Advocates worry seniors without computers may be left behind in vaccine distribution
Computer access issues hampers efforts to vaccinate Hawaii seniors By Mahealani Richardson | January 21, 2021 at 4:49 PM HST - Updated January 22 at 5:44 AM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - When Hilo Medical Center opened its vaccine call line, phones rang off the hook.
âI would describe it as a crush of calls coming in,â said Elena Cabatu, director of public affairs.
They found access to technology was a serious issue. Seniors without computers and email addresses â or someone who can help â are struggling to get appointments for COVID-19 vaccines.
Registration for vaccines is primarily being done online.
The 2021 Ola Pono Award Winners
Volunteers are a vital part of Hawai‘i’s nonprofits every year, hundreds of thousands of them donate their time and talents to keep our communities moving forward. During this time, we have needed these dedicated people more than ever not only to assist, but to inspire us. We found them in a woman who has been an advocate for the voiceless for decades, a husband-wife team that turns compassion into action and a young woman who began her battle against bullying in middle school.
January 19, 2021
The Tireless Advocate
Nanci Kreidman moved to Hawai‘i as a young woman with just her bicycle and camp trunk. Now, she’s entering her fourth decade of fighting for those who feel powerless because of domestic violence.
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ALEA Bridge partners with YMCA to house homeless at Camp Erdman
The YMCA s Camp Erdman is located in Kaena Point State Park on the North Shore of Oahu, on wild, windswept Mokuleia Beach. Most kids on Oahu spend a few nights there in the 4th or 5th Grade. When I talked with Andrew Keener, executive director at the camp, he was really exciged about a new COVID collaboration. The Huliau Program has put his team back to work, and replaced his usual student campers with people who have been living on the beach or in cars. These people are Dee Nakamura s clients. Dee was homeless herself but she started working with ALEA Bridge, the main homeless service provider on the North Shore. This new Huliau collaboration with the Y was kicked off on City COVID funds. They d requested $46,000, and were granted $200,000. Forty people have made it off the beach so far through the Huliau Program, and 14 people are in permanent housing for Christmas - including a family
Detailed Agenda for the 2021 Hawaii Conference now available! Emily Boerger | Dec 17, 2020
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The Detailed Agenda for our 2021 Hawaii State of Reform Virtual Health Policy Conference on January 14 is now available! We have carefully crafted these panel topics after a long process of stakeholder engagement that helped us zero in on the health care policy topics most important and relevant to Hawaii.
Josh Green, MD:
Rep. Sylvia Luke:
Rep. Linda Ichiyama:
Rich Bettini:
Meghan O’Toole:
Rep. Ryan Yamane:
Chair, House Health, Human Services & Homelessness Committee
These are just a sampling of the speakers confirmed to be a part of the program on January 14.
December 16, 2020 at 5:05 pm
Hawai’i received another shipment of COVID-19 vaccines today. The Hawai‘i Department of Health received 3,900 doses of the vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech.
The vaccine was distributed to Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women and Children, Straub Medical Center, Pali Momi Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, Queen’s Medical Center West O‘ahu and the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center. These medical facilities will administer the vaccines to their employees and other health care workers in their communities.
This shipment represents the balance of the 4,875 doses in Hawai‘i’s original order.
DOH has requested an additional 7,800 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Delivery of that order is expected next week. DOH is optimistic it will receive 45,825 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine before the end of the year.