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AGING <br /> .N.....�..... .. .� ... . � �_�_ . <br /> AGING <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 /> During the period from 07/01/12 to 12/31/12,the Home Modification Program <br /> provided 146 units of home modification items to improve in-home safety for 60 <br /> frail and vulnerable adults. An annual client satisfaction survey will be <br /> conducted in May,2013. <br /> Services Contracted to Private/State Agencies <br /> 1. 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 /> The Hawaii County Office of Aging contracted with 13 service providers <br /> through the Kupuna Care Program to provide Case Management and Home <br /> and Community Based Services including: personal care, homemaker, <br /> adult day care, assisted transportation, and heavy chore services. FY13 year-to- <br /> date services provided include: 3,752 units of Case Management for 329 clients <br /> and 16,904 units of Home and Community-Based Services to 203 frail and <br /> vulnerable adults: 7,320 hours of Adult Day Care for 28 individuals, <br /> 1,016 trips of Assisted Transportation to 53 individuals, 50 hours of Heavy <br /> Chore to 1 individual, 1,279 hours of Homemaker services to 52 individuals, <br /> and 7,239 hours of Personal Care services for 125 clients. An annual survey to <br /> collect Kupuna Care Program client satisfaction data and outcome measures will <br /> be completed by June 30, 2013. <br /> Six Month Progress Report on Program Objectives for FY 2012-13 5 <br />