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LTCC Long Term Care Council
What is the Long Term Care Council (LTCC) ?
Mandated members include:
The LTCC will work in conjunction with the leadership and administrative support from the lead agencies. Meetings will be scheduled on a regular basis with frequency based on the needs identified.
Specific Activities of the LTCC:
- A group of individuals representing stakeholders who are serving Schuyler County residents. The responsibility will be to continuously build and maintain a collaborative network to advance the Point of Entry (POE) and coordination within the local long term care system. The council will function in an advisory capacity.
Mandated members include:
- DSS Commissioner
- OFA Director
- Early Intervention Programs
- Nursing Homes
- Adult Care and Assisted Living Facilities
- Hospital
- Community Agencies serving the LTC needs of the community
- Church Community
- Senior Housing
- Educational System
- Consumers
- Others? Need to ID
- Membership
- Bylaws
- Others may be identified
The LTCC will work in conjunction with the leadership and administrative support from the lead agencies. Meetings will be scheduled on a regular basis with frequency based on the needs identified.
Specific Activities of the LTCC:
- Monitoring POE service gaps and working with appropriate partners to address them.
- Ensure that consumers are represented on the council.
- Address and help plan for needs unique to our community.
- Have an active role in the service evaluation process with consumer input.
- Develop new resources to assist or enhance the LTC system including plans for overcoming barriers.
- Identify, develop and maintain relationships with policy makers and funding organizations.
- Keep in mind that LTC choices tend to be made in a crisis mode.
- Need to think beyond the medical model.
- Consumers choose the least restrictive, least costly care even though it may be a riskier choice.
- Do not need all identified partners at the table at one time on a regular basis. Can work in a rotating fashion.