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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0021.026 2002-2004 . ;;i 9~. ~i bll L~S ~'~~~~~YO t+ a t:.~-~ Harry Kim , Mawr ,c Alan R. Parker Fxenimr on Ag~n,c • • • O~~M•~ County of Hawaii _ OFFICE OF AGING ` Hilo Lagoon Centre. 101 Aupuni Street Sui[e 342. Hilo. Hawaii 96720-3?62 ,1 Phone (808)961-8600 • Fax (8081961-8603 - I Ianama Place, 75-?706 Kuakini Highway, suite 106. 6ailua-f:ona. Hawaii 96 730-1 7 5 1 Phone (SOR) 327-3597 Fax (808) 327-3599 - DATE: January R, 2003 TO: .Tames Y. Arakaki Council Chair and ~ Counm e ers CL FROM: Alan Parker, ~xecutive on Aging RE: FINAL REPORT' Name of Grant Program: .Area Plan on Aging Federal or State Grantor: Dept. of Health, Executive Office of Aging County Grantee Department or Agency: Office of Aging Grant No. (IF KNOWN): LTA-2002-I (N) Amount of Grant: #3301.04 - $536,936.00 #3301.01 - $286,088.00 #3301.15 $63.500.00 Amount of County Match: $120,000.00 plus Grant Period (Commencement & Completion): July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002 Goals: To provide the supportive social services, recreational and cultural programs, congregate and home delivered nutrition services, in-home services, and preventive health services described in the State approved Arca Plan for the County of Hawaii. Objectives: Various: See attached Status Report for FY 2001-02 Outcomes or Results: Various: Scc attached Status Report for FY 2001-02 Comm. No. File No. ~V Ref, Ta: .f ___G Ref. Date JAN 10 2003 ®a 6~(1I An Area Agenry on Aging AGING AGING Non-Contracted Services 1. Caregiver Support. a. Enable 200 caregivers of older persons to provide quality care by providing them with 300 hours of information and assistance, training, and other means of support. 406 (203%) of caregivers were served with 492 (164%) hours of services b. Enable 30 frail/vulnerable older persons to remain safely within their homes by providing them with 30 units of home modifications to improve accessibility, safety, and sanitation. 70 (233%) of older persons were served with 176 (586%) home modifications. 2. Community-Based Planning. Empower 100 senior citizens in nine major communities on the Big Island with the organization and leadership skills to perform community-based planning through Community Voices Councils. 100 (100%) of senior citizens in 9 (100%) major communities received training in organization and leadership skills. 3. Database Development and Maintenance. Continuously update the needs of 75% of all persons 60 years of age and older in Hawaii County and keep track of services being provided to 5,500 individuals annually. Updated needs of 22,000 elderly; tracked 6,229 (113%) individuals. 4. Education/"1'raining. Enable older persons to receive the highest quality of care by providing 350 caregivers and service providers with opportunities to attend 10 training workshops. Provided 775 (221 caregivers and service providers with 18 workshops. 5. Partners in Eldercare. Improve the communication and efficiency of 600 individuals (Partners in Eldercare) serving older persons by providing in-service training, network news and facilitating joint program planning and interagency coordination. Office of Aging plans to update and print the Partners in Eldercare directory when funds are available. Final Status Report on Program Objectives for FY 2001-02 AGING AGING Services Contracted to Private/State Agencies 1. Case Management. Assist 680 frail/vulnerable older persons to live safely within their communities by providing them with 10,986 hours of assessmenC, counseling, diagnosis, service coordination, and follow-up. Provided 812 (119%) older persons with 12,500 (113%) hours of services. 2. Kupuna Care. Enable 1,075 older persons to have access to programs and services that are needed to live independent and dignified lives by providing them with 50,270 units of adult day care, case management, personal care, home-delivered meals, attendant care, chore, homemaker/housekeeper, and assisted transportation services. Seventy-five percent of persons receiving services through the Kupuna Care program will show an improved ability to remain in their own homes. Provided 1,234 (114%) older persons with 51,345 (102%) units of Kupuna Care services. 3. Public Information. Increase the older person's knowledge of and access to community resources by providing 4,000 persons with 36,000 units of information. At least 23% who receive information will be positively linked to services. Provided 4,000 persons with 36,000 units of information. According to readers' feedbacks received by the contractor and Office of Aging, a great majority found that the publication provided them with meaningful and useful information about services and benefits available to older individuals. A marked increase in interest and readership of the newsletter prompted the Office of Aging to increase the number of copies to be printed monthly by 500 in the next contract year. 4. Legal Services. Enable 350 senior citizens to obtain and receive benefits to which they are entitled by providing them with 1,787 hours of information on entitlement programs, the legal process, and individual rights. Provided 201 (57%) senior citizens with 1,879 (105%) hours of services. 