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Minutes of the Meeting of April 24, 1985 -- —
Present Roberta Black, Marion Shepp, Stan Finkelstein, Leonora Zola,
Ed Foley, C.C. Chao; Bea Phear
New Members
The subcommittee of Roberta, Stan, and Marion had interviewed 12 possible
cnadidates for committee membership They recommend Jan Eustice as the person
to fill the immediate vacancy There was discussion to be held later about
the four other positions to be filled in the fall Roberta will telephone
Bea
Visiting Nurses
Judy and Leonora recommed partial funding of the VNCH proprosal by the Trustees
The draft letter was approved as written, with a request from the trustees
of $2,800 Stan reported that the Board of Health also supported the program,
but with less enthusiasm, since there was no evaluation data yet available
There was discussion about how much money to ask of the trustees It was felt
that to ask more than $2,800 would reduce the flexibility of future requests
by depleting the teserve a great deal for one proposal, would have a possible
negative effect on the committee's credibility with the trustees, and might
not really be necessary as VNCH had other possible resources
Bea had suggested UNited Way and Honeywell to them, and Judy has suggested
local service clubs
Coordinator's Report
Bea distributed her report in writing, since she had to leave early for the
TMMA meeting It is enclosed for those not in attendance
Next Meeting
Monday, May 13 at 6 00 p.m (bring your own sandwich; coffee & soda available here)
Monday, June 3, at 7 30 p.m. (Richard Weiss as guest)
Respectfully submitted, �� r
Beatrice Phear ✓'` 1 v
April 24, 1985
_ PENDING
1. New member selection
2 Visiting Nurse request - see draft letter and my trust fund estimate
3. Corporation relationship? Joan Duff of Honeywell likes the idea of a meeting
4. Providers Council meetings?
COORDINATOR REPORT
Day Care
1. Charlotte Wilson, 5 Raymond Street, is interested in starting a business related
to elderly day care, home care, nannies, infant & toddler day care, family
day care, and employer supported centers She will do information and
referral, program development, and advocacy - not run programs
2 The Office for Children is sponsoring an afternoon workshop on their Child
Care Resource and Referral Project in Worcester on May 9 Call Bruce
Hershfield if you are interested in going - 727-0018.
Mental Retardation
( 1. Richard Weiss told Stan, Leonora and me that they are planning to move the
Kelleher Center See copy of memo to Bob Hutchinson enclosed.
2 The State has opened two new Intermediate Care Facility- Mental Retardation Units
(ICF-MR' s)) on the Met State hospital grounds They should have an open
house fairly soon They will each house eight clients
3 Bill Crane gave me a copy of the Pennhurst Study of the consent decree effects
in Pennsylvania. It is very interesting (and longe If anyone wants to
borrow it, let me know
4 The Lexington committee for housing for the handicapped has met with the
Housing Authority Their next meeting is May 9; Ralph Richardson of the
DMH Area Office will be a guest The committee is seriously considering
exploring a privately funded option.
5 The CMARC report still shows 7 Lexington clients. They did not provide a
treasurer' s report.
Mental Health
1. I met with Shirley Bertrand of the DMH Area Office regarding needs of the
chronically mentally ill. She is liaison with Met State She said she
would write up some Lexington numbers for me Off the top of her head, she
sees needs in the following areas housing, day activities, social drop-in,
geriatric psychiatry, and medical/psychiatric
2 I met with Ellen Widen and Kay Apgar of the Family Service Association. They
have approximately 80-100 cases per year 5 LICSW' s 1 PhD 1/2 day psychiatrist
for medication. They are planning to do family life education programs They
do not see much chronic
3. Marion Shepp reports that the Mystic Valley Hancock St house has no staff
at the moment.
4. Two different sources (Shirley Bertrand & a committee applicant) both
report favorably on Wild Acre Inn.
Elderly
1. Cooperative Elder Services for January-March shows two clients received
funding support from the Trustees ($646 for the quarter) There are
also 11 other Lexington clients
2 The CoA senior center plans are taking a great deal of my time and progressing
nicely, if slowly
Youth
1. I have no new information from Sheila on Prom Night She has left it in the
hands of the students
2 Ashley Rooney would like to meet with the committee about her television
series, and issues of adolescents. see enclosed letter
Other
1. The Town was awarded a grant from EOCD to set up a joint municipal/school/
library/CoA volunteer program. I will supervise in the start-up phtase
with someone from the schools, and then it will move to the school dept
Applications close today, so we ought to be hiring within the next few
weeks