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Committee on Aging Meeting Minutes Friday, September 27, 2019 Page 5 households now needing two income earners rather than just (typically) the husband, the number of family caregivers is also declining. E. What are some solutions? • From HCOA's point of view, outdated and unnecessary compliance require- ments add administrative burden that waste time and money. • Service providers also have too much paperwork. Build volunteer networks for Kupuna. HCOA's model of Kupuna Care services does this, moving people from Kupuna Care to personal community-based assistance. • Could high school students help fill the gap? Some are looking for a voca- tion rather than college; could start them while in high school be part of the solution? Kara D'Avella, Island CPR said that this is being tried on a small scale. We did not agree as to whether high school age people are "too young" to be able to handle this work. • Care workers need more respect and gratitude so they know they are valued. Calling them "community contributors" as Melinda Toa does in Mastercare rather than "caregivers" or "care workers" helps, making sure they hear the compliments from kupuna can also have a positive effects. Shinichi Matsumoto, Seniors Helping Seniors mentioned that "clustering" having the worker go to several people's homes in one neighborhood to lessen travel burdens - could help; Jolean said that they have been talking about doing just that. • Lito Asuncion remembers a co-op model that was effective. With members signed up from various parts of the island including rural areas, when a call from one of those more hard -to -reach places come in, there is someone available who lives nearby. The co-op no longer exists, but it is a model that needs to be re -visited. F. Concluding remarks 0 NETWORK NETWORK NETWORK! Horace said that the HCOA needs to re -prioritize building networks rather than just the delivery of services. The work we are talking about involves both COMPETENCE and COM- PASSION for the kupuna, for staff, for the agencies, and each other.