Fall 2013 Newsletter

Mälama Küpuna
OUR MISSION
To provide
respectful, quality,
compassionate,
and caring services
for disadvantaged
küpuna of
Hawaiian ancestry.
OUR VISION
To be the foremost
system of elder
services for Native
Hawaiians.
IN THIS ISSUE
KŪPUNA CARE CORNER
Hawaiian Healing ..................2
Kūpuna-Centered Activities 3
HIGHLIGHTS & CELEBRATIONS
ÿOhana Paÿina ..........................4
Talk-story & Gyotaku ...........4
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
ÿAha Hipuÿu Award ...............5
Film Series ................................5
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Annual Golf Tournament .....6
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Meeting
M
eeting the
the G
Growing
rowiing Need
Needs of Our Küpuna
Message
from the Trust
A Mes
Me
As we bring 2013 to
a close, we want to
thank you, our families
and friends, for your
continued support of
Lunalilo Home over the
past year.
This year has been an
exciting one - as we plan
for expansion to meet the
growing needs of küpuna
in our community while
assuring compassionate
quality care for küpuna in
their aging years.
The challenges faced
by küpuna will grow
significantly in years
ahead as the senior
population increases. This
impacts ALL OF US as
we care for grandparents,
parents, and plan for our
own aging needs. The
Home is well positioned
to meet this need.
For over 130 years, the
Home has provided
shelter, safety and quality
care to thousands of
küpuna who may have
otherwise been homeless,
or whose families may
have no longer been able
to provide the level care
needed on their own.
We have developed a
model of küpuna-centered
care that leverages a blend
of Hawaiian cultural
values with knowledge
learned from our küpuna.
The result is our unique
and trusted quality elder
care - a model that can
be expanded to benefit
Hawaiÿi’s broader
multicultural senior
community.
It is our unique legacy and
kuleana (responsibility)
to ensure that our atrisk Native Hawaiian
küpuna are cared for.
This year, the Home has
provided over $600,000
in subsidy to Native
Hawaiian küpuna who
would otherwise have
been unable to cover the
cost of their residential
care. However, the need
in our community is much
greater than the subsidy
we currently provide.
care for our küpuna, and
we need your help.
As a donor, your
contribution makes a
direct impact on the lives
of disadvantaged küpuna.
As a volunteer, your time
and involvement at the
Home enriches the lives
of our küpuna with aloha
and special activities.
As an advocate, you can
help to make sure küpuna
are not forgotten, teaching
the next generation
and others about the
importance of learning
from and caring for our
elders.
As we think of our loved
ones in their aging years,
our shared kuleana is clear.
Every single one of us
must play an important
role in creating a healthy
community that honors
küpuna.
Join us in support of our
promise to ensure no
küpuna are left behind.
We all share a kuleana to
Kamani Kualä‘au
Trustee, Chair
J. Kuhio Asam
Executive Director
Lunalilo Home's New Website: www.lunalilo.org
Küpuna Christmas Program
Wednesday, December 18
10 am -11:30 am
Annual Lūÿau
Saturday, February 1, 2014
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
FALL 2012
2013
winter
Luna
Lunalilo Home launched
its new website this past
it
summer. With funding
from the Hawaiÿi
Community Foundation
Capacity Building Grant,
the Home created a web
portal for information
on King Lunalilo, the
Lunalilo Trust, the Home's
services and programs,
and online giving.
For our next phase
of development, we
envision creating an
interactive online
information center for
küpuna resources. We
encourage you to visit
the website and join our
list-serve to stay current
on upcoming activities
and online resources at
lunalilo.org.
KÜPUNA CARE CORNER
Summer brought much excitement as we prepared for a season of activities focused on culturally relevant
“küpuna-centered care”. This newsletter shares some of the highlights and initiatives put into place to
enriched the lives of our küpuna and staff.
Traditional Hawaiian Healing
Lunalilo Home supports a holistic approach to senior care which recognizes one’s physical, psychological,
cultural and spiritual health within the context of a healthy family, community, and ‘äina (natural
environment). An essential component of “küpuna-centered care” is ensuring that seniors have the option to
receive culturally relevant care. For the Hawaiian community, this is recognizing the importance of including
traditional Hawaiian healing as an option in senior care.
At Lunalilo Home, we have been fortunate to have Francine Dudoit, registered nurse, Native Hawaiian
Practitioner, and Director for Native Hawaiian Healing at the Waikiki Health Center, help us in leading
this effort. She has generously offered her expertise to work with our Director of Nursing and train the
next generation of nursing students in the Windward Community College Nursing Pathways program in
traditional healing practices at Lunalilo Home.
