2012 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 20. SOCIAL SERVICES
349. Executive Office on Aging
349-15 Coordination and development of 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.