Healing Hands
It’s not often you see Molokai women donning plastic aprons and latex gloves, armed with a tray of surgical-like instruments. They were preparing to learn anatomy and physiology in a hands-on lab as part of an intensive year-and-a-half course that will produce 16 certified physical, speech and occupational therapy aides by its end.
Hosted by Wai Ola O Hina, a health-care services organization located in the Moore Center in Kaunakakai, the Therapeutic Activity Aide Certification (TAAC) program comes to Molokai as the first of its kind. Envisioned by Jodie Diener, Wai Ola O Hina project manager, the course seeks to educate participants in multiple therapies, while advancing long-term care and developing Molokai’s workforce.
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