HRS §349-15
State office must coordinate caregiver support services
The executive office on aging must run a statewide system to support family and other unpaid caregivers. It will connect services, study caregiver needs, and work with employers and community groups. It also sets standards and coordinates support for grandparents and relatives caring for children.
state agencies
The statute, as written — 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 fam
ily 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.
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