JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON AGING IN PLACE

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Co-Chair

Representative Marilyn Lee, Co-Chair

NOTICE OF MEETING

DATE:

Friday, July 10, 2009

TIME:

2:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol, 415 S. Beretania St.

A G E N D A

The Joint Legislative Committee on Aging in Place will meet jointly with the Kupuna Caucus to receive reports and updates on the following issues:

٠Kupuna Care and Preservation of the Safety Net, ٠Health Aging Partnerships, ٠Aging Disability Resource Center, ٠Senior Centers, ٠Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, ٠Website Posting of Care Settings, ٠Home for Life Task Force, ٠Paid Family Leave, ٠Funeral Trusts, ٠Long Term Care Commission, ٠Center on Aging at the University of Hawaii, ٠Leahi Hospital Master Plan, ٠Certified Nurses Aide Continuing Education, ٠Home Care Agency Licensing, ٠Adequate Medicaid Reimbursements, ٠St. Francis Staying Healthy at Home, ٠Adequate Medicaid Reimbursements, ٠Quest Expanded, ٠Fall Prevention, ٠How to Start Up a Home care Business, and ٠Universal Health.

The purpose of the Joint Legislative Committee on Aging in Place, as stated in Act 285 (2006), is to develop a comprehensive public policy program to support family caregivers who provide unpaid, informal assistance to persons sixty and older with physical or cognitive disabilities. The Committee will consider providing support in categories including but not limited to: coordinated services and policies, training and education, respite services, financial incentives and balancing work and caregiving.

Persons who wish to submit testimony are asked to contact the committee clerk at 586-6250. All testifiers are requested to submit 45 copies of their testimony at least 24 hours before the meeting in room 220 at the State Capitol, or by fax to 586-6251. If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the meeting (i.e., sign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled) please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

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Senator Les Ihara, Jr.

Co-Chair

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Representative Marilyn B. Lee

Co-Chair