HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 29, 2019Harry Kim
Mayor
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County of Hawaii
OFFICE OF AGING
Aging and Disability Resource Center, 1055 Kino'ole Street, Suite 101, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720-3872
Phone (808) 961-8600 • Fax (808) 961-8603
West Hawai'i Community Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i 96740
Phone (808) 323-4390 • Fax (808) 323-4398
MINUTES
COMMITTEE ON AGING MEETING
Friday, March 29, 2019, 10:00 AM
1055 Kinoole Street, ADRC Training Room
Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
C. Kimo Alameda, Ph.D.
Executive on AQinQ
CALL TO ORDER: Meizhu Lui, Chair, called the meeting to order at
10:05A.M.
2. PRESENT:
Members: Meizhu Lui, Judy Bell, Chalintorn Burian, Leonor Corpuz, George
Ito, Stephen Ono, Frankie Stapleton, Lito Asuncion, Teana Kaho'ohanohano,
Ruth Raza
Public: Shelly Ogata, Meredith Catalini, Kaitlyn Herolaga, Lei Kapuni,
Chasity Quihano, Shirley Ito
HCOA Staff: C. Kimo Alameda, Nicolas Los Banos, Christina Raine, Mary
"Keola" Okajima-Kenoi, Jolean Yamada, Cherine Pai, Luana Ancheta-Kauwe
Legal Counsel: Malia Hall
Members Excused: Earl Tanaka, Jim Cisler, Rowena Tiqui
Excused Ex-Officios: Duane Hosaka, County Housing; Aaron Ueno, State
Department of Health; Laron Kageyama, Dept. of Human Services, Adult Pro-
tective Services
Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. Nzy
An Area Agency on Aging
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3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 30,2018:
Frankie Stapleton moved to accept the Minutes, Lito Asuncion seconded,
unanimously passed.
4. COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIR: Meizhu Lui
Meizhu thanked the staff for all the work they have done in this very busy sea-
son, especially in developing the huge 4 -Year Area Plan!
5. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC - none
6. EXECUTIVE'S REPORT ON 2018: C. Kimo Alameda and Staff
a. Ten (10) Major Achievements:
1. Silver Bulletin — 500 internet subscribers and >4,000 copies sent
out.
2. Advanced Health Care Directives — Hit the 500' initiative
3. Directory — Revamped and is now 8 pages with updates every 3
months
4. Disaster Preparedness — Increased preparation since the eruption
and large contributions to volcano disaster relief
5. Annual Reports
6. Yard Services — added through Kupuna Care funds
7. Housing consciousness — Corey has been hired and works closely
with senior housing
8. Website — Being revamped through an outside consultant. The
goal is to make it more interactive and ADA compliant.
9. Kupuna Caregivers program — Legislation is deciding whether to
keep funding at $70 per day vs. $350 per week. Kimo will be pre-
senting the county's draft plan next week Friday.
10. Outstanding Older Americans luncheon (see below)
b. Seven new staff have been added over the last four years. Wesley Tani-
gawa is now permanent and Cherine Pai is the newest Aging & Disabil-
ity Services Specialist. The Intake and Referral staff has increased.
C. New Area Plan: There will be time for public comment on May 8 at
the Hawai'i Civic Center in Kona. Kimo encouraged us to go. This is
the only public hearing that will be held. We will spend time at the
next meeting going over the draft of the Plan's Goals and Objectives
for 2019 - 2023.
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Kimo asks that the committee review the handout for his plan and would
like the committee's feedback by the next meeting so that the next draft
can be prepared.
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1. Lito asked about "No Wrong Door" — Hawai'i County is embarking with
the State. The state is currently in its second round of grants (6' year).
Funding for the program is through DHS. There are no milestones to date.
The intent of the program is to steer people the right way in the beginning.
However at the State level currently misses the medial and social pieces.
Funding in the 2019 state budget has $9M for Kupuna Care (KC) and $3M
for the Aging and Disability Resource Centers. Hawai'i County office fil-
ters referrals through the Office on Aging. They are currently trying an
electronic system that is HIPAA compliant.
2. Frankie asked why the Department of Parks and Recreation (P&R) is in
charge of the Elder Services. It would make sense to have it all services un-
der the Office of Aging. Kimo commented that it was the way that funds
come down so that certain programs must be administered by P&R.
