - Balance of $4506.30

Executive Committee  - Reviewed details of the conference for future planning; good feedback was given on the surveys

Membership  - 32 paid members to date; please let Layna know if there are any email changes

Education  - Mary Ann is waiting on Mountain View to approve a date for the Networking Breakfast; discussed possibly working on obtaining a speaker ahead of time for next year’s conference so we can apply for nursing credits; looking at what the estimated fee per person would be if the grant did not come through and we had to charge

Advocacy – No official report; Mary Gaffney contacted  Maria about keeping the meeting times the same

Long Range Planning –  No report

Finance – There were 25 vendors for the conference;  Bob Vielee did an audit and all is well

Marketing – Pictures of the conference committee and presenters made the newspaper

Speakers – Corinne from CareGivers America;  Ellen from Green Ridge Health Care Center

Old Business - No Report

New Business –

-         MTH SM/MH conference at Genetti’s on September 23^rd; CEUs available

-         Elan Gardens now offers respite

-         Sylvia is having a basket raffle at Boscov’s; she is looking for basket donations and people to sell the tickets

-         Home Instead Senior care has expanded into Monroe County

-         Alzheimer’s Association received grant funding for their winter family caregiver series

-         Cocktail party at The Willowbrook on August 28^th for Serving Seniors

-         Serving Seniors Volunteer Luncheon on September 18^th at St. Mary’s Center

-         United House Health Fair on September 25^th; contact Ruth at 344-7661

-         Jim Wanczac Health Fair on August 14^th at St. Mary’s Center; no charge for tables

-         Mulberry Tower Open House on August 5^th at 1pm; contact Judy or Lori at 558-9563

-         Party on the Patio at Green Ridge Health Care Center on July 17^th to benefit the American Red Cross

-         Visit caregiversamerica.com for information on receiving Nursing CEUs

Next Meeting - 9:00am on Thursday, September 17^th at Telespond with the Education Committee meeting at 8:30am

Adjournment - Motion by Ellen; second by Layna