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METROPOLITAN COUNCIL HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Suite 300 Metro Square Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 Minutes of HRA ADVISORY COMMITTEF. MEETING January 9, 1985 Members Present: Joan Archer, Vice Chair, Lyn Burton, Thomas Duffy, Sharon Garber, Marilyn Spensley, Gertrude Ulrich Members Absent: Philip Cohen, Edmund Bowler, Wanda Schumacher, Josey Warren Staff: Ana Stern, Phil Katzung, Laurie Garfield, Jan Hogan, Barb Soihr, Roberta Everling, Kathleen Mulligan In the absence of Chair Cohen, Vice Chair Archer opened the meeting at 11:00 a.m. Approval of Agenda and Minutes The agenda was approvei as well as the minutes from the October 24 and November 14, 1984 committee meetings. Report of the Long -Term Care Task Force - Ana Stern: Stern explained that the task force was set up by the Council a year ago to reshape long-term care in the twin cities area. This was the Councils first formal involvement, but not the first work done by the Council in long-term care. Health, hosing and aging programs have come together ^ver the years to work on shared problems and concerns; one result was the report called, More Than Shelter, published a year ago. The report included recapping the role of family in the care of tln elderly and addressing the wide range of services that should be available to olde- people so they can be more self-sufficient. The combined programs also sponsured a series of forums in 1983. *Many important issues surfaced then, including a decision to set up a task force made up nf 22 members; Tom Byrne was chair and Phil Cohen was on the committee. One of the first things the task force did was adopt a definition of long-term care. They also determined their objectives, including develop public policies, recommend strategies for implementing policies and recommend areas for additional studies. Sterns introduction included explanations of how to make better use of existing resources, the need for (1) service coordination, and (2) multidimensional assessment, (3) financing of long-term care, (4) gaps in long- term care, and (5) policy roles and responsibilitJos it, long-term care. (1) Stern said there is a real need for better support and coordination of the huge array of service providers- family, friends, civic organizations, nursing homes, osealth corporations, etc.