Welcome to Kokua Mau

Kōkua Mau is Hawaii's Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and is comprised of individual and organizational champions and supporters from hospitals, education, consumers, insurance, long term care and hospices.

Kōkua Mau's vision is a community where: the people of Hawai‘i are treated with dignity, compassion and love throughout their lives.
To make that vision a reality, Kōkua Mau's mission is:  to weave a lei of caregiving and support so that the people of Hawai‘i facing serious illness can live in the place of their choice, with relief of pain and suffering and according to their values, beliefs and traditions.

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

Quick Links:

Hospices and Palliative Care providers in Hawai‘i (with phone numbers)
Advance Directive form and information (Now as writable pdf too!)
POLST (Physician's Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment)

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

Report by Dr. Emese Somogyi (April 2013): from the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Kōkua Mau Activities: (December 2012)

A Culturally Relevant Palliative Care Curriculum for US Affiliated Pacific Islands

Kōkua Mau 2013 Membership Drive
Our work cannot occur without assistance and financial support. Kōkua Mau, as a local community-benefit organization, is fueled by the passion of dedicated volunteers with a lean budget and every penny spent on making our work possible. Your generous tax-deductible gift will allow us to have a real impact on improving quality of life for those with serious illness and their loved ones. Help us meet our ambitious goal of 100 Kōkua Mau members for 2013! Check out the virtual mug for members.

Announcing New Kōkua Mau Materials: One of Kōkua Mau's main objectives is to help educate people about the decisions that need to be made when they, their family or loved ones are seriously ill.

Tubefeeding
Questions about CPR
Revised Booklet: Your Advance Directive for Future Healthcare (and additional two page check list to help complete an Advance Directive)

More Kōkua Mau Quick Links:

POLST or Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment is law in Hawai‘i since 2009.
- For Providers: download the official Hawai‘i POLST Form
- A Consumer Guide to POLST for Hawai‘i
All Kōkua Mau PDF documents in one place
Palliative Care Resources for Hawai‘i compiled by Kōkua Mau (2-page PDF)
K ō kua Mau materials: To order DVDs (such as Living your Dying with Dr. Mits Aoki), and Five Wishes®, please download our order form (or writable pdf).

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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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