E like me ka nui o ka heluna kanaka, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mālama ʻana e ka poʻe ʻaʻole ʻoihana mālama ola kino. Wahi a Halemai Mayo, ma kahi o 1 i loko o 3 mau mākua ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e hāʻawi i ka mālama ʻana i nā poʻe mākua ʻē aʻe ma ke ʻano he kahu mālama ʻole.

ʻO ka mea mālama, ʻo ia ka mea nāna e hāʻawi i ke kōkua i kekahi kanaka pilikia, e like me ka hoa maʻi a i ʻole ka hoa, ke keiki kīnā, a i ʻole nā kūpuna. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i kahi lālā o ka ʻohana hiki ke pilikia!

Ua kamaʻilio pū kekahi loea 211 me Keanu, he kelepona 211 i ka manawa mua, nāna i mālama i kekahi ʻanakē me ka dementia me kona kaikuahine no ka mahina i hala. Ma muli o kēia mau kuleana hou, ua pau nā kaikunāne i ko lākou naʻau a pono lākou e hoʻomaha. Ke hoʻohana nei i kā lākou zip code e ʻimi i nā lawelawe ma kahi kokoke, ua hāʻawi ka loea i nā kikoʻī a me ka ʻike pili no nā lawelawe hoʻomaha he nui a me ke kākoʻo no ka hoʻokele dementia.

Hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ka mālama ʻana; akā naʻe, he mea maʻamau ka manaʻo ʻole, luhi, hoʻokahi, a kaumaha paha. He mea maʻamau ke kaumaha o ka mea mālama. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hele wale! 

Hiki i ka 211 Statewide Helpline ke komo i nā tausani o nā kumuwaiwai kūloko e kākoʻo i kēlā me kēia ʻano o ka huakaʻi a kou ʻohana. Hoʻolohe ka poʻe loea, hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo, a kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻanuʻu aʻe no ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kōkua ma kou wahi. Ua like lākou me kahi hoaaloha hiki iā ʻoe ke hilinaʻi mau no ke kōkua-loaʻa 24/7, 7 lā o ka pule. E aʻo ʻelima ala e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻohui me ka 211 Specialist.