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Home My WebLink AboutFY 2021 Budget Presentation (Agency on Elderly Affairs)AGENCY ON ELDERLY AFFAIRS THE COUNTY OF KAUA'I DEREK S. K. KAWAKAMI, MAYOR MICHAEL A . DAHILIG, MANAGI NG DIRECTOR LUDVI N A K. TAKAHASHI EXECUTIVE FY 2021 BUDGET AND OPERATIONS SYNOPSIS 1. FY 2020 to FY 2021 BUDGET COMPARSION FY 2020 Salary and Wages 606,902 Benefits 555,157 Utilities 0 Vehicle/Equip, Lease 1 Operations 265,537 1,427,597 FY 2020 Operating Budget •Sa lar y and Wages • Benefits • Utilit ies •V eh ic le/Equi p, Lease •Operatio n s FY 2021 644,969 562,884 0 1 265,537 1,473,391 $+I -0/o +I - 38,067 6.3% 7,727 1.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Q 0.0% 45,794 3.2% FY 2021 Operating Budget •Sa la ry and Wag es •Benefits •Utilit ies •Vehi c le /Equ ip, Lease •O peration s FY 2020 and FY 2021 Comparison 700,000 -·~-----------------------------, 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 Salary and Wages Benefits Utilities www.ka u a i.gov Vehicle/Equip, Lease Operation s 4444 Ri ce Street Sui te 330 • Llh u 'e, H awai'i 96766 • (808 ) 241-4470 (b) • (808) 241-5 11 3 (f) An Equ a l O p por tunity Em p loye r FY 2020 D FY 2021 2. MAJOR CHANGES AND/OR VARIANCES IN OPERATIONS BUDGET Salary and wages increases. 3. OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES No budgetary requests. 4. TOP 3 OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM FY 2020 • RSVP Volunteers Martin Luther King Day initiative, RSVP Advisory Council chose to support the Dementia Friendly America initiative. RSVP Advisory Board coordinated a Dementia Friends Hawaii Session on Wednesday, January 15. Donna Olivas- Kaohi and Dr. Dennis Pezzato conducted the session. Board members and Volunteer Station Coordinators from various organizations, including Kauai Habitat for Humanity, Hawaii Food Bank-Kauai Branch , National Tropical Botanical Gardens , Hale Opio, Child & Family Service-Nana 's House, Kauai Economic Opportunity-Elderly Services, Salvation Army-Lihue, County of Kauai- Finance, Office of the Governor-Kauai Community Relations Specialist , St. Micheal 's-Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry, Wilcox Hospital , AARP Tax Aides and Kauai Adult Day Health attended . A dementia friendly community is a village, town , city or county informed , safe and respectful of individuals with the disease, their families and caregivers and provides supportive options that foster quality of life. Dementia Friends learn about what it is like to live with dementia and then turn that understanding into action. From telling friends about the Dementia Friends program to visiting someone who is living with dementia , every action counts. Dementia Friends Information Sessions conducted at Kilauea Sen ior Centers; GATHER Federal Credit Union at Kukui, Eleele , Waimea, Lihue and Kapaa Branches ; Hawaii Alpha Delta Kappa Mu; Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School Students ; Waimea High School Health Academy; Foster Grandparents; National Tropical Botanical Gardens Staff & Volunteers; Kaua 'i Youth Session; and AEA Advisory Committee. Sessions conducted with County Departments including County Public Works; Office of Economic Development; Fire Department; KEMA; and Boards & Commissions. • Healthy Aging Programs include EnhanceFitness Classes and Better Choices, Better Health Workshops EnhanceFitness training for new instructors was on January 19 & 20 , 2020; certified four new instructors and recruited instructor for Waimea Neighborhood Center site. Other EnhanceFitness sites are located at the Neighborhood Centers in Kekaha, Hanapepe, Koloa , Lihue, and Kilauea and at the Kapaa United Church of Christ. EnhanceFitness is an exercise program that improves cardiovascular fitness, strength, flexibility, and balance for older adults. The program helps build relationships among participating seniors , creates an exercise environment that is fun and friendly. Moreover, it has been scientifically-tested and has been shown to improve health and reduce health care costs among regular participants . Preliminary outcome data after 16 weeks with EnhanceFitness: o Reported fewer falls and increase number of days physically active. o Participants highly satisfied with instructor and level of challenge o Participants show improvement in measures of physical function. Better Choices , Better Health , also known nationwide as the Chronic Disease Self-Management Education is an evidence -based program where individuals with chronic or ongoing medical condition can learn how manage their hea lth conditions to improve their quality-of-life . It is a 6-week self-management workshop that was developed and tested by Stanford University. The workshop does NOT replace prescribed treatment. Instead , the workshop comp lement and supports medical-professional- recommended treatment plans . People learn skills to help them manage their health conditions and interact with their health care providers. f '·· J ••. •, ' • _ ...... ' A participant attending the workshop at Kekaha Senior Center wrote the following: "Aloha to the developers , "Thank you for a well organize thought out 6 sessions you have provided me and the seniors. Kealoha and Debbie from Agency on Elderly Affairs did a fantastic job on every session. I believe with what you have taught me is that if every week, I can keep track of my action plan , I will be healthier and more energize to give back to my family and community . I just had blood work done and all my results when down and better overall. I recommend this workshop to all the centers and other groups out there . The two hours session was very informative and not boring. Good job developers." • Falls Prevention In partnership with American Medical Response team and the Kauai Fire Department , AEA's Assoc iates schedules home visits, which entails Firefighters assessing and mitigating fall prevention. Firefighters may install grip guards and hand-bars, provide shower chairs , and install fire alarms. American Medical Response team provides wellness check and lists baseline vital statistics , medications and any pertinent medical information in a booklet left with the elder at the end of the visit. In the event of an emergency, this information is readily available for a medical response team. Since the beginning of the program in April 2016 to March 4, 2020, we served 569 elders and assessed 464 homes. Fall prevention feedback: "We were both so impressed, and grateful for the fall prevention visit. Thank you for the follow up phone call, and since your visit in November we have not had any falls. I do really appreciate your interest in us, and think your overall program is wonderful -I recommended it to several friends. Thank you for your good work. Aloha ."