Welcome to the Kōkua Mau: Hawaii's Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

Kōkua Mau is Hawaii's hospice and palliative care organization, and it is comprised of individual and organizational champions and supporters from hospitals, education, consumers, insurance, long term care and hospices.

We hope that you will find all the Hawaii focused information and resources on hospice, palliative care, end-of-life care and advance care planning you need for yourself, your loved ones and your friends.

If you are a healthcare professional, we also have educational resources, referral information and statewide activities listed under "For Professionals".

2010 Kokua Mau Events:

March 27, 2010, 9 am to noon, April 17 1-4 PM: ‘Ohana Chronicles Workshops - Preserving Life Memories A hands-on workshop for people to learn about creating lasting remembrances of loved ones incorporating photos, interviews, videos and other resources.
• Download the pdf flyer

March 30, 2010: 2-5 PM, John A. Burns School of Medicine: Recipe for the Best Palliative Care: What are the Key Ingredients - with Shirley Otis-Green.
We are thrilled to have this nationally recognized expert here in Hawaii. We hope you can join us.
• Download the workshop registration form and publicity flyer

POLST or Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment is now law in Hawai‘i. To download the POLST Form and learn more please click here
NEW: Lists of Palliative Care Resources for Hawaii compiled by Kokua Mau (PDF)

To learn more about Advance Directives for Hawai‘i please click here
To learn more about the Five Booklets from the Complete Life Series with easy to read practical advise please click here
To download the ORDER FORM for Kokua Mau materials including booklets, DVDs and and advance directive please click here. The writable pdf format of the order form can be downloaded by clicking here.

September 2009: For Talking Points and background information on advance care planning in the context of the current Health Care Reform debate please click here

Join Kōkua Mau

Kōkua Mau depends on donations and annual membership fees to carry on with our work. Please help us improve quality of life for people living with serious illness or at the end of life here in Hawaii. This is a community wide effort that needs everyone's support.

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About Kōkua Mau
Our statewide non-profit organization strives to improve quality of life for people in Hawai‘i by promoting excellence in hospice, end-of-life care, palliative care and early advance care planning.

Our activities include:

Public and professional education;
Development of professional and organizational healthcare capacity;
Advocacy and public policy;
Statewide leadership; and
Collaboration among members and throughout the community.

Click here to learn more about the IMPRESS Project

Click here to learn more about Kōkua Mau and our history.