COA Minutes of Friday June 30 2023

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DISCUSSIONS: OTHER / REPORTS DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AGING MEETING MINUTES Friday, June 30, 2023, 10:00 A.M. Page 3 3. HCOA submitted the First draft of our four-year Area Plan 2023 – 2027 to the State Executive Office on Aging (EOA) for first review. We are hoping to have our final draft completed and submitted to the State by August 31, 2023. Final State plans are due to Administration on Community Living (ACL) by September 30, 2023. th 4. Executive on Aging reported that he would be attending the 48 annual USAging conference and Trade Show from July 16 – 19, 2023, in Salt Lake City, Utah this year. 5. Executive on Aging reported that the Hawaii Pacific Gerontological Society (HPGS) would be hosting their first in person biennial conference since 2018 at the Ala Moana Hotel on September 7 and 8, 2023. 7. District Reports: None. Other Discussions: Horace mentioned for the next meeting, he should have the final draft of the four- year Area Plan, and report on the USAging conference and Trade Show. Judy Bell wanted to let the committee know that the Committee on Aging is a result of being an advisory committee to the Area Agency on Aging (AAA). The Committee exists because the AAA exists. Horace confirmed that this committee exists because in the Older Americans Act states that Area Agency on Aging needs to have an advisory committee, and an advisory committee to the Office of Aging and to the Mayor. As a committee member, we would like to consider you as our eyes and ears in the community. Christine Monzo asked what is in the Area Plan. Horace briefly explained that every four years the federal government ACL will come up with five topics or a number of topics that would be like umbrella items. Our funding comes heavily on Title III(B) of the Older Americans Act, and under that you have your home community base services. You have personal care, chore, homemaker, home delivered meals, case management and adult day care. Those are your core home and community based services as we refer to them as Cluster I services because they are more for the frail and vulnerable. Then you have Cluster III which is congregate dining, nutrition counseling, and transportation which they are able to be on their own. Assisted trans would be more for the individual who needs assistance. Caregiving is a big part of the aging process. Most of the funding for Caregiving comes under Title III(E) which is still part of the Old Americans Act. Those are the basic Title III services. Shelly Ogata commented that the plan is basically an implementation plan for how the Area Agency on Aging will be implemented utilizing the funds.