3. Meizhu thanks Kimo for the office's transparency, and allowing this Com-
mittee to engage in significant conversations regarding our Community.
7. CASE MANAGEMENT: Lito Asuncion and Sub -Committee Report
After much soul searching and research, the Sub -Committee recommends that
Case Management should not be brought in-house. The Mayor was concerned
about the employee costs since health and retirement benefits last long after an
employee leaves and/or their grant funding is cut. The main concerns of the
committee were to ensure equitable distribution of case management services
across the island, and to reduce wait time before a client gets called back and
their issue taken care of. Under the current system, all agreed that clients were
happy with the services, but sometimes were dissatisfied with the wait time.
To ensure wider coverage, the committee recommended a vendor pool model,
with case management contracts awarded to more than one agency rather than
just to one as in the past; this might be geographically based. To shorten wait
time, the committee noted that the current process could be shortened even be-
fore there are referrals to case management.
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Discussion:
1. Kimo shared that he is very impressed with the report, and agrees that the ven-
dor pool is a good idea. Kimo also shared that this committee should be the
voices to help market the services that Office of Aging provides to the more ru-
ral areas. Kimo shared that he is open to ideas on how to better get the word
out.
Lito Asuncion moved to approve the sub -committee's recommendation, and
George Ito seconded.
8. FOUR-YEAR AREA PLAN — HCOA Staff
Meizhu has asked that we review the draft and discuss it at the next meet-
ing. Kimo reminded that the Plan is "top down" where the feds give the
goals, and "bottom up" where the agency determines how to achieve those
goals.
9. LEGISLATIVE ISSUES: Shelly Ogata
Shelly and Charlinton presented recent updates on the following items:
L Hawai'i Saves
2. Kupuna Care/Caregivers Bills
3. Hearing and Benefits bill
(Detailed information provided on handout.)
Discussion:
1. Lito shared that he is concerned with legislative priorities as they seemed to
not be focused on prevention.
2. Shelly shared that Honolulu county passed an ordinance that any new pro-
ject needs to be passed through an "aging lens".
10. COMMITTEE BUSINESS:
a. Donna Payesko has resigned as Vice Chair. Meizhu moved to open for
nominations. Judy nominated Lito Asuncion as the new Vice Chair.
Seconded by Ruth Raza. Committee unanimously voted Lito Asuncion
as Vice Chair.
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b. Meeting dates — The Committee agreed that the best dates to meet is the
last Friday of the month. Next meeting schedule for May 31, 2019.
Luana will look at the room calendar to ensure we can continue with the
Committee on Aging meetings on the last Friday, every other month
and will send out an email for meeting dates through the rest of 2019.
11. OUTSTANDING OLDER AMERICANS MONTH CELEBRATION —
Theme: "Connect, Create, Contribute" - M. Keola Kenoi Okajima
Activity: Report to Committee on Aging by Keola Kenoi-Okajima, Aging Pro-
gram Planner, regarding the Hawai'i County Outstanding Older Americans
Award Luncheon
General Luncheon Information:
Older American Month theme is "Connect, Create, Contribute, May 2019":
Date of Luncheon: Friday May 3, 2019
Location: Westin Hapuna Beach
Time: 10:30 AM — 1:30PM
Ticket cost: $25.00 — Tickets available at both the Hilo and Kona,
Hawai'i County Office of Aging (HCOA) offices
Transportation: Generous donations were from County Council Valerie T.
Poindexter from District 1, and County Council Rebecca Villegas from District
7. We were able to procure two large buses to transport approximately 100
participants.
We also met with County Council Ashley Kierkiewicz recently in our office.
If any further assistance may become available, we may be able to offer possi-
ble Comp tickets. As it stands, tickets are $25.00 per person for those who
would like to attend the luncheon.
Nomination forms are available at our Hilo and Kona offices. For those who
may have an outstanding older senior they would like to nominate, please see
us for a form.
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12. AGENCY, DISTRICT NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS — None.
13. NEXT STEPS AND ADJOURNMENT:
a. Next meeting date: Friday, July 26, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
b. Frankie Stapleton moved to adjourn, Leonor Corpuz seconded. The meet-
ing adjourned at 11:50 a.m.
Submitted by: Meizhu Lui, Committee Chair
Recorded by: Luana Ancheta-Kauwe, HCOA