About Project Ho'opalekana

‘Ohana Caregivers Who Care For Older Adults

‘Ohana Caregivers who care for older family members perform many valuable services for them.  Some live apart from their older family members and help them with many activities, such as preparing meals, shopping or household chores.  Others live with their older family members and help them by providing assistance with the activities of daily living, such as dressing and bathing. One of the most important services that most family caregivers provide for their loved ones is managing their healthcare needs. 

Preventing Healthcare Fraud

Because many are responsible for helping older family members with their healthcare, ‘Ohana Caregivers are in a unique position to help protect their loved ones from healthcare fraud.  This is a very important job because healthcare fraud is a huge problem for elders in our State.  In Hawai‘i, as well as nationally, approximately 10% of the money spent on the Medicare program is estimated to be lost due to healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse.
This comes out to approximately:

• $80,000,000 dollars every year
• $861,000 dollars every week
• $123,000 dollars every day or
• $85 dollars every minute 

This money could be used to provide better health care services for our kupuna. 

What sort of information do we offer?

On this site, you will find information to help ‘Ohana Caregivers who take care of family members prevent their loved ones from becoming victims of healthcare fraud.  Visit our resources page for valuable information and links to useful services.  Watch one of our videos for tips on preventing healthcare fraud.  You can also contact us with questions.