Last updated 12/28/22
INFORMATION
The Administration for Community Living has information about staying healthy specifically for seniors and persons with disabilities, including planning and risk reduction tips.
If you have questions or concerns, call the HI Office on Aging at:
Home Health Agencies remain operational as of March 23, 2020.
Our Kupuna can connect seniors with sponsors who can pick up groceries, medication and other necessities. To sign up, visit their website.
Many kupuna, who are at most risk for COVID-19, are facing increased expenses and debt as a result of sheltering in place and other expenses. For information about consumer protections and other issues during this period, see this guide. See another guide with information for seniors in nursing homes with questions about the stimulus check and Medicaid questions.
If you have questions or concerns, call the HI Office on Aging at:
- O'ahu: (808) 768-7700 (EAD - Elderly Affairs Division)
- Kauai: (808) 241-4470
- Maui: (808) 270-7774
- Hilo: (808) 961-8626
- Kona: (808) 323-4390
Home Health Agencies remain operational as of March 23, 2020.
Our Kupuna can connect seniors with sponsors who can pick up groceries, medication and other necessities. To sign up, visit their website.
Many kupuna, who are at most risk for COVID-19, are facing increased expenses and debt as a result of sheltering in place and other expenses. For information about consumer protections and other issues during this period, see this guide. See another guide with information for seniors in nursing homes with questions about the stimulus check and Medicaid questions.
Coronavirus scams
Scammers have been taking advantage of the pandemic to con people into giving them their money. Visit this blog post by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for scams to look out for.
advance Document Planning Execution
Legal Aid's Elder Law Services provides the following assistance:
- Advanced Health Care Directives
- Durable Financial
- Powers of Attorney
- Simple Wills
- Transfer on Death Deeds
- Other legal services to assist Kupuna
FOOD
Meals on Wheels Services (O'ahu)
- Arcadia Day Health: (808) 983-5910
- Hawaii Meals on Wheels: (808) 988-6747 (requires EAD assessment)
- Lanakila Meals on Wheels: (808) 356-8519
- Palolo Chinese Homes Meals on Wheels: (808) 748-4907 or (808) 748-4909
KUPUNA PROGRAMS
The following Senior Centers and Parks & Recreation Senior Programs are closed indefinitely:
Driver's License and Id
The federal government has extended the REAL ID enforcement deadline to May 7, 2025.
The City and County of Honolulu Driver Licensing Centers will be open for in-person transactions by appointment-only, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For inquiries, call (808) 768-9100.
You may renew your driver's license by mail if:
You may renew your state ID card by mail if:
The City and County of Honolulu Driver Licensing Centers will be open for in-person transactions by appointment-only, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For inquiries, call (808) 768-9100.
You may renew your driver's license by mail if:
- You are 72 years old or older.
- You possess a current Hawai'i driver's license issued on or after May 1, 2014.
- All required documents and legal presence must be met.
You may renew your state ID card by mail if:
- In most cases, application to renew your Hawaii State Identification Card must be done in-person at the DMV locations. However, if you are eighty-years of age and older, have physical or intellectual disabilities for whom application in-person presents a serious burden, or have a letter from a licensed primary care provider certifying that a severe disability causes you to be homebound you may renew at a non-DMV location. Contact your respective county DMV office for information.
