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ELDER ISSUES COMMITTEE/
MAYOR’S INITIATIVE ON AGING
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/7779347737
Meeting ID: 777 934 7737 / Online Passcode: 6uzUP6
Call-in: +1 301-715-8592 / Phone Passcode: 719753
TOPIC DISCUSSION ACTION NEEDED
Members/Attendees 1. Marjorie Aloni, Tri County Senior Resource Referral Network – Chair
2. Doug Bermudez, Miami-Dade County Dept. of Transportation & Public Works
3. Cindy Brown, JCS/Lambda Living
4. Teri Busse Arvesu, Miami-Dade County
5. Lt. Patrick Calvo, Miami-Dade Police Department - Presenter*
6. Michelle Collins, Epilepsy Florida
7. Janiece Davis, Urban Health Partnerships
8. Witson Faustin, Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County
9. Mariangelli “Angie” Fernandez, Miami-Dade State Attorney Office
10. Mayra Garcia, Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County
11. Marries Gomez, 24/7 Nursing Care
12. Susan O. Holtzman, Older Adult and Special Needs Advocate, Miami-Dade
County Office of the Mayor – Vice-Chair
13. Peter Kallestrup, i-Function, Inc.
14. Jason Neufeld, Elder Needs Law, PLLC
15. Dennise Nicola, PACE/Miami Jewish Health
16. Gloria Orlandi-Kass, Alzheimer’s Association
17. John Pastore, Emergency Info Plan
18. Marcia Pinck, Florida Counseling Services
19. Belissa Rodriguez, Simply Healthcare Plans
20. Zulema Santacruz, Banyan Health Systems
21. Islara Boixados Souto, Ydeas, Inc.
22. Marjorie York, Community Action Agency
*Presenter(s)
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ELDER ISSUES COMMITTEE/
MAYOR’S INITIATIVE ON AGING
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/7779347737
Meeting ID: 777 934 7737 / Online Passcode: 6uzUP6
Call-in: +1 301-715-8592 / Phone Passcode: 719753
Welcome and Chair, Marjorie Aloni, welcomed everyone and started the meeting at 2:02 PM. The Note: 6/29/21 AM-Mayra sent
Introductions meeting was held virtually via Zoom. As the meeting host, Chair, Marjorie A., email to EIC member listserv
provided general meeting guidelines for attendees, and introduced the newly confirmed with resources and links for those
Vice-Chair, Susan Holtzman. It was explained that Jason Neufeld had to resign from affected by recent Surfside
role of Vice-Chair earlier this month due to professional obligations and time Chaplain Towers building
constraints. Attendee introductions were done during Partner Updates. collapse shared by member,
Marjorie A. also mentioned that persons can register for updates related to the Surfside Frances Garcia, Elder-
building collapse at https://www.surfsidereunite.com/s/ or call 1-833-930-3701 with Links/Community Assist.
agents available in English and Spanish or the bilingual Emotional Support Hotline at Coordinator with MDFR Dept.
1-833-848-1762. Emergency Medical Services.
Review and The minutes from the last meeting on May 25, 2021 were reviewed by the Committee
Approval of members in attendance. A motion was made to approve the minutes by Cindy B. and
Minutes seconded by Teri A. Monthly meetings will continue to be held virtually until further
notice.
Previous Action • Continue timeline development for work plan activities (ongoing).
Items(s) • Need to schedule a presentation by Together for Children, and on emotional
intelligence and the processing of emotions.
Executive Board Chair, Marjorie A. provided the updates from Executive Board 6/14/21 meeting: Action Items:
Update • On October 1st, 2021 from 10AM-12PM, the Consortium is hosting a combined Save the Date: 2021 Consortium
Annual Awards meeting and Worksite Wellness Awards event virtually. Keynote Annual Event and Worksite
speaker will be Dr. Marissa Levine on “Leveraging Community Partnerships to Wellness Awards Ceremony
improve Public Health” and Dr. Isaac Prillitensky on “Mindfulness and Wellbeing in hosted virtually on Friday
the Workplace. Please mark your calendars to save the date. October 1, 2021 from 10:00 AM
• The sustainability and membership of the Consortium was discussed along with to 12:00 PM. Registration is $25
ideas for increasing membership and participation of the committees. The Elder and link with additional
Issues Committee is one of the largest; members encouraged to refer persons to information to be emailed soon.
become members as appropriate by sending their contact information to Chairs Questions? Contact Laura Jimenez
and/or liaison, Mayra Garcia mayra.garcia@flhealth.gov. Laura.Jimenez@flhealth.gov, or
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MAYOR’S INITIATIVE ON AGING
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/7779347737
Meeting ID: 777 934 7737 / Online Passcode: 6uzUP6
Call-in: +1 301-715-8592 / Phone Passcode: 719753
• Please continue to share the updated COVID-19 community vaccination & testing Rosie Ross
sites list that is shared via email regularly. Rosie.Ross@flhealth.gov.
