The Staff

• Cullen Hayashida, Ph.D. – Long-term Care Coordinator

Dr. Hayashida is a graduate of the University of Hawaii (Sociology) and the University of Washington (Ph.D. -- Sociology). He has also been trained at New York University, University of West Indies (Trinidad), and Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan). Dr. Hayashida has taught at the University of Washington (Seattle), Willamette University (Salem, Oregon), Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) and most recently at the University of Hawaii as a graduate affiliate faculty with Sociology, School of Nursing and the Center on Aging.

While trained as an academic, he has had the opportunity to help build and deliver long-term care services in Hawaii. Over the past 26 years, he was involved with long-term care service development in the hospital, nursing home, case management and home health care settings and has provided technical assistance to other organizations locally, nationally and in East Asia. His experience as a educator, long-term care researcher, planner, home health care director, licensed nursing home administrator and the developer of the past 30 years have all been directed towards finding more cost effective solutions to long-term caring. 

• Toni Hathaway, LSW, ACSW – Education Coordinator

Ms. Hathaway is a social worker with a specialty in gerontology.  She is a graduate of Carleton College in Minnesota (B. A. in Psychology) and the University of Hawaii at Manoa (Master of Social Work).  She is a Licensed Social Worker in the State of Hawaii and has an Academy of Certified Social Workers credential with the National Association of Social Workers. 

Ms. Hathaway has worked with elders and their family caregivers for over 30 years in various positions:  program supervisor, caregiver support group leader, outpatient clinic team member, geriatric specialist in mental health, and social work student services.  She was with the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Social Work for 8 years as the Student Services Coordinator.  Most recently she was with Child and Family Service’s Honolulu Gerontology Program as the program supervisor for Caregiver Respite and ‘Ohana Care (a case management service for elders and their family caregivers).  She grew up in Honolulu, was a family caregiver for numerous years and is actively involved in the Aging Services Network.

To Contact

Cullen Hayashida, PhD

Long-Term Care Coordinator

E-mail: cullen@hawaii.edu

Toni Hathaway, LSW

Education Coordinator

E-mail: hathaway@hawaii.edu

Phone:  (808) 734-9108

FAX:  (808) 734-9128

Mailing Address:  Kapiolani Community College

                            4303 Diamond Head Road  Kopiko 123

                            Honolulu, HI  96816