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Attachment A <br />Executive summary: <br />Roseville Block Nurse Program Reinvention Task Force report to City Council — Nov. 16, 2015 <br />Roseville Block Nurse Program Reinvention Task Force, an all-volunteer group of citizens who primarily have health <br />care backgrounds or training, have functioned during 2015 to 1) evaluate the feasibility of reestablishing a Block Nurse <br />Program in Roseville; 2) to determine health needs /gaps analysis for underserved and underrepresented Roseville <br />residents. The target populations: <br />a. seniors (age >_60 years old) <br />b. individuals ethnic and culturally-diverse populations <br />c. individuals with low income <br />Methods for data collection included 1) construction, administration, and analysis of six electronic surveys aimed at <br />residents (adults (18 — 59 years old), seniors (>_60 years old), senior housing providers, and medical service providers; <br />and 2) informational interviews and meetings with health care agency personnel. <br />166 adults and 198 seniors completed the resident surveys. <br />Preliminary survey analysis of the resident surveys identified five areas of interest and potential remediation actions: <br />1. Advance Directive Planning <br />2. Sociallsolation <br />3. Self-Management of Health care <br />4. Transportation <br />5. Use of existing senior services <br />Data analyses and recommendations are contained within the relevant appendices <br />Reestablishment of a Roseville Block Nurse Program is not recommended for many reasons, which are not elaborated in <br />this report. <br />Roseville Block Nurse Program Reinvention Task Force has reinvented itself as CHAT (Community Health Awareness <br />Team). CHAT will serve as a catalyst, conduit and collaborator to expand selected health-related services. To this end, <br />CHAT has the following ongoing efforts for 2016: <br />1. Publication of a regular health-related information column in the Roseville City News <br />2. Coordination of collaborative events to increase advance care planning document awareness, discussion, and <br />completion. The initial target audience is composed of seniors and caregivers. Once this is underway, efforts to <br />address similar needs among younger adults will be undertaken. <br />3. Exploration of ways to reduce social isolation among Roseville adults and seniors, and provide respite for <br />caregivers. The primary focus is identification of site sponsor(s) for the Lutheran Social Service Senior <br />Companions program. <br />4. Continued efforts to collect completed senior housing and medical provider surveys for analyses and database <br />construction. <br />Prepared by Sara Barsel 11/9/15 <br />