Through this program, Lunalilo Home küpuna, who are interested and have received doctor’s orders to
participate, can receive lomilomi. Not only has this provided küpuna the option to receive traditional healing,
it has also provided a forum for the küpuna to share their knowledge and stories on traditional healing
practices, including discussions on the uses of noni, Hawaiian chili pepper, and aloe.
Traditional Hawaiian healing encompasses mind, body and spirit-so much so, that when a person is seriously
sick it is necessary to discern whether the illness is caused by influences from the outside (ma waho) or from
within (ma loko). The three most common traditional Hawaiian healing practices applied today are:
LOMILOMI
Lomilomi is the practice of massage that has been used
over the ages for childbirth, congestion, inflammation,
rheumatism, and asthma. Lomilomi is offered once or
twice a week at the Home.
LÄÿAU LAPAÿAU
Läÿau lapa‘au is the practice of Hawaiian herbal medicine.
A herbal garden has been planted by the Nursing
Pathways students to cultivate herbs that can enhance
healthy meals or simple herbal treatments for küpuna
ailments.
HOÿOPONOPONO
Hoÿoponopono is the Hawaiian process of conflict
resolution. It is essentially involves a family conference
in which relationships are “set right” through prayer,
discussion, confession, repentance, and mutual restitution
and forgiveness.
We are grateful for the opportunity to build a program
to support traditional Hawaiian healing at Lunalilo
Home, and look forward to nurturing its integration with
contemporary nursing practices.
Native Hawaiian Practitioner, Francine Dudoit
provides a relaxing session of Lomi Lomi
to resident Greg Kaonohi
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Küpuna-Centered Activities
Kamehameha Day Parade
With support from the Polynesian Adventure Tours,
Dolores Furtado Martin Foundation and ÿAha Hipuÿu,
Lunalilo Home küpuna, staff and friends participated
in this annual event honoring King Kamehameha.
Riding on a festively decorated double-decker bus,
küpuna sang and played traditional Hawaiian music
as they traveled the parade route from ÿIolani Palace,
through Waikiki, ending at Kapiolani Park.
Häloa Challenge
During the summer, küpuna, staff and community
members participated in a four-part, hands-on
teaching series on poimaking. Under the
direction of Daniel
Anthony and the Hui
Aloha ÿÄina Momona,
participants learned
about kalo (taro) and
the art of making pa‘i
ai. The final day of the
four part workshop
culminated with a
community potluck
paÿina where küpuna
enjoyed a meal of
freshly made poi,
laulau and other ÿono
Hawaiian food on the
back lanai.
Sahm Bo Dahn Tai Chi
In August, Tai Chi instructors, Wally and Sue
Yashima, launched their “Three-Treasure Energy”
Tai Chi program at Lunalilo Home. This style of
Tai Chi is a comprehensive and systematic exercise
adapted from an ancient Korean practice. Staff
and küpuna have integrated these exercises into
their daily routine-putting into practice concepts of
nurturing and maintaining a healthy mind, body and
spirit.
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What's Cooking... with Irene
Special interactive cooking demonstrations provided
opportunities for küpuna to prepare favorite healthy
local snacks for all to enjoy including recipies such as
Tropical Coconut Taro Pudding, cookies, & laulau.
Independence Day Celebration
Always a festive occasion, this annual event featured
a patriotic costume parade, games and songs during
the lunchtime outdoor BBQ. This was followed by
a later afternoon “Happy Hour Buffet”, culminating
with shaved ice.
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H I G H L I G H T S & C E L E B R AT I O N S
Supporting ÿOhana Engagement
Lunalilo Home was pleased to implement a monthly
ÿOhana Paÿina, family-focused sharing of a special
meal. Designed to enhance family bonding, this
event brings together two or three residents and a
few of their loved ones to enjoy a sunset dinner of
Native Hawaiian cuisine served on the garden lanai.
Monthly dinners will continue on a rotation basis
until each resident has the opportunity to enjoy a
special, intimate time of fellowship with their loved
ones.
Gregory Kaÿonohi & his ÿOhana
Mrs. Estrella & her ÿOhana
Cultural Resonance
Traditional Fishing Talk-Story and Gyotaku Prints
Fishing in Hawaiÿi is an art form, skill, and for many
kamaÿaina, a way to provide sustenance for their
ÿOhana. Traditionally, different methods of fishing
are used to catch a variety of different fish.
According to local fisherman Aaron Kalaukoa,
throwing net was and still is the preferred method of
catching fish like Manini, Weke, Moi, and Aholehole.
Torching, a technique also adopted by the ancient
Hawaiians, was used to catch fish that came out only
at night. Fish such as Uÿu (Menpachi), Ala ÿihi, and
Upapalu were caught with spear and torch, while
wading through the surf.
waters of Kaneohe Bay and throwing net on schools
of Manini. Another resident spoke of how she loved
to eat pulehu-style Manini and Weke prepared for
her family. The Gyotaku activity sparked more than
just memories of eating or catching fish, it helped the
residents reminisce about their ÿohana that have since
passed.
