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Home My WebLink AboutMay 31, 2019Harry Kim Mayor County of Hawaii OFFICE OF AGING Aging and Disability Resource Center, 1055 Kino'ole Street, Suite 101, Hilo, HaNvai'i 96720-3872 —1 _ - /ono\ Aft Ott),) C. Limo Alameda, MD. Exeevtim on Ayin,e 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, May 31, 2019 - 10:00 AM 1055 Kinoole Street, ADRC Training Room Hilo, HI 96720 1. CALF TO ORDER: Meizhu Lui, Chair called the meeting to order at 10:05 AM 2. PRESENT Members present: Meizhu Lui, Chair; Lito Asuncion, Vice Chair; Judy Bell, George Ito, Charlintorn Burian Staff members present: C. Kimo Alameda, Horace Farr, Clayton Honma, Nicolas Los Banos, Jolean Yamada, Keola Kenoi-Okajitna, Deborah Wills Public members present: Shelly Ogata, PABEA, Chasity Quihano, Kaitlyn Herolaga, Kaui Paleka-Kama Excused: Teana Kaho'ohanohano, Frankie Stapleton, Rowena Tiqui, Jim Cisler, Ruth Raza, Leonor Corpuz 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE MARCH 29, 2019 MEETING: Lito Asuncion moved to accept; Judy Bell seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 4. COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIR: Meizhu Lui thanked Kimo and staff for their work. She congratulated Shelly Ogata on her appointment to PABEA. Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. (A) An Area Ageno, on Aging Committee on Aging Minutes of May 31, 2019 Page 2 4-vear Area Plan is almost final, and the Committee will now concentrate its attention on achieving the goals and objectives of the Plan. a. Volcano and situation in Puna: More than a year after the eruption, there are still a lot of people in need of housing and other services. Twenty-seven percent (27%) of the affected households were Kupuna. b. Staff Updates: Nicolas Los Banos' last day is today and after many years of excellent service. It will not be easy shoes to fill as the ADRC Manager; however, Jolean Yamada is ready to step into the position. Her position as manager for case management and vendor pool services is open. c. Services for Seniors was the only agency that put in a bid for case manage- ment (CM) services. d. The Office of Aging has been testing a person -centered needs -based model of CM, which means that if a client says they need homemaking services (for example) for 5 days instead of 3, that was provided. However, because Kupuna Care dollars cannot stretch to meet the needs of all. We will have to begin prioritizing clients. The most needy of the needy will be served first. And some services may have to be cut - for example, we started offer- ing yard services, but that $42,000 cost may be better spent on basic ser- vices. Discussion: a. "Case Management (CM)" is defined differently, by different Counties, and the State needs a common definition in order for any of us to understand what's happening. For example, Hawaii County has 500 CM clients, while Maui has only 40! Clearly, they are using a different definition. Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. An Area Agency on Aging Committee on Aging Minutes of May 31, 2019 Page 3 b. It was asked how much of the larger CM caseload has been due to the vol- cano; Kimo estimated that about 20% of the people were those affected by the disaster. c. Due to the continuing need in Puna, through the Silver Bulletin people, will be reminded that the problems are not over, and encourage people to con- tinue to donate goods. d.. It was noted that the rate for CM services in the Request for Proposals was set very low. Kimo said that we'll stretch Kupuna Care dollars. e. There was a question about the Congregate Meals program, every other County experienced a drop in numbers, but in Hawaii County they have remain the same. Why? COUNTY7. HAWAII • , , Kimo and Staff a. The State Executive on Aging (EOA) gave two (2) webinars to get the final input on the State's 4 -Year Area Plan - Judy Bell, Meizhu Lui, Debbie Wills, and Shelly Ogata participated. b. Kimo gave a power point presentation of the five (5) goals which have not changed since the last 4 -Year Plan. A copy of his power point is attached. A few things was noted: 1) Keeping Kupuna Active: Since other entities provide health edua- tion, it was felt that Kupuna could be referred to those entities rather than the ADRC doing it. The success of the Retired and Senior Vol- unteer Program (RSVP) was transferred to the Elderly Activities Division (EAD), and they will manage it themselves. This follows the Hawaii County Office of Aging's model of incubating, and then spinning off successful programs. 2) Forge Partnerships: The ADRC will become dementia capable, an objective of the State Plan, by working with the Alzheimer's Haivaii Couno, is an Equal Opportunh)� Provider and Employer. QD An Area Agency on Aging Committee on. Aging Minutes of May 31, 2019 Page 4 Association to train all ADRC staff. Homelessness is an issue being addressed by many players. The Office of Aging will be part of that collaboration, and does not need to lead. There is a transportation hui that is now gaining momentum. We will look for partnerships to addresss grandparenting issues. 3) Enhance the ADRC: A lot of progress has already been made and there is no need to focus on this in the coming year. 4) Aging in Place: The agency will continue to work on ways to reduce the waitlist for Kupuna Care services, and to increase support for caregivers. Changes in how people can access Kupuna Caregiver dollars will make it easier to help caregivers who are also trying to hold on to their job. 5) Deep Kupuna Safe: Disaster preparedness training is planned. c. Lito made suggestions to include in the Area Plan: Work with the Legal Aid Society to help kupuna understand their rights and protect themselves from fraud and abuse. This is mandated and funded under the federal Older Americans Act. Continue the STEP program; also through the federal Workforce Invest- ment Act (WIA) do retraining for seniors. d. Other things not in the Plan that we need to work on: * The needs assessment identified the lack of service workers to be a major issue and this is not included in the Area Plan. There is a short- age of CNAs and service workers who are willing to travel to rural areas. What can we do? There is a great need for legal and financial aid to those who have already fallen victim to fraud or abuse. Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. (A) An Area Agency on Aging Committee on Aging Minutes of May 31, 2019 Page 5 X Advisory Committee members were interested in looking more closely at the Nutrition Program, and how to improve it to meet the different ex- pectations and wishes of the boomer generation. As we predicted, the new database creates more "layers" which means there is less flexibility at the Hawaii County level. Nothing has changed - even with a consolidated database. There is still no statewide data, and that was the pur- pose of the consolidation! The problem is that the state has used consultants in the re -design, and what you need is expertise within the Executive'on Aging's office itself. There has been an emphasis on the "look and feel," rather than on the data elements. What is needed is for the four (4) Counties data administra- tors to meet to resolve the problems that they could do together. 9. LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY 2019 SESSION: Shelly Ogata What did make it: Funding for the ADRCs, Kupuna Care, Kupuna Caregivers What did not make it: Hearing aids to be covered by insurers, a private retire- ment system where employees could voluntarily put part of their paychecks into a retirement plan set up by the state. Funding for the ADRCs, UB466 was not approved and the funding was put into the base budget. loo ANNOUNCEMENT'S Chalintorn told us about free movies sponsored by AARP at the Regal Theatre in Prince Kuhio Plaza. 11. NEXT MEETING: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. nNINIVIVITU119-111001-1 016,11 Judy Bell made the motion to adjourn; and Chalintorn Burian seconded. The meeting adjourned at 11:55 a.m. Submitted by: Meizhu Lui, Committee Chair Recorded by: Luana. Ancheta-Kauwe, HCOA Hainaii Count) is an Equal Opportunity) Provider and Employer. (& An Area Agency on Aging