Category: Programs & Services

  • Put On Your Thinking Cap: Medicare Annual Enrollment Period

    It is that time of year (and this year it is even earlier), when you need to take a moment to think about your Medicare health coverage. Is my plan still meeting my needs? Are my prescription drugs covered? Is it affordable? Are there new plans out there that may better suite my needs? Do…

  • Retirement Estimator Celebrates 3 Years

    It’s been three years since Social Security’s Retirement Estimator went online. Within months of coming out, the online application was praised as one of the highest-rated online services, and it has consistently remained so every year. Results from the American Customer Satisfaction Index show Social Security’s online Retirement Estimator in one of the top two…

  • Serving Kupuna with Award-Winning Programs

    Long before the phrase “evidence based” became a buzzword, Child & Family Service (CFS) was providing award-winning evidence-based services. Founded in 1980, the Honolulu Gerontology Program, as it was then known, was incorporated into Child & Family Service in 1985. The following year the program received both the Department of Human Service’s Secretary’s Award for…

  • Donations Take Vision

    Hugo Higa, M.D., of Aesthetic Vision Center, is a Lion. A proud member of the Kamehameha Lions Club, that is! As a dual-trained Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic Surgeon, Dr. Higa encourages everyone to participate in Lions Club International’s Recycle for Sight program by donating unwanted prescription and reading eyeglasses, or sunglasses, to one of his Aesthetic…

  • Getting the Most from Your Medicare

    Now is the time to get the most out of your Medicare. The best way to stay healthy is to live a healthy lifestyle. You can live a healthy lifestyle and prevent disease by exercising, eating well, keeping a healthy weight and not smoking. Medicare can help. Medicare pays for many preventive services to keep…

  • Senior Independence Through Catholic Charities Hawai‘i

    Rita Lontayao grew up on Kaua‘i. She married her husband in 1935 and lived with him in plantation housing, where they worked and raised their family. After many years on the plantation, her husband passed away. Then a few months later, the plantation closed, forcing her to move to alternate housing. She recalls the uncertainty…

  • Lanakila Meals on Wheels

    Recently, Meals On Wheels Association of America President and CEO, Enid Borden, visited Lanakila Meals on Wheels in Liliha. Borden spoke on national and local senior hunger issues, volunteerism trends and toured the Lanakila Meals on Wheels’ facilities. “Out of the 5,000-plus Meals on Wheels programs across the country, Lanakila is one of the best,”…

  • How to Take Social Security Right on Time

    Now that the Baby Boomers have begun reaching retirement age, one key decision is looming for them—when to claim Social Security benefits. And that choice is as complicated and varied as the individuals making it. Social Security? Yes, if you’re a member of the Boomer generation, there will be Social Security benefits for you when…

  • Expanded Services: Pālolo Chinese Home

    For more than 100 years, Pālolo Chinese Home has been serving the elderly community. Open to all genders, races and ethnicities, Pālolo Chinese Home provides a continuum of long-term care services in a culturally sensitive setting on its 15-acre campus. Now Pa¯lolo Chinese Home is expanding its services beyond its campus. “Today, the elderly are…