Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 154 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request that the Executive Office on Aging (EOA) provide data on Hawaii's family caregivers and the elders that they assist.

The EOA, Kokua Council, Policy Advisory Board for Elderly Affairs, and a concerned individual supported this measure.

Your Committees find that there is a need to better understand the demographics and needs of family caregivers, in order for the state to look at how it may support family caregivers.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 154 and recommends its adoption.