Area Agencies on Aging: What is an Area Agency on Aging?

• Elder Affairs Division (Honolulu County)
• Hawaii County Office on Aging
• Maui County Office on Aging
• Kauai Agency on Elder Affairs

State Government:

• Attorney General’s Office
• Executive Office on Aging
• Medicaid Office
  
• Office of Health Care Assurance – listing of licensed adult residential care homes and assisted living facilities

State Agencies and Non-Profits:

• AARP of Hawaii
• Alzheimer’s Association - Hawaii Chapter
• Elderly Recreation Services
• Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program – established in each state by the Older Americans’ Act to enhance the quality of life, improve care, protect rights, and promote the dignity of residents in a long-term care facility.
• University of Hawaii, Center on Aging

Legal Services:

• Coordinate Services for the Elderly
• Hawaii Disability Rights
• Legal Aid Society of Hawaii – for low to moderate-income residents
• University of Hawaii Elder Law Program – UHELP has an attorney/professor, a program administrator/legal assistant and several student law clerks. UHELP operates throughout the calendar year and provides basic legal assistance, advice and information.

Reports and Information:

• Ask2000 – statewide resources and information by topic
• Fraud and Prevention Guide (pdf)
• Hawaii’s Aging Data Center – statistics on Hawaii’s older adults
• Real Choices Hawaii – disability and long-term care information
• State Plan on Aging 2007-2011 (pdf)

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