The mission of UH Center on Aging (COA) is to enhance the well-being of older adults through interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts in research as well as educational programs and service to the community. The Center is a research center focused on applied, translational, and community-engaged research with attention on the diverse populations of Hawaiʻi and the Asia Pacific region.
COA Updates
Center on Aging helps address Hawaiʻi’s direct care worker shortage
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center on Aging is helping address a severe shortage of direct care workers, such as nursing assistants and home care aides, by collaborating with the state’s Executive Office on Aging (EOA) to develop a comprehensive statewide strategic plan. The initiative involves extensive research, including key informant interviews, a thorough review of relevant literature and other consultative methods.
Building an Age-Friendly Honolulu Effort
Honolulu is becoming a more age-friendly place to live thanks to a collaborative project involving the City and County of Honolulu, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center on Aging and community partners committed to changing mindsets about aging and working together to build services and supports that help people age safely and meaningfully.
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Age-Friendly Honolulu
Age-Friendly Honolulu, a project of the UH Center on Aging, changes mindsets about aging by empowering kupuna...
Kūpuna Collective
The Kūpuna Collective envisions a permanent shift in how the aging network comes together through...
Hawaii Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative
The Hawaiʻi’s Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative’s (HADI) overarching objective is to develop long-term care support...
HISTORY
The Center on Aging was established in July 1988 by the University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents, reporting to the Office of the Senior Vice President and Executive Vice Chancellor, with Anthony Lenzer as the first director. It was later moved to the School of Public Health in 1993, with Larry Koseki as the director, and then to the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work in 2009, led by Colette Browne. In 2012, it was relocated to the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research in UH Mānoa, still under Colette Browne’s leadership, and had Christy Nishita as interim director from 2013 to 2016. In 2016, the COA and the Office of Public Health Studies moved to the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work. Margaret Perkinson served as director from 2017 to 2020, followed by Victoria Fan as interim director in 2021. Christy Nishita was named as a director in 2022.
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