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Homebound clients see over 30-percent spike
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Posted on Oct 11 2011
By Clarissa V. David
Reporter
Reporter
The number of homebound clients being served by the Office on Aging went up by over 30 percent in the last fiscal year, according to director Rose Mondala.
“It’s climbing really fast,” Mondala said in an interview.
This increase, Mondala said, is reflected in a “comparison online report” for services rendered for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 that their office is currently preparing.
Mondala said that she is working on the report with the help of Aging staffers Walter Manglona and David Celis.
According to Mondala, the report is part of the requirements of the Administration on Aging under the Department of Health and Human Services, a federal agency that provides funding for the man’amko in the CNMI.
Mondala said the report will include “everything”-from meal counts to supplies.
“It will show the big effect that the economy is doing to the services we provide for our man’amko,” she said.
The report will be subject to the approval of Department of Community and Cultural Affairs Secretary Melvin Faisao and Gov. Benigno R. Fitial.
Mondala said they have another week to present the report to Faisao and Fitial before they submit it to the Administration on Aging.
