Kūpuna

Al Ogata, the president and CEO of CyberHawaii, started the pilot program with Cullen Hayashida, an affiliate faculty member in the University of Hawaiʻi sociology department. They recently sat down with The Conversation to talk about bridging the intergenerational gap.

Senate Bill 2305 would create the Silver Alert program within the Department of Law Enforcement.

University of Hawaiʻi assistant professor Miquela Ibrao recently studied the mobility rates of the state's aging population. She looked at the four largest ethnic groups, breaking them down using a method called disaggregation.

After decades of subpar living conditions, Molokaʻi kūpuna in the Hawaiian homestead community of Nāʻiwa are preparing to move into new, affordable tiny homes on wheels.

House Bill 1774 would create the Silver Alert Program within the Department of Law Enforcement to help find missing older adults with cognitive impairments or developmental disabilities.

Health advocates are pushing for a bill in the upcoming legislative session that would implement an alert system to help locate older adults with cognitive impairment or dementia. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports that as Hawaiʻi's aging population increases, keeping track of loved ones has been a challenge for a growing number of local families.

The negotiations follow a seven-day strike from nurses and certified nurse aides, who are demanding higher wages and better work conditions.

The state Department of Health has investigated more than 220 uncertified care homes in the last four years. Eleven have been shut down, and more than $2 million have been collected in fines. A law to bar the referral or transfer to unlicensed care facilities became effective this month, with $1,000 penalties for each day of infractions.

Hawaiʻi Rep. Jill Tokuda hopes to highlight the state with the advent of the Congressional Bipartisan Rural Health Caucus. The caucus is in its recruiting phase now, a large step considering the group was last active about a decade ago.

Hawaiʻi residents between the ages of 72 and 79 will be able to renew their driver's license for a four-year period starting next week.