What Matters to Older Native Hawaiians? A Qualitative Study of Care Preferences
We added the video of our February 2025 Kōkua Mau Meeting to our YouTube channel. Native Hawaiian Elders has examined the end-of-life care preferences of Read More
Category: Events
Webinar Series March 2025 focusing on the New Med-QUEST Benefit Community Based Palliative Care Services
In 2025 Hawaii became the first state in the nation to offer community-based palliative care for Medicaid (Med-QUEST) beneficiaries. Palliative care is now available as Read More
Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi February is Hawaiian Language month
E ola mau ka olelo Hawaii. Long live the Hawaiian language. In celebration of Mahina Olelo Hawaii, Kōkua Mau is pleased to announce the newest translations Read More
Hawai‘i Palliative and Hospice Care Collaborative
Hawaiʻi Palliative and Hospice Care Collaborative is a new collaborative with six non-profit hospices in Hawaii. “This collaborative represents a new era for end-of-life care Read More
Palliative Care Posters that can be hung in Doctors Offices
We just posted two Palliative Care posters on our website. The verbiage and design was created and vetted by the members of the Palliative Care Awareness Read More
What’s a Death Doula? What do they do? Where can you find one? How are they trained?
Learn more about personalized supportive death care in Hawaiʻi from the presentation at our last Kōkua Mau meeting of 2024 about Death Doulas and the Read More
Advance Care Planning for Native Hawaiian Kupuna with Puni Kekauoha
We just added a new video on our YouTube channel: Learn about I Kua Na’u, an Advance Care Planning initiative for Native Hawaiians. This 5-week Read More
Samoan translations of key Kōkau Mau documents
The Samoan translations of key Kōkau Mau documents make it a dozen: We now feature 12 multilingual translations of the six key documents interpreters, translators Read More
The Fine Art and Science of Pain and Palliative Care 2024
The Queen’s Medical Center announces the premier palliative care conference in Hawaiʻi Mon Nov 118:00 am – 4:30 pm The Salvation Army Kroc Center – Hawaiʻi 91-3257 Read More
Innovations in Advance Care Planning
Learn about their innovative approach to Advance Care Planning that has dramatically increased patient engagement. Dr. Matthew Gonzales is Associate VP and Chief Medical and Read More