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AGING <br /> AGING <br /> Program Highlights <br /> The Office of Aging carried out the following major projects and/or initiatives: <br /> • Collaborated with the Assistive Technology Resource Center(ATRC) on a <br /> display and future potential "lending library". ATRC's adaptive equipment for <br /> daily activities as well as recreation is now displayed for visitors. In addition <br /> Aging and Disability Resource Center(ADRC) staff received training on use of <br /> the Automated External Defibrillator(AED)now available in the ADRC. We <br /> join other County agencies having increased emergency preparedness with this <br /> lifesaving technology. <br /> • Coordinated workshops, trainings, conferences, outreach events, and provided <br /> home and community-based services for caregivers and the community. Outreach <br /> events offered opportunities to provide information about resources and services <br /> available in our community. <br /> • Partnered with other agencies in order to reach more communities across the Big <br /> Island in our Elder Abuse Awareness efforts. Collaboration between the Office of <br /> Aging, the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Adult Protective Services and <br /> numerous other Aging Network providers resulted in a booklet produced by the <br /> Office of the Prosecuting Attorney called Elder Abuse in Our Community: Keep <br /> Our Seniors Safe. This booklet was and continues to be distributed at <br /> presentations on Elder Abuse, Health and Information Fairs and has been placed <br /> in Senior Centers and community and business establishments around the island. <br /> • Sustained and expanded the statewide health prevention evidence based program, <br /> Better Choices, Better Health—Ke Ola Pono (BCBH); formerly the Chronic <br /> Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP). Five island-wide workshops were <br /> conducted and served 43 elderly. The Office of Aging also addressed capacity <br /> building by training 6 new Lay Leaders for the Chronic Disease Self-Management <br /> curriculum. In addition, with a grant obtained from the State Department of <br /> Health, Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, the Office of Aging also <br /> trained 8 new Lay Leaders for the Diabetes Self-Management curriculum. <br /> • Honored sixteen nominees at the popular Outstanding Older Americans Award <br /> Luncheon. A capacity crowd of over 300 cheered as Marjorie C. Mrasek of <br /> Waikoloa and Joseph R. Ah Choy Sr. of Ookala were named the 2012 <br /> Outstanding Older Americans for Hawai`i County. <br /> 7 <br />