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AGING <br />AGING <br />Program Objectives (continued) <br />3. Community Planning and Development — Partnerships <br />Healthy Aging Initiative <br />a. Increase by 20% the number of chronic disease self management workshops <br />offered in Hawaii County. The 20% increase would be based on the number of <br />workshops completed for the fiscal year ending June 2010. The intent is to <br />embed a health related evidence -based program in Hawaii County. <br />b. Support and coordinate an evidence -based community program where at least <br />75% of participants surveyed will indicate that the evidence -based community <br />program improved or maintained their health status. <br />4. Education/Training <br />Support and coordinate a minimum of two (2) workshops and /or educational seminars <br />for Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) clients and/or service providers <br />that reflect identified needs of clients and providers. <br />5. Home Modification <br />Enable older adults to live safely within their own homes, reducing caregiver stress <br />and reducing falls in the home by correcting safety deficits. <br />At least 75% of the clients served will report that the home modification items <br />allowed them to remain in the home by increasing safety, reducing caregiver <br />stress, and reducing falls in the home. <br />Services Contracted to Private /State Agencies <br />Kupuna Care Program <br />Case Management and Home and Community Based Services <br />Kupuna Care Program services include case management, adult day care, personal <br />care, home - delivered meals, heavy chore, homemaker, assisted transportation, and <br />Kupuna Care transportation. <br />a. Empower clients and/or caregivers through participation in service decision <br />making. <br />At least 90% of clients and/or caregivers will participate in care /service plan <br />decision making. <br />b. Enable older adults to remain in their homes for as long as possible through the <br />provision of home and community -based services, thus preventing and /or <br />delaying the need for institutional care. <br />At least 70% of clients will remain in the home after three months of Kupuna <br />Care home and community -based services. <br />5 <br />