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441 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING SEPTEMBER 10, 1984 The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, September 10, 1984 at 7:15 p.m. in Room G-1 (Recreation Office) of the Town Office Building. Members present were: Mr. James W. Lambie, Chairman; Dr. Donald A. Goldmann, and Mr. George A. Smith, Jr., Director of Public Health. At 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Jayne Tapia, R.N., Administrative Nurse for Visiting Nurse and Community Health, Inc. came before the Board. Mrs. Tapia reviewed, for Dr. Goldmann what had happened up until now in regard to the survey the Visiting Nurses had done in the villages for the elderly. She explained that she had come before the Board in May for permission to do a survey in the elderly villages to see how many frail elderly could use more services. She explained to the Board how she had done 22 assessments and 9 needed additional services. Mrs. Tapia said she had applied for a grant from the Department of Elder Af- fairs to see if they could hire a senior health monitor (SHA) that would be a health aide or an LPN to monitor the needs of the frail elderly if we could get this grant and the housing authority allows the nurses to go into the villages. The visiting nurse that does the Lexington clinics now would supervise the health monitor. The position would be for a 20 hour week plus an hour to sit down with the nurse in charge to discuss and review what was happening with the frail el- derly that they had visited. Mrs. Tapia said the project would be for nine months and she has requested $8664.00 (grant money) and any money donated by the Board of Health. Dr. Goldmann suggested to Mrs. Tapia to give a call to Dr. Jack Rowe of the Harvard School of Public Health (Geriatrics) or Dr. Richard Bestine of the Jewish Rehabilitation Center and see if they could suggest something that would be able to fund programs for the elderly. Mrs. Tapia said if she goes ahead with the project she would like to involve Mr. Smith or one of the members of the Board of Health. Mrs. Tapia also said she wants to get money to start a project for the elderly at Emerson Gardens, Battle Green Apartments and Captain Parker Arms, as many of these tenants are aging. Mr. Lambie told Mrs. Tapia that he hasn't been completely comfortable with the role the Board plays now as far as the Visiting Nurses visits and these health assessments. After a brief discussion Mrs. Tapia said she would keep the Board informed and then thanked the Board and retired. Mr. Smith told the Board that Mrs. Halko was unable to attend the meeting SANITARIANS this evening because she has started back to classes on Monday evenings. REPORT He said while he was out during his illness Mrs. Halko did very well filling in for him. She had trouble with the owner of the new store Castiello's. When she went up to his deli/bakery for a final inspection he still had many things