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1999-02-23 Regular Meeting Providence Kodiak Island Mental Health Center 717 E. Rezanof Drive Tel 907 486-9100 Kodiak, Alaska 99615 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PROVIDENCE KODIAK ISLAND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER ADVISORY BOARD Februar 23, 1999 I. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER The meetin was called to order at 5:45 pm b Co- Chairperson, Cind Thomas in the Providence Hospital Board Room. II. ROLL CALL Members Present Members Absent Steve Honnold Jod Burcham Cind Thomas Lt. Tish Palmer (ex-officio) Cecil Ranne Tuck Bonne Thia Falcone Barbara L Furin Ro Na Dave Davis Karen Perkins (ex-officio) Guests Present Staff Present Don Roberts Dr. Welb Jensen Laura Perkins Dr. Ron Howes Robin Gardner Karen Bennett III. ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGENDA MOTION: Steve Honnold moved to accept the Februar a Cecil Ranne seconded. B voice vote the motion passed unopposed. IV. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES MOTION: Steve Honnold moved to accept the minutes of Januar 25, 1998. Cecil Ranne seconded. B voice vote the motion passed unopposed. APR 2 19% V. STAFF /OTHER PRESENTATIONS: Dr. Howes presented an overview of the current Anger Management Classes offered at Providence Kodiak Island Mental Health Center (PKIMHC). The class has been shortened to four weeks with attendance twice a week. PKIMHC does not offer a domestic violence program per se however, 75% of court ordered clients have been referred for 4' degree domestic violence. Due to the community need PKIMHC has adapted the current program to meet those needs. One way to include domestic violence issues was to invite partners free of charge. Attendance is voluntary. Dr. Howes addressed concerns related to inviting partners. It would be inappropriate to include clients convicted of assault and battery or clients with restraining orders. Two partners voluntarily attend and the feedback provided was useful to the overall program. Most felt that they participated in creating the incident. We were able to use that information to provide training on how to effectively use time outs, separations and other safety information. Dr. Howes also spoke briefly about the weight loss clinic that he was conducting and about the potential of offering a smoking cessation clinic. He said that the decision to conduct the clinics was based on community interest and participation. The need for a weight loss clinic was originally brought to his attention last year by a local physician. E i f VI. DIRECTOR'S REPORT Dr. Welby Jensen reviewed the Directors Report for January and February. A copy is attached and made p art of these minutes. r r Dr. Jensen summarized comments received from community and board members. The comments range from very positive to total disdain for the Center. The negative comments, which are infrequent in comparison to positive remarks, have chronically originated from the same few individuals /organizations since January of 1998. In accordance with some suggestions from others, we have tried to accommodate many ideas such as reducing the number of weeks for the anger management classes, opening up noon time appointments and condensing the program. f Dr. Jensen commented that the recruitment process was progressing slowly. We are currently conducting reference checks and will schedule final interviews when we are comfortable with our selections. We are taking time with the selection process to ensure that the best candidate is chosen. Dr. Jensen commended Robin for the work she put forth on the Mental Health Trust Capital Grant proposals. She has submitted two proposals, one for $50,000.00 for a fire alarm system f and one for $125,000.00 for a sprinkler system. s NEW BUSINESS MOTION: Was made by Steve Honnold to nominate Cindy Thomas to the Chair position and Jody Burcham to the Vice Chair position. The motion was seconded by Roger Nagarkar. By voice vote the motion passed unopposed. Plans for Mental Health Awareness week included ideas such as a brown bag lunch. Various organizations and the public would be invited to bring a brown bag lunch and the Mental Health Center would provide presentations on certain topics. It was determined that Mental Health Awareness week was in May and not in March as originally discussed. VIII. OLD BUSINESS There was a general discussion of the Policies and Procedures. Robin said that we received general policies from Providence Health Systems and are adapting those policies to meet our Center's operations, ensuring that they meet or exceed any regulations. There are several policies to be developed that were not included in the ones we received. Her personal goal is to have all policies in place by late summer. Copies of finalized policies are being forwarded to the State of Alaska for review and comment. Robin is hopeful that by taking the time to produce a quality product, the Center's Policy and procedure manual can be used as a model for other Community Mental Health Centers. MOTION: The motion to table the Policy nd Procedure review to the nest meeting was made b Thia i Y g Y Falcone The motion was seconded by Steve Honnold By voice vote the motion passed unopposed IX. PUBLIC COMMENTS Don Roberts reiterated his dissatisfaction with the move of the CSP Program to the Clinical Building. He was concerned that outpatient clients could identify CSP clients and the environment no longer provided the safe haven than he felt he had previously. He said that he and at least one other client that he knew of were not happy with the move and that was a 6% dissatisfaction rate. X. BOARD COMMENTS Thia Falcone voiced her frustration over the CSP move and the inability to reach the CSP nurses with the short window that was available to her. a Robin acknowledged that there had been a few `bugs' with the new phone system and that they have been worked out. Dr. Howes mentioned that the CSP nurses had not moved to the clinical side because of some security measures that needed to be considered but, expected that to happen in the near future. XI. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Thia Falcone made a motion to adjourn the meeting and it was seconded by Steve Honnold at 6:45 p.m. I r Respectfully submitted by: Karen Bennett Secretary oma s Co -Chaff er n rY Co-C so PKIMHC PKIMHC Advisory Board I E f i E f E f I I i r k c t f I