Welcome to Kokua Mau

Kōkua Mau: Hawaii's Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

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 Hawaii 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 Hawaii 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 Link: Hospices and Palliative Care providers in Hawai‘i (with phone numbers)

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

Report (April 2012): from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Kōkua Mau Membership Drive!!
Help us meet our ambitious goal of 100 Kōkua Mau members for 2012!

POLST or Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment is law in Hawai‘i since the summer of 2009.
For Providers: download the official Hawai‘i POLST Form and learn more - please visit our POLST webpages.
A Consumer Guide to POLST for Hawai‘i
NEW: Writable PDF of Advance Directives for Hawai‘i please click here
Lists of Palliative Care Resources for Hawai‘i compiled by Kokua Mau (2-page PDF)
Kōkua Mau materials: To order DVDs (such as Living your Dying with Dr. Mits Aoki), and Five Wishes®, please download our order form. For a writable pdf of the order form click here.

To learn more about the Five Booklets from the Complete Life Series with easy to read practical advice please click here

Your family - your story workshop (more) was a hands-on workshop for people to learn about creating lasting remembrances of loved ones incorporating photos, interviews, videos and other resources.
Register here to receive free Kōkua Mau e-newsletters with local and national updates and events.

Congratulations! Two Kōkua Mau members Daniel Fischberg M.D., Ph.D., and Kenneth L. Zeri, RN, MS, were recently elected to the Board of Directors of important national organizations. more

Thanks to everyone who helped make our first Educational Summit on Nov. 10, 2011a success. We had 120 registrants and day full of good information and discussion. A report with evaluation results is now available. Also see: Special message from Governor Neil Abercrombie (more)

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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In Memoriam: Dr. Rev Mitsuko Aoki.

An amazing and interanationally recognized voice in the field of death and dying has passed away, serving as an inspiration to others until the end. Retired minister Mitsuo Aoki died August 19, 2010 at his Kaneohe home. He was 95. More about Dr. Rev. Aoki's life can be found in the documentary Living your Dying with Dr. Rev. Mits Aoki