JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON AGING IN PLACE

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Co-Chair

Representative Marilyn Lee, Co-Chair

NOTICE OF MEETING

DATE:

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

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 to approve the JLCAIP’s report to the 2009 Legislature. The draft report will be available to the public by December 26, which will include an update and legislative recommendations on the following items.

1. Kupuna Care Program

2. Respite Inventory Project

3. Cash and Counseling Project

4. Family Leave Work Group

5. Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Task Force

6. Aging and Disability Resource Center

7. Long Term Care Commission

8. Home for Life Project (universal design)

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