5. Transportation. Enable 250 older persons to attend a congregate meal site three to five days per week, and shop for food and personal necessities at least once a week by providing 55,000 units of transportation. Provided 317 (127%) older persons with 60,039 (109%) units of transportation. Final Status Report on Program Objectives for FY 2001-02 AGING AGING Contracts to the Elderly Activities Division, Department of Parks & Recreation. (Note: Funds provided to the Elderly Activities Division are deposited directly to its respective accounts and the figures helow are based on reports received.) 1. Chore. To enable 75 frail/vulnerable older persons to live safely within their homes by providing them with 4,066 hours of chore services. Provided 61 (81%) older persons with 4,795 (117%) hours of services. 2. Congregate Meals. To maintain or improve the nutritional status, social well-being, and general health of 1,000 older persons by providing them with 94,444 meals in a congregate setting over a 12-month period. Seventy percent of congregate meal participants will show an improvement in their nutritional risk assessment scores. Provided 969 (97%) older persons with 84,444 (89%) congregate meals. Nutritional risk assessment scores are unavailable due to a change in data system. Baseline data was newly established this year with the new data system. 3. Employment. Improve the financial well-being of 42 older individuals by providing them with part-time employment opportunities, and placing at least~~ enrollees in unsubsidized works. Provided 43 (102%) older individuals with part-time employment opportunities, and placed 8 (133'%) enrollees in unsubsidized employment. 4. Home-Delivered Meals. To assist 275 homebound elderly to remain at home by providing them with 44,026 meals which meet l/3 the daily recommended dietary allowances. Seventy percent ofhome-delivered meal participants will show an improvement in their nutritional risk assessment scores. Provided 506 (184%) homebound elderly with 50,730 (1l5%) home-delivered meals. Nutritional risk assessment scores are unavailable due to a change in data system. Baseline data was newly established this year with the new data system. 5. Information and Assistance. To increase the older person's knowledge of and access to community resources by providing 3,500 persons with 10,000 units of information. At least 12% who receive information will be positively linked to services. Final Status Report on Program Objectives for FY 2001-02 AGING AGING Provided 4,731 (135%) older persons with 14,527 (145%) units of information. A total of 1,789 referrals were made of which 808 (45%) were successfully linked to appropriate services. 6. Nutrition Education. To improve or maintain the health and nutrition of 1,200 older persons by providing them with 300 units of nutrition education services. Provided 1,248 (104%) older persons with 300 (100%) units of services. 7. Outreach. To assess the needs of 1,050 older individuals who do not currently receive services. At least 10% of those assessed will be positively linked to services. At least 30% of seniors assessed will use the discount listing that is handed out as part of the outreach service. Assessed the needs of 1,215 (115%) older individuals. According to the results of an in-house evaluation, 91 % of responding clients (n=150) found that outreach services provided to them were very useful. Fifteen percent (15%) of respondents attributed finding and accessing eldercare services in the community from the outreach efforts of Coordinated Services for the Elderly staff. In addition, 60% of respondents indicated using the discount listing at least once. 8. Transportation. To enable 150 older persons to attend a congregate meal site three to five days per week, and shop for food and personal necessities at least once a week by providing 17,000 units of transportation. To enable 1,000 older persons to have access to medical, health, and other community resources by providing 33,000 units of transportation services. Provided 168 (112%) older persons with 17,000 (100%) units of congregate meal site transportation. Provided 1,225 (123%) older persons with 37,574 (114%) units of transportation services. 9. Volunteer Services. To enhance the mental and physical health of 994 persons 55 years of age and older by providing them with meaningful volunteer opportunities. Ninety percent of volunteers responding to an annual RSVP evaluation will indicate that they enjoy their volunteer work, feel that they are being productive, and/or are appreciated. Volunteers will provide 130,000 hours of volunteer service to the community. Provided 1,387 (139%) persons with volunteer opportunities. Volunteers provided 159,523 (122%) hours of volunteer service to the community. Final Status Repor[ on Program Objectives for FY 2001-02