Care for our Kupuna
We need a long-term plan for long-term care.
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Care for our Kupuna
We need a long-term plan for long-term care.
Every eight seconds, someone in the country turns 65 years old. As the demographics of the United States shift, Hawai‘i’s population is aging even more rapidly — and living longer than the senior population in any mainland state!
Because the demographic makeup of our state is changing, we also need to change the way we provide care for older Hawai‘i residents.
Most of us, when given the choice, prefer the notion of staying home and receiving some of the help and care we need in our own community rather than moving to a facility. Family members are often incredible caregivers, but providing that care can create undue financial and emotional stress. And if they need extra professional help, they often can’t afford it.
The Plan
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The Plan
This Fund Will
Be universal
We all pay into this program, because we believe in a program where everyone is in and nobody is left out.
Make care more affordable
Not all families can do it alone, and a little extra professional support can go a long way. This fund can help more families access quality home care.
Create high-quality home care jobs
We need to put compassionate, trained workers in positions that pay fair wages and respect the work they do to care for others.
Declare our values
Caring for our community means something different in Hawai‘i than it does anywhere else in the country. This program doesn’t replace the way we’ve always cared for our kupuna; it just makes it a little easier for everyone to afford the care they need.
What You Can Do
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What You Can Do
We need you to contact your legislators and ask them to support a real long-term plan for long-term care in Hawai‘i.
Sign here and we’ll add your name to our petition.
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The text of the petition is below:
Yes, we support creating a program to help provide long-term care to all residents of Hawai‘i. Caring for one another is our responsibility, and we believe the state can help make that responsibility more feasible, especially for those low- and middle-income residents of Hawai‘i.
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Why sign?
Caring for our community means something different in Hawai‘i than it does anywhere else in the country. In 2016, we’ll have the opportunity to create an innovative new piece of Hawai‘i’s care infrastructure: a social insurance fund for long-term care. Add your name and help us care for our kupuna!
When given the choice, ninety percent of people over age 65 prefer the notion of staying home to receive care rather than moving to a facility. Family members are incredibly dedicated caregivers, but providing that care creates financial and emotional stress.
Supporting home caregiving means Hawai‘i can honor the wishes of our seniors, who want to stay at home with their families, as well as help the caregiving families who work so hard to keep their loved ones at home safely.
We have an incredible opportunity for Hawai‘i to be the national leader in providing assistance to family caregivers who want to help their loved ones remain at home. Hawai‘i would be the first state in the country to offer all its seniors assistance with their long term care needs, and other states will quickly follow our lead.
But legislators need to know that all of us support this long-term care plan. Will you add your name and show your support today?