Legislative Report Chair, Marjorie A. provided the following update:
• As many of you know, there is an urgent need to increase funding for Medicaid’s
home and community based services (HCBS) programs. These programs, which
provide an alternative to nursing home care, are terribly underfunded, especially in
Florida.
• The American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding is only for one year. Florida requested an
extension until July 12th for submission of how the state would use the $320 million
now available to Florida through the ARP.
• No other updates were shared by attendees.
Presentation: A 15-minute presentation on Miami-Dade Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team Note: Lt. Calvo’s presentation was
Policing and Crisis (CIT) was given by Lieutenant Patrick Calvo, Youth Outreach Unit, Community emailed to EIC member listserv on
Intervention Team Affairs Bureau, Miami-Dade Police Department. The presentation covered the 7/6/21 by Mayra G.
following main content areas: 1) origins of CIT, 2) statistics related to CIT, 3) the three
main process steps for MDPD & CIT, and 4) on scene considerations (e.g., scene
security, communication, identification, and disposition. For further questions contact,
Patrick H. Calvo, Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD), 786-493-1642,
u305609@mdpd.com. We are very thankful to Lt. Calvo for his service as a police
officer and for the informative presentation about this important MDPD program.
Performance Chair, Marjorie A., led discussion on the following in the EIC Work Plan 2019-2024: Action Items:
Measures in Need • Timeline development for work plan activities will continue. • Continue timeline development
of Improvement • Activity: By September 30, 2024, there will be a presentation… for work plan activities.
(Work Plan o …by Together for Children. Request for presentation has been made via • Submit suggestion(s) for future
Review) email and online, but have not received a reply to request. Zulema S. presentations at Elder Issues
mentioned that she could share a contact person from Together for Children Committee meetings via email to:
to try to arrange for a future presentation. marjieealoni@gmail.com,
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MAYOR’S INITIATIVE ON AGING
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/7779347737
Meeting ID: 777 934 7737 / Online Passcode: 6uzUP6
Call-in: +1 301-715-8592 / Phone Passcode: 719753
o …on emotional intelligence and the processing of emotions. This needs to susan.holtzman@miamidade.gov,
be scheduled, but looking for suggestions from members for possible & Mayra.Garcia@flhealth.gov.
speakers to present. No suggestions were made by attendees.
(SP: Injury, Safety and Violence – p. 16)
• Measure: Did the Elder Issues committee collaborate with the Healthy Baby
Taskforce and the Children Issues Committee?…
o Activity: …to increase the # of new organizations participating in
committee efforts and events. Relates to Consortium strategy to decrease the
rate of low birth weight babies.
o Activity: …to support community resources and best practices to decrease
maternal infant morbidity and mortality.
(SP: Injury, Safety and Violence – p. 17)
Progress towards these two activities will be gained once the Children Issues (CI)
Committee presents to the EIC about their initiatives, and shares community
resources and best practices to decrease maternal infant morbidity and mortality.
The CI Chair, Alina Soto, is confirmed to present to EIC on 7/27/21. Follow-up
discussion can include how seniors (grandparents) can use the information to help
increase access to care and improve health outcomes for children and families. CI’s
Healthy Baby Taskforce has produced a new social media toolkit Pregnancy and
Beyond that is filled with maternal-child health resources and links. Click here to
access the toolkit online.
Recognition of • Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Elder-Links presentation on 5/25/21
Improved • 25 attendees at May meeting via Zoom
Performance
Partner Updates • Michelle Collins, Epilepsy Florida, mcollins@epilepsyfl.org, free seizure first aid
presentations, more online at
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KvysOeYNuqJGjfz4tcVJApgjIdtZ9EPq/view?usp=shar
ing.
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MAYOR’S INITIATIVE ON AGING
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/7779347737
Meeting ID: 777 934 7737 / Online Passcode: 6uzUP6
Call-in: +1 301-715-8592 / Phone Passcode: 719753
• Patrick H. Calvo, Police Lieutenant, Miami-Dade Police Department, 786-493-1642,
u305609@mdpd.com.
