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Senate Joint Legislative Committee on Aging In Place
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- JLCAIP
- JLCFC
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Description area
Dates of existence
2009-2010
History
Hawaii has a strong tradition of family caregiving. Family caregivers are family members, friends, and neighbors who provide unpaid assistance to those over the age of 60 (older adults) or grandparents raising their grandchildren. Recently, however, caregiving of family elders has become more than an act of love and familial responsibility. Due to a shortage of care providers for Hawaii’s elderly, family caregiving has become a critical component of our health and long-term care system.
By 2020, more than one in four individuals in Hawaii is expected to be an older adult. As the State’s population ages, many more families will be providing higher levels of long-term care to frail and disabled older adults at home. Family caregivers provide great economic value to our community, and it is the intent of the State of Hawaii to support and encourage them. Family caregiving delays institutionalization and allows our elders to remain in their homes.
Many family caregivers face added burdens in caring for their loved ones while fulfilling other family and workplace responsibilities. A continued effort to create comprehensive public policies to strengthen support for family caregivers is essential as the population ages. The State can build on and encourage the strong tradition of family caregiving in Hawaii by developing a plan for the future that includes research, development of best practices, and measurement of intended outcomes.
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The JLCAIP is mandated to develop a comprehensive public policy to strengthen support for family caregivers who provide unpaid, informal assistance to persons 60 years of age and older with physical or cognitive disabilities and for grandparents raising grandchildren.
Mandates/sources of authority
The Joint Legislative Committee on Aging in Place (JLCAIP), created pursuant to Act 285, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 2006, as the Joint Legislative Committee on Family Caregiving (JLCFC), and renamed pursuant to Act 220, SLH 2008
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is the predecessor of
Senate Joint Legislative Committee on Aging In Place
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1998-01-16, Arranged by C. Chun, M. Donovan, S. Harms, D. Lee, V. Nihi and G. Riingen; Described by A. Hoof, G. Vergara-Bautista, and D. Skeem.
2008-03-11, Revised.
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Sources
Journal of the Senate of the Twenty-Fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2009.
Maintenance notes
2021-03-02, Carol Kellett: Entered into AtoM.