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AGING <br />AGING <br />Program Objectives <br />For FY 2001-02, the Office of Aging will meet the objectives below <br />Non -Contracted Services <br />1 Caregiver Support. <br />a To enable 200 caregivers of older persons to provide quality care by providing <br />them with 300 hours of information and assistance, training, and other means of <br />support. <br />b To enable 30 frail/vulnerable older persons to remain safely within their homes by <br />providing them with 30 units of home modifications to improve accessibility, <br />safety, and sanitation. <br />2 Community -Based Planning. To empower 100 senior citizens in nine major <br />communities on the Big Island with the organization and leadership skills to perform <br />community-based planning through Community Voices Councils <br />3 Database Development and Maintenance. To continuously update the needs of <br />75% of all persons 60 years of age and older in Hawaii County and keep track of <br />services being provided to 5,500 individuals annually. <br />4 Education/Training To enable older persons to receive the highest quality of care <br />by providing 350 caregivers and service providers with opportunities to attend 10 <br />training workshops <br />5. Partners in Eldercare To improve the communication and efficiency of 600 <br />individuals (Partners in Eldercare) serving older persons by providing in-service <br />training, network news and facilitating point program planning and interagency <br />coordination. <br />Services Contracted to Private/State Agencies <br />I Case Management. To assist 680 frail/vulnerable older persons to live safely within <br />their communities by providing them with 10,986 hours of assessment, counseling, <br />diagnosis, service coordination, and follow-up <br />2. Kupuna Care. To enable 1,075 older persons to have access to programs and <br />services that are needed to live independent and dignified lives by providing them <br />with 50,270 units of adult day care, case management, personal care, home -delivered <br />meals, attendant care, chore, homemakerlhousekeeper, and assisted transportation <br />services Seventy-five percent of persons receiving services through the Kupuna Care <br />program will show an improved ability to remain in their own homes (SFS) <br />3 Public Information. To increase the older person's knowledge of and access to <br />community resources by providing 4,000 persons with 36,000 units of information <br />At least 23% who receive information will be positively linked to services <br />