December 3, 2012
The flag salute was led by Past President Pat
Folkins.
The invocation was given by
Greg Williston.
No visiting Rotarians or
guests today.
Moderate calisthenics were
conducted with moderate enthusiasm. Eric
Bergel introduced Caroline Smullin from Eureka High Interact. They did a
Hurricane Sandy fundraiser, and now are raising money for a school in Africa. Buy a candy cane mouse, $2. Franco and Larissa are here! They saw some
movies! They were good! Larissa's fundraising dinner for her Hawaii trip went well. Now she's got
cookies! They both changed families and it seems to be ok.
Birthdays and Anniversaries are in the book,
congratulations to all. There was an empty seat at the head table. Fines were
levied.
Mindy Bussman announced a need
for volunteers to pack for Backpacks for Kids.
Alicia Cox got the Rotary Club work group featured in the paper. Well
done.
Gregg Gardiner discussed Toys for
Tots and thanked Sheriff Downey for 95 toys from the Sheriff's department
Christmas party. Toys are still needed.
The Logger Classic is coming up, and our club has supported it for 30
years.
Ashley Deal from Rotaract
came up. She has wine! $20 gets you a bottle and the money goes to an art
scholarship in Michael Depew's name. I bought one, it's champagne.
Chuck Ellsworth went to Texas and visited with Jim Hoff, who he
joined for dinner with Governor Perry. He then went and fought off fire ants
and alligators. We flirted with politics for a minute but didn't end up
kissing. No fine.
Greg Foster was in Las Vegas last week. He
met with Alaska Air about coming to Humboldt
County. But, it was a
vacation and he played some video poker. Max fine. C
hristmas Party is the 15th, there.
Spengler
Raffle winners were Toys for Tots and Past President Don Leonard.
Program
Joyce Hanes from the Humboldt Senior
Resource Center
(http://www.humsenior.org/) came to discuss the PACE program. She
thanked our club for supporting the resource center through the years. The
Alzheimer's Center was completed in 2009, with our club's help. They have a
dedicated room named for our club. The
PACE program stands for Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.
Healthcare for seniors has huge challenges. Healthcare increases have been consuming
all become gains for several years and costs are elected to triple by
2020. Older adults use a
disproportionate share of healthcare, and the PACE program tries to mitigate
this expense. PACE attempts to keep elderly people out of high cost skilled nursing
facilities and keep them in their own homes.
People 55 and older, living in the service area, certified for nursing
home care, and who can live alone safely in the community qualify.
Medicare and Medical are combined to build a
plan to take care of the patient with a capitated payment. DICTIONARY: Capitation is a payment
arrangement for health care service providers such as physicians or nurse
practitioners. It pays a physician or group of physicians a set amount for each
enrolled person assigned to them, per period of time, whether or not that
person seeks care. There are five PACE programs in California and ours would be the first rural
one in the state. Our low number of eligible clients and high capital start-up
costs are concerns, but the resource center believes they can overcome these
hurdles. PACE is a preventative program and provides
an umbrella coverage, where all services are provided through the capitated
payments of all the clients participating in the program. The program estimates they will need 100
participants by year five, which is the break even point. PACE has the potential to provide cost
savings to the community by keeping clients out of skilled nursing
facilities.
Joyce was thanked, the
library book was signed, and the meeting ended on time.
Respectfully Submitted,
John Harper
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