• Cindy Brown, JCS Lambda Living Program, cbrown@jcsfl.org, online program
calendar: https://jewishcommunityservicesofsouthflorida.wildapricot.org/. 305-403-6515.
• Susan Holtzman, Older Adult and Special Needs Advocate, Miami-Dade County Office
of the Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Susan.holtzman@miamidade.gov.
• Janiece Davis, Urban Health Partnerships, Age-Friendly and Health Equity Program
Manager, janiece@urbanhp.org.
• Marcia Pinck, Florida Counseling Services, 954-525-1050, pinck@email.com, Current
volunteer President of Broward Coalition on Aging (BCOA), info@bcoafl.org, meets
2nd Thursday each month currently on Zoom, July 8th Dr. David Ross will educate
about the newly approved Alzheimer’s medication. Guests are welcome to register at
www.bcoafl.org.
• Gloria Orlandi-Kass, Alzheimer's Association-Southeast Florida Chapter, 305-835-
2451xt 2451, gorlandikass@alz.org, alz.org/seflorida, 24/7 Helpline-800-272-3900.
• Zulema Santacruz, Banyan Health Systems Community Health Centers/Crisis
Stabilization & Detox Unit/Central Receiving Unit, 24 Hour Mobile Response Team,
email: zsantacruz@banyanhealth.org, phone: 305-398-6143, www.banyanhealth.org,
Banyan Health Systems Mobile Response Crisis Team Hotline (24-Hour/7 Days a
Week) 305-774-3616.
• Mayra Garcia shared: The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County is
offering appointments for the Pfizer-Biotech and Johnson & Johnson’s Jannsen COVID-
19 vaccine. The Pfizer BioNTech vaccine is available to individuals 12 years of age and
older while the Johnson & Johnson’s Jannsen vaccine is available to individuals 18
years of age and older. The vaccines will be offered by appointment at the following
locations: Health District Center-1350 NW 14 St., Miami, FL 33125 (Mon, Tues, Thurs &
Fri); Little Haiti Clinic-300 NE 80 Terr., Miami, FL 33138 (Mon, Wed, & Fri); West
Perrine Clinic-18255 Homestead Ave., Miami, FL 33157 (M-F). To schedule an
appointment: https://public.domo.com/cards/v2mAg on Google Chrome. All individuals
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MAYOR’S INITIATIVE ON AGING
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/7779347737
Meeting ID: 777 934 7737 / Online Passcode: 6uzUP6
Call-in: +1 301-715-8592 / Phone Passcode: 719753
under age 18 receiving a vaccine must be accompanied by a parent or guardian and must
complete the COVID-19 vaccine screening and consent form.
• Dennise Nicola, FL PACE CENTERS, Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly;
DNicola@MiamiJewishHealth.org - cell 786-661-5644.
• Angie Fernandez, Community Outreach Rep, Office of State Attorney Katherine
Fernandez Rundle, www.miamisao.com; fernang@miamisao.com.
• Jason Neufeld, Esq, www.elderneedslaw.com, 305-931-0478, jason@elderneedslaw.com.
• Doug Bermudez, Miami-Dade County Dept. of Transportation and Public Works. I
oversee Special Pass Programs (Golden, Patriot and Discount Fare) for County
residents. Dougb@miamidade.gov.
• Maries Gomez, 24/7 Nursing Care. We service Miami Dade & Broward counties. We
provide at home care for your loved one. We are here to help! You can reach me
directly on my cell at 786-399-5955 or via email at Mgomez@24-7nursingcare.com.
• John Pastore, www.emergencyinfoplan.com, 802-999-7300, john@emergencyinfoplan.com.
• Belissa Rodriguez, Simply Healthcare Plans; community events focused on the senior
population; brodriguez1@simplyhealthcareplans.com, 786-792-0552.
• Peter Kallestrup; i-Function, inc.; pkallestrup@i-Function.com.
• Marjorie Aloni shared open invite to Tri County Senior Resource Referral Network
virtual meetings on second Tuesday of every month at 8:00AM. For additional info call
305-766-2976, or email marjieealoni@gmail.com.
Adjournment Chair, Marjorie A. adjourned the meeting at 2:59 PM.
Next Meeting The next Elder Issues Committee meeting will be held virtually on Tuesday, July 27
2021, 2:00-3:00 PM via Zoom.
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