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1 1 1 83 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING SEPTEMBER 14, 1981 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, September 14, 1981 at 7:15 p.m. in Room G-1 (Revreation Office). Members present were: Mr. James W. Lambie, Chairman; Michael S. Erdos, M.D., Linda Roemer, Ph.D and Mr. George A. Smith, Director of Public Health. Minutes of the July 13, 1981 Meeting were approved as read. The Board welcomed Dr. Linda Roemer as the newest member of the Board of Health. Mrs. Jayne Tapia, R.N., Administrator of the Visiting Nurses Association COUNCIL ON came to the meeting to discuss the new council on Aging Elderly Clinic and AGING ELDERLY briefly discuss the upcoming flu and pneumococcal clinics. CLINIC Mr. Smith and Mrs. Tapia both agreed that it will be an advantage to have this clinic at the Council on Aging headquarters on Meriam Street. They both feel that more people will attend with this clinic added. It was decided to rotate the monthly clinics, having one a month at Greeley Village, one at Vynebrook Village, one at the East Lexington Church Hall and one at the Council on Aging Headquarters. This will reduce the clinics by one monthly. That money can be used to hire another nurse, if needed, at our clinics or for something else related to the clinics. The clinics would not be rotated until after the flu and pneumococcal clinics are completed. Dr. Roemer wanted to know when the rotation of clinics start how can a person that is not a regular user find out where they will be held at different weeks. Mrs. Tapia said she is going to put it in the Council on Aging booklet and people can also call the Board of Health Office or the Council on Aging Office. Mr. Smith told the Board that he has discussed the next year's schedule with Mrs. Tapia and that they have from now to the end of the year to iron out any bugs they have in scheduling it. Mrs. Tapia told the Board she is very pleased that this new clinic has been set up at the Council on Aging Headquarters and she is sure that more people will take advantage of this. She said it is something that really has been needed for some time. Mr. Smith discussed the upcoming flu and pneumococcal clinics that will be held in the Fall. He said he had been inquiring how we could submit something to the State and get re-imbursed for the vaccine that we have purchased and also for the administering of the vaccine by the nurses. The State does not allow public clinics to do this. This payment from Medicaid can only be re- imbursed to doctors. Mr. Smith said he is hoping to have the flu vaccine clinic in early October this year because the vaccine is already in our refrigerator. He said it takes six weeks for anti -bodies to build up after the immunization is given.