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Coordinated Services for the Elderly <br /> <br />ASSISTING SENIORS IN OBTAINING BENEFITS <br />Coordinated Services for the Elderly is known for it's <br />outstanding Transportation and Outreach Services, <br />yet also provides much more assistance behind the <br />scenes to help the seniors of our community. <br />Through its Information and Assistance process, CSE <br />helps seniors with complicated applications for <br />low- income and elderly housing, Food Stamps, State <br />Financial & Medical Assistance, Low Income Energy <br />Assistance Program, Social Security & Medicare, <br />Advance Health Care Directives, Care Home <br />Placement, Long Term Care options, Citizenship, <br />State I.D. Card, In-Home Chore services, Case <br />Management Referral & IDT Members, among others. <br /> <br />Through the years, CSE has enhanced the lives of <br />the seniors of the Big Island, & their families, by <br />finding the help they need to live independently with <br />dignity. Many seniors are unaware of benefits that <br />may be available, or what they may be entitled to <br />receive. CSE works together with other service <br />agencies of the Aging Network to ensure that the <br />seniors of Hawai`i County needs are met. <br /> <br />Through CSE's intake and assessment process, CSE <br />staff identifies clients needs, completes appropriate <br />forms & applications, and /or makes the appropriate <br />Referrals to meet the needs identified. Pictured above <br />is East Hawai`i's Karen Kotaki, CSW III doing an in- <br />home assessment. <br /> <br />AIRS CONFERENCE <br />Christine Namahoe-Loo, CSE East Hawai`i's <br />Program Director (TA), attended the AIRS (Alliance <br />of Information and Referral Systems) Conference in <br />Houston, Texas, on May 16-22. Christine Namahoe- <br />Loo will be a frontlines person for the ADRC project <br />which plans to open in later 2008. Participation in the <br />conference provided valuable information and <br />resources on "Intake & Referral Systems." She <br />gained valuable information on the service <br />delivery (understand & implement in a friendly and <br />efficient manner), interventions and <br />development of I &R (Information and Referral). <br /> <br />Much "Mahalo" to the Hawai`i County Office of Aging <br />for their support and funding in sending Ms. <br />Namahoe-Loo to the conference where she <br />received her AIRS-A Certification. <br /> <br />L -R: Deidre Sumic, RN Aging & Disability Specialist, <br />Christine Namahoe-Loo, CSE E. HI. Program Director (TA), <br />Elinor Takahashi, Info & Outreach Aid with Maui Office Of <br />Aging, Nancy Moser, APRN with State Executive Office Of <br />Aging, Marina Fernandez, Info & Outreach Aid with Maui <br />Office of Aging. Missing from Hawai`i is Kaua`i's June <br />Renaud - Program Specialist with Agency on Elderly Affairs. <br /> <br />EAD HOTLINE FOR... <br />"INFORMATION & ASSISTANCE" <br />CALL 961 -8777 <br /> <br />Kupuna News 2 Information and Assistance (808) 961 -8777 <br />