These links to the past and the memories and stories
that were shared and relived proved this activity to be
successful and priceless.
This summer, Mr. Kalaukoa, the Home’s UH social
work practicum student, and friend Brandon Tengan
facilitated a talk-story with küpuna about fishing
traditions passed down to them, while conducting a
fish print or Gyotaku activity using a variety of local
reef fish.
The activity was organized with two objectives
in mind, 1) to provide a hands on activity where
residents can express their creative side, and 2)
provide a means to link the past and present together
by using a medium that most residents are familiar
with- iÿa (fish).
This activity did precisely that. Along with beautiful
artwork that the residents can hang in their rooms or
send to love ones, came the tales and manaÿo of the
residents. One resident spoke of wading through the
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Aaron Kalaukoa, Mary DeCosta and Brandon Tengan
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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Kalani Aliÿi Awards Honors Lunalilo Trust
Other honorees this year included the late U.S.
Senator, Daniel K. Inouye; Alice Pualeilani Kanaÿe
Hewett-for her half-centuiry of service to Kaneÿohe
youth sports; Aletha Kaÿohi-a historian who is hailed
as one of Kauaÿi's Living Treasures; Kahu David
Kauweloa Kaÿupu-Retired Chaplain of Kamehameha
Schools-Kapalama after serving for more than 31
years, as well
as other notable
areas of service;
and Mildred
Lehuanui
McColgan-a
lifetime member
of ÿAhahui
Kaÿahumanu,
this retired
Army Corps of
Engineers staffer
after 51-years
has served more
than four decades
with community
groups and
Pictured here, left
f to right,
g are: Henry
y Lane, Evon Silva, Anna Cazimero,
organizations in
Gertila Kaanapu, Jennie Kaleikini, Juanita Cardus and Clifford Kapololu.
Hawaiÿi.
During its Eighth Annual Kalani Ali`i Awards
luncheon in September, the ÿAha Hipuÿu consortium
of benevolent Hawaiian societies honored the
King William Charles Lunalilo Trust by awarding
the Order of Kalani Ali`i to the Trust for its work
providing respectful, quality and caring services for
poor, disadvantaged and frail küpuna of Hawaiian
ancestry.
The ÿAha Hipuÿu
is comprised of
the Royal Order
of Kamehameha
I, ÿAhahui
Kaÿahumanu,
Hale O Na Aliÿi
O Hawaiÿi,
and Daughters
and Sons of the
Hawaiian WarriorsMamakakaua.
This annual event
was established
"to honor and pay
tribute to those who
have made a difference
in our community (and) contributed greatly in some
way to our Hawaiian culture, language, art, religion,
music, education and way of life."
As part of the celebration, küpuna from Lunalilo
Home were invited to share a few songs with the
more than 250 attendees at the event.
It was truly an honor for the Lunalilo Trust to be
among such notable individuals who share our love
and concern for the Native Hawaiian population and
the preservation of our Hawaiian culture and way of
life.
Preserving a Legacy Film Series with Eddie & Myrna Kamae
Lunalilo Home has been pleased to bring this series to our residents, their
family members and others in the community who treasure the gifts and
talents of this highly-esteemed, beloved küpuna.
Monthly screenings this summer included Lahaina: Waves of Change – a
documentary which captivates and changes the way many think of Lahaina
and Those Who Came Before: The Musical Journey of Eddie Kamae . Tenth
in their celebrated and multiple award-winning Hawaiian Legacy Series,
this documentary pays tribute to respected gatekeepers of the Hawaiian
Renaissance whose music and gifts of knowledge helped guide Eddie
Kamae in his pursuits. One by one, they entrusted him with key pieces of
Hawaii's musical heritage - inspiring him to understand, perform, and pass
that heritage on to the children of Hawai`i. It has been our great honor and
privilege to present this series at Lunalilo Home.
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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Annual Benefit Golf Tournament
Lunalilo Home sponsors an annual Golf Tournament
which helps raise much needed funds to help support
the Home’s Native Hawaiian küpuna who have
insufficient finances to pay the regular monthly
service fees for their residency. Generous donations
from participants and supporters of the tournament
have played a key role in providing a lovely home
and services for numerous residents.
This year, Hawaii Kai Golf Course and banquet
facilities provided a beautiful setting for our
tournament. For the third consecutive year,
detailed coordination was handled by Grace Pacific
Corporation’s President, Bill Paik and his experienced
golf committee Tricia Louie and Ricky Tsue, along
with community and Lunalilo Home volunteers.
