§349-15 - Coordination and development of caregiver support services. - Hawaii Statutes

[PART II.]  CAREGIVER SUPPORT SERVICES

 

Note

 

  Part heading added by L 2007, c 93, §8.

 

Revision Note

 

  Enacted as part III, this part was renumbered as part II pursuant to §23G-15.

 

     [§349-15  Coordination and development of caregiver support services.]  The executive office on aging shall coordinate a statewide system of caregiver support services by, among other things:

     (1)  Integrating family caregiver support with the aging and disability resource center demonstration project;

     (2)  Analyzing the long-term care needs of older adults and the capacity of family and informal caregivers to help them remain safely at home;

     (3)  Advocating, mobilizing, and coordinating employer and community resources to enable and augment family caregiver support;

     (4)  Establishing and maintaining protocols and standards for federal and state caregiver services administered by state, county, or other local agencies on aging;

     (5)  Establishing and supervising the alignment of long-term care advocacy assistance staff caregiver support objectives with the planning, resource development, grants management, data management, and evaluation functions of the executive office on aging; and

     (6)  Coordinating statewide support for grandparents and other aging relative caregivers of children eighteen and under. [L 2006, c 262, §5]

 

Revision Note

 

  Section codified pursuant to §23G-15.