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AGING <br />AGING <br />Services Contracted to Private/State Agencies (continued) <br />2. Kupuna Care. <br />Provide clients receiving Kupuna Care Services (adult day care, personal care, <br />home -delivered meals, attendant care, chore, home/housekeeper, and assisted <br />transportation services) the opportunity to evaluate the program through a survey of <br />which at least 75% of clients surveyed will show an improved ability to remain in <br />their own homes. <br />80% of the clients receiving Kupuna Care services who responded to a survey <br />indicted an improved ability to remain in their own homes. <br />3. Legal Services. <br />a. Provide information about legal advice, counseling, and representation of which <br />at least 85% of all clients assisted will be linked to legal resources. <br />Information not available. <br />b. Provide clients served the opportunity to evaluate the program through a survey of <br />which at least 70% of clients surveyed will express an increased knowledge of <br />entitlement programs, the legal process, and individual rights. <br />95% of the clients receiving legal services who responded to the survey <br />indicated an increased knowledge of either entitlement programs, the legal <br />process, or their individual rights. 100% of the respondents indicated that <br />the assistance they received was beneficial. <br />4. Public Education. <br />Provide the general public the opportunity to evaluate a publication which provides <br />information about services and benefits available to older individuals of which at least <br />50% of respondents to a survey will indicate that the publication provided them with <br />meaningful and useful information. <br />This past contract year marked the fifth year of publishing the Silver Bulletin, a <br />monthly newsletter on and about eldercare services and aging issues. As in <br />previous contract years, the publication continues to deliver newsworthy articles <br />to over 4,100 older individuals while assisting readers to make informed <br />decisions as they access services beneficial to them. More than 40,000 copies of <br />the newsletter were printed and distributed to Big Island seniors and residents, <br />key health and social organizations and other community and business <br />establishments. There are also continuing requests by home bound seniors to <br />receive the publication by mail. <br />Final Status Report on Program Objectives for FY 2004-05 <br />