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| About Us | |||
 Maui AgeWave (MAW) has been providing services to older adults and the organizations that serve them since 2008. Project management, administrative support, planning, research and reporting, outreach, innovating and pilot testing ideas and programs are all services offered with aloha by Maui AgeWave. With a special interest in utilizing the burgeoning availability of broadband, and leveraging creative uses of available technology and social media, Maui AgeWave envisions a new paradigm of connecting people with services more frequently and more efficiently.
The most rural areas of Maui and Hawaii are of particular interest because of the unique access to health care challenges they present. |
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| Rural Maui | |||
 The rural definition typically used by the US government classifies all of Maui County as rural. When Maui is compared to other rural areas in the US using the same definition there is an obvious difference in what “rural” means for Maui than for the contiguous rural areas of the rest of the country. First, Hawaii is the only one of our 50 states that is composed only of islands. Second, Maui is the only county in Hawaii that is composed of several islands. So Maui County creates a very unique geographical composition. It is the only county in the 50 states that contains three non-contiguous regions comprising its rural definition.
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The silver
tsunami of baby-boomers becoming seniors offers a new type of consumer
that is technology friendly. This reality will allow exciting
opportunities for community connectedness and service delivery. Maui
AgeWave can help your business, non-profit or public entity develop and
explore new ideas to mindfully position for the future.
In addition to its unique geography, the culture of Maui is just as
unique and provides some unusual demographics. Maui County’s percentage
of Native Hawaiian adults is higher than the rest of the state
combined. The Hana and Molokai communities lead the way with 60 plus
per cent Native Hawaiian. Both Hana and Molokai also exceed the
remaining state average with their high levels of adults who are 200%
below the Federal Poverty Level. Molokai has the highest rate of
obesity and high blood pressure; and finally all areas of Maui exceed
the rest of