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Page 1 of 1 <br /> Murashige, Laura <br /> From: David Hudson [hudsond010@hawaii.rr.com] <br /> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 11:57 AM <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Subject: Testimony--Bill 345 <br /> <br /> Ladies and Gentlemen: <br /> I am writing in opposition to the captioned bill, which would appparantly allow up to eight unrelated persons, <br /> plus an unspecified number of caregivers, to live in an existing single-family home that would be redsignated as <br /> <br /> a care home. I have spoken to several other homeowners who are opposed to this bill, fearing for the character of <br /> <br /> their neighborhoods and the adverse effect on property values. I share their concerns and would like to add <br /> <br /> another one--the threat of greatly increased abuse of our senior citizens. <br /> Most single-family homes in Hilo are relatively small, with a living room/dining room, a kitchen, two or three <br /> bedrooms and one or two bathrooms. I believe that the captioned bill, if passed, could reult in the creation of <br /> instant slums, as the owners and operators of newly-designated care homes crowded many more residents, all <br /> needing constant assistence in eating, bathing, dressing and toileting, into a space that is grossly insufficient to <br /> serve their basic needs. <br /> My mother died in 2001 at the age of 95. She spent her last six years in a nursing home on the Mainland, <br /> where she had her own room and received good-to-excellent care. This care was expensive, and fortunately my <br /> mother was able to afford it. My wife's mother died in 2005, at the age of 89. She died in her own home, where <br /> she needed the assistance of caregivers for the last three years of her life. Neither my wife nor I would have <br /> considered, for one minute, allowing our mothers to move into a "care" home in Hilo of the type that would be <br /> allowed if the captioned bill becomes law. <br /> Mahalo for your consideration of this testimony. <br /> David Hudson <br /> 549 Kukuau Street <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> O.~ ~ <br /> C"; ~ <br /> w <br /> v <br /> ~v <br /> Comm. No. ~ 7. <br /> Ref. To; <br /> Ref. dote JAN 4 nn~ <br /> i /2/2007 <br /> <br />