Carol Strawn Center

“Current and former trustees comprise the membership. Members pay annual membership dues, which are determined by the board of trustees. Membership is nontransferable and non-assignable. Membership regulations are documented in article iii of our code of regulations. Members do not share in organization revenues. In the fiscal year 2021, there were 14 members.”

“Members elect board trustees for three-year terms. Any vacancy occurring on the board of trustees, and any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of trustees, will be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining board of trustees. The new trustee appointed to fill the vacancy will serve for the unexpired term of the predecessor in office.”

“Proposed changes to csc's code of regulations must be voted upon and approved by a majority of the membership. Members also have a vote on other matters brought to the membership by the board of trustees but in general, the decisions of the governing body are not subject to the approval by members or others.”

“The form 990 was completed by dixon, davis, bagent & company based on input obtained from the audited financial statements, various internal documents and csc management. The treasurer and management reviewed the form 990 prior to providing each board trustee with a copy. The independent auditor, who completed the form 990, reviewed it with the board of trustees during a board meeting. The board approved the form 990 by a vote resolution prior to filing. Board action taken and resolution voted upon were documented in the meeting minutes.”

“Officers and trustees annually review the policy and submit a completed conflict of interest form, which is reviewed by management. In accordance with the conflict of interest policy any actual or potential conflicts of interest that may develop throughout the year are reported to the board chair and/or president. Any member of the board of trustees who has a conflict of interest regarding any matter requiring action by the board is required to be absent from the meeting during the board's discussion of the matter and during any action taken on the matter by vote. The member's absence during discussion and voting are recorded in the meeting minutes. All staff also sign a copy of the policy, which is placed in their personnel file.”

“No annual performance evaluation of the president was conducted nor was there a change in the president's salary during this tax year due to the disruption of services, the reassignement of work objetives and budget contraints due to the pandemic. The usual process for determining compensation for the president is an annual performance evaluation of the president by the board chair, followed by members of the executive committee being appointed by the board chair to review compensation for the president. With consideration of budget figures and salaries paid to the top official in other local organizations, a salary recommendation is made to the board of trustees for their consideration during a board meeting, which is not attended by the president.”

“Governing documents, conflicts of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request.”

“To operate an adult day care center that provides care to people with alzheimer's disease and related dementias, respite for their caregivers and educational services to caregivers of those with a dementia and interested others. The carol strawn center is committed to affordable, quality care. Our adult day service is offered on a sliding fee scale and our education service is offered on a donation basis.”

“Due to the pandemic, we did not provide on-site adult day service this past fiscal year and we curtailed our education services. During this time, we conducted wellness checks via telephone and delivered activity kits to adult day service participants, continued to provide family care planning to caregivers via telephone and offered 7 on-line or in-person caregiver education classes. Community education presentations were not provided.”

“Due to the pandemic, we did not provide adult day service this past fiscal year. During this time, 1-4 monthly telephone wellness checks, pending individual preferences for telephone contacts, were made to program participants, all of whom have a dementia or related memory loss disorder, and/or to their family caregivers by a staff nurse. Based on individual needs expressed during the wellness checks, referrals, caregiving tips and information was provided and served to help reduce the social isolation experienced by many of our participants and their family caregivers. Two activity kits comprising several crafts, word puzzles, cards, ballons for balloon toss exercise, coloring books, paints, markers, etc. Along with suggestions for activities were personally delivered or mailed to participants to help keep them engaged in enjoyable activities that would promote the use of their functional abilities. Activities provided included those that could be done with others to promote social interaction with their family members as well as individual activities that woould keep participants occupied while their caregivers worked from home, tended to in-home tasks or took time to relax. While closed, several modifications to our day center were taken to promote a safe re-opening some of which included the installation of touchless faucets and soap dispensers in restrooms and the purchase of air purifiers, easy to clean seating furniture and to allow for physical distancing smaller dining tables and mobile acrylic room dividers. Upon re-opening safely, our adult day service will resume our core services: assessment with activities of daily living, health-related services, therapeutic social/recreational activities, exercise activities, nutritious meals and snacks. Transportation is provided for qualifying government funded participants and it is coordinated with local service providers for others. Participants require various levels of care and support resulting from individual physical or cognitive limitations associated with depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, visual or hearing impairments, stroke and dementia.”

“Due to the pandemic, public education programs were not offered this past fiscal year. Our education service provided family care planning delivered via telephone throughout the fiscal year and offered 7 on-line or in-person caregiver education classes. Providing care for someone with a dementia can be overwhelming for family caregivers. Our education service provides caregivers information and support to increase their knowledge about alzheimer's disease and related dementias, address concerns relevant to providing care to someone with a dementia and help in identifying available community services in a class setting. Personalized care planning is offered to caregivers who require or wish additional help in understanding the disease. By identifying the needs of the individual with dementia and those of the caregiver a plan is developed to help the caregiver manage the care of the person with dementia amd/or caregiver. Follow-up and on-going assistance are provided. Through education, caregivers gain understanding and confidence and learn positive caregiving approaches and coping techniques for dementia care.”