A wonderful array of prizes were distributed during
the dinner banquet. Minna Sugimoto, acting as
emcee, along with entertainers Carmen and Keith
Haugen Quartet, were crowd pleasers during the
evening festivities. A hightlight of the day was Donny
Mailer's hole-in-one for which he won a $10,000 prize!
It is with heartfelt gratitude that we say MAHALO
to everyone who supported our event, and especially
to those who provided significant financial supportPrincess Abigail Kekaulike Kawananakoa, Omidyar
‘Ohana Fund, Queen Lili‘uokalani Trust and
Children’s Center, Grace Pacific Roadway Solutions,
to make this year’s event the best it has ever been!
Winner of a "Hole in One", Donny Mailer
Mālama i Nā Kūpuna
Caregiver Workshop Series
For the last two years, Lunalilo Home has designed and delivered workshops to enhance the lives of
küpuna who are still living at home. The education sessions are targeted towards those wonderful
family members or dedicated individuals who provide care for küpuna, but open to any interested
member of the vast community who we serve. Previous workshops in our series have included:
• Strategies for Communicating with Küpuna
• Navigating the Küpuna Care System
• Basics of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related
Dementias
• Advance Health Care Directives: What is it,
How to Start, What to do
• Recognizing Küpuna Depression
• Managing Challenging Behaviors in
Alzheimer’s Care
• Healthy Eating- Local Style: Nutrition, Food,
& Special Diets for Küpuna
Spread the word and learn more about küpuna care
at upcoming workshops by joining our mailing list.
Visit www.lunalilo.org, email [email protected] or call us at 395-1000.
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MAHALO
TO
O U R S U P P O RT E R S
We express our sincere gratitude for the generosity of our many donors, partners, volunteers, and community
organizations who support the Home throughout the year. We would especially like to extend our appreciation to the following supporters that have made significant contributions over this past summer.
Princess Abigail Kekaulike Kawananakoa
ALTRES, Inc.
Charles R. Bishop Trust
Would you like to donate items or volunteer at Lunalilo
Robert & Helen Crowell
Home but are unsure of what is needed?
First Hawaiian Bank
Group 70 International
We have created a wish list of those items or community
Grace Pacific Roadway Solutions
service projects that would help us greatly enhance the
Kamehameha Schools
lives of those we serve.
Kiewit Building Group
Kamani Kualäÿau
Please help by fulfilling a wish…
Laborer's International Union of North America
Jim & Lynn Lally Family Fund
Consider contributing to our
Leianne Lee Loy
Edwina Noelani Mahoe
Donald Mailer
Poi and Poke Fund
Monarch Insurance Company
Omidyar ÿOhana Fund
As Poi is a staple for many of our residents, we need
Penhall Company
kökua in order to sustain a regular supply of poi, poke
Judith Pyle Foundation
or other Hawaiian food delicacies.
Queen's Health Systems
Queen Lili‘uokalani Trust
For a complete list of ways that you can help,
Oswald Stender
view our current Wish List
R. M. Towill Corporation
at www.lunalilo.org
Riggs Distributing Inc.
or
call
us at (808) 395-1000
Royal Contracting Company
for more information on what is needed!
United Laundry Services
Karen Elizabeth Whitehead
Wish List
SUPPORT LUNALILO HOME
Caring for Küpuna
Preserving a Legacy
Help enrich the lives of our kūpuna by supporting our efforts to provide
compassionate quality care, infused with Hawaiian values and traditions.
I want to make a difference in kūpuna lives. I would like to:
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Mail completed form to: Lunalilo Home
501 Kekāuluohi Street
Honolulu, HI 96825
Make a donation online: www.lunalilo.org
Email: [email protected]
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$500
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$100
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$50
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NONPROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
HONOLULU, HI
PERMIT NO. 1832
Caring for Küpuna
Preserving a Legacy
501 Kekāuluohi Street
Honolulu, HI 96825
(808) 395-1000
www.lunalilo.org
UPCOMING EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES
Annual Lunalilo Home Benefit Lüÿau
OUR PROMISE
To respect the individual
dignity of our Küpuna
while providing care
in the spirit of aloha
and ‘ohana
OUR CORE VALUES
Aloha
Love, Compassion
Mälama
Caring
Laulima
Cooperation
Hö‘ihi
Respect
Ho‘omanawanui
Patience
Lokomaika‘i
Generosity
Pono
Do what is right
In our annual tradition, Lunalilo
Home will host a Lüÿau featuring
ÿono food, nahenahe music,
beautiful hula, and a relaxing time
with family and friends!
Your continued support, generosity
and kökua are especially
appreciated, and will help assure
that we will be able to provide for
our küpuna throughout the coming
year, and into the future.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Tickets - $50 per person &
Special Benefit Tables
Na käkou äpau ke kuleana e mälama i kö käkou mau kupuna.
It is all of our responsibility to care for our elders.