Committee on Aging to meet

The Governor’s Committee on Aging is meeting from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at Kneadful Things Bakery and Confectionary, 516 College Drive S., Devils Lake, N.D.?The meeting is open to the public.

Agenda items include planning for Forums on Aging, committee and members’ responsibilities, nursing facilities and their potential role in providing home and community-based long-term care services, overview of aging and related services in the region provided by the North Dakota Department of Human Services and Title III senior service providers’ requests.

The committee monitors issues impacting older individuals, acts as an advisory body for the Department of Human Services’ Aging Services Division, sponsors community forums and works to achieve goals related to the needs of older individuals

For information about the committee or meeting, contact Chairman Amy Clark at 701-223-8659, or Linda Wright, Aging Services Division director, state Department of Human Services, at 701-328-4601.

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