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AGING <br /> AGING <br /> Program Objectives <br /> Empower older adults to stay healthy, active, and socially engaged using prevention <br /> and disease self-management techniques. <br /> 1. Healthy Aging Initiative <br /> a. Expand the Better Choices, Better Health—Ke Ola Pono Program, a chronic <br /> disease self-management evidence-based community program to the districts of <br /> Puna(Mauka and Makai) and Kohala(North and South). Deliver a minimum of 2 <br /> workshops serving 16 participants in each district. <br /> b. Build capacity of the Better Choices, Better Health—Ke Ola Pono Program in the <br /> Hilo and Kona districts. Conduct Lay Leader training in each district <br /> graduatingl6 Lay Leaders. <br /> Enable older adults to remain in their homes with a high quality of life for as long as <br /> possible through the provision of home and community based services, including <br /> supports for caregivers thus preventing and/or delaying the need for institutional care. <br /> 1. Kupuna Care Program Services. These Home and Community Based Services <br /> include case management, adult day care,personal care, home-delivered meals, <br /> heavy chore, homemaker, transportation, and home modification. <br /> a. A minimum of 600 older adults (duplicated count) received home and <br /> community-based services through the Kupuna Care Program. As a result, 70% <br /> of clients will remain in the home after three months of Kupuna Care services. <br /> b. A minimum of 125 older adults receive home modification services that enable <br /> them to live safely within their own homes. As a result, least 75%of the clients <br /> served will report that the home modification items allowed them to remain in <br /> their home by increasing safety, reducing caregiver stress, and reducing falls in <br /> the home. <br /> 2. Caregiver Support: National Family Caregiver Support Program <br /> Trained individuals will assess caregiver needs, provide information and assistance <br /> that link caregivers to needed services, and provide follow-up as needed. <br /> a. A minimum of 100 caregivers receive information and assistance. As a result, at <br /> least 80% of requests for information and/or services will have immediate (within <br /> 7 days) contact with an assessor to begin the assessment process and identify <br /> caregiver needs. <br /> b. Based on needs identified a minimum of 100 caregivers are provided respite, <br /> support group, and counseling services. <br /> 4 <br />