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SUMMARY:Palliative Pupus March 2023
DESCRIPTION:This month we’ll hear about: The theme and presenters for each ‘Palliative Pupus’ is announced one to two weeks prior to the meeting date via our Kōkua Mau eNewsletter. \n\n\n\nWe will continue to meet virtually on zoom in 2023 \n\n\n\nHow does Palliative Pupus work?\n\n\n\nThe model is an informal\, interactive\, collegial\, pau hana to present and discuss challenging cases as a group. Palliative Pupus is for clinicians in a variety of fields: doctors\, nurses\, social workers\, chaplains. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWhat is Palliative Pupus?\n\n\n\nOur first successful Palliative Pupus meeting was held November 17\, 2010 and has since become a bi-monthly event every third Wednesday of the month. (Except November due to Thanksgiving) \n\n\n\nIf you are not receiving our eNewsletter yet\, please subscribe here and we will keep you informed.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/palliative-pupus-march-2023/
CATEGORIES:Event on Oahu,Palliative Pupus,Professional Development,Webinar,Workshop,Zoom meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230323T150000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230323T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T194042Z
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SUMMARY:Kokua Mau Meeting March 2023
DESCRIPTION:Please note the March 23 meeting will be the 4th Thursday of the month (not out usual last Thursday of the month)\n\n\n\n\nCHW are a valuable resource in our communities\, connecting people with resources and being a bridge to health care and providers. Learn more about CHW and the valuable work they do and help and strategize about ways CHW can help those with serious illness at our next Kōkua Mau Meeting.   \n\n\n\nThur March 23\, 2023 (this month on the 4th Thursday)3:00-5:00 PM (HST) \n\n\n\nAgenda\, part 1 \n\n\n\n\nWhat is a Community Health worker\, what training do they have and how can you be a practicum site? Hilary Hacker\, Director of the Community Health Education Program\, Kapiʻolani Community College\n\n\n\nWhat roles do CHW play at Queens? Mia Taylor\, MSN\, FNP-BC\, APRN-Rx; Director\, Community & Post-Acute Care Services\, The Queen’s Health System\n\n\n\nWhat Does a CHW do? Martha Boyd\, CHW\, Patient Community Navigator\, Super Utilizer\, Queen’s Care Coalition\, The Queen’s Medical Center\n\n\n\nAdvance Care Planning for CHWs. Hope Young\, ACP Coordinator\, Kōkua Mau \n\n\n\nHigh School Academies and palliative care training.  Naomi Morita\, MD\, VP\, Hui Pōhala and Dan Weiss\, DNP\, RN\, CHPN\, Adjunct Faculty\, Chaminade University\, School of Nursing & Health Professions \n\n\n\n\nDiscussion: How could CHW help in serious illness care?    \n\n\n\nAgenda Part 2 \n\n\n\nPalliative care (PC) nursing education initiatives (including using ELNEC curricula and developing a new PC minor) at Chaminade University – Dan Weiss will present an update. \n\n\n\nPlease join us for our Virtual Monthly Meeting on zoom\, to learn\, laugh\, mingle and network. Subscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins for the specific month. As the date draws close and the speakers or topics are confirmed we will post it here. \n\n\n\nA recording of many of our meetings are available on our YouTube channel\, in case you might have missed it.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/kokua-mau-meeting-march-2023/
CATEGORIES:Event on Oahu,Monthly Meeting,Webinar,Zoom meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230412T170000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230412T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20230215T183755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230215T183955Z
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SUMMARY:Advance Care Planning with Hope Young
DESCRIPTION:Our very own Hope Young\, Advance Care Coordinator will be presenting about Advance Care Planning during the 6th session of “Learning from Dr. Mitsuo Aoki: Understanding and working with people with terminal illness” on April 12. \n\n\n\nIntroducing a video\, discussion and teaching series focused on working with individuals with serious and terminal illness. The sessions are based on actual classes of Dr. Aoki teaching filmed in 1987 and two interviews of Dr. Aoki working with Roger who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Kōkua Mau will also present on advanced health care planning on April 12. \n\n\n\nCourse Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nExplore and manage participant’s own awareness about death and dying and become more comfortable with assisting others during this time of life.\n\n\n\nImplement various skills and methods used to help and support someone who is facing the end-of-life.\n\n\n\nIdentify the importance of rituals and traditions in the grief process.\n\n\n\nEngage with the multi-disciplinary health care and/or community teams to identify methods and techniques to assist a person with accessing resources in order to live during their dying.\n\n\n\n\nRegularly scheduled series is intended for professionals and health care support staff/volunteers. However\, adult community family members are also welcomed to attend.  \n\n\n\nMarch 8\, 15\, 22\, 29 and April 5\, 12\, 19\, 26  \n\n\n\n5:00 to 7:30 PM HST \n\n\n\nRegister in advance\, deadline: 03/06/2023 \n\n\n\n\nOur very own Hope Young\, Advance Care Coordinator will be presenting about Advance Care Planning during the 6th session on April 12.\n\n\n\n\nAttend one or all classes in person (limited to 30) or on zoom. All classes are free of charge. Donations are accepted \n\n\n\nRegularly scheduled series is intended for professionals and health care support staff/volunteers. However\, adult community family members are also welcomed to attend. \n\n\n\nVarious Continuing Education credits are offered. Please download the brochure for details.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/advance-care-planning-with-hope-young/
CATEGORIES:Event in Hawaii,Event on Oahu,Hybrid,Webinar,Workshop,Zoom meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230427T150000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230427T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20230127T215615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T194239Z
UID:18430-1682607600-1682614800@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Kokua Mau Meeting April 2023
DESCRIPTION:April 27 at the Kōkua Mau meeting for presentations by the Bereavement Network of Hawaii. Sara May Colon\, Felicia Marquez-Wong and others will be presenting resources available to help professionals and the public and will include several of the wonderful\, local organizations that support our community.  \n\n\n\nPlease join us for our Virtual Monthly Meeting on zoom\, to learn\, laugh\, mingle and network. Subscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins for the specific month. As the date draws close and the speakers or topics are confirmed we will post it here. \n\n\n\nA recording of many of our meetings are available on our YouTube channel\, in case you might have missed it.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/kokua-mau-meeting-april-2023/
CATEGORIES:Event in Hawaii,Event on Oahu,Webinar,Zoom meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230517T171500
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230517T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20230127T220412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230127T220413Z
UID:18434-1684343700-1684350000@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Palliative Pupus May 2023
DESCRIPTION:This month we’ll hear about: The theme and presenters for each ‘Palliative Pupus’ is announced one to two weeks prior to the meeting date via our Kōkua Mau eNewsletter. \n\n\n\nWe will continue to meet virtually on zoom in 2023 \n\n\n\nHow does Palliative Pupus work?\n\n\n\nThe model is an informal\, interactive\, collegial\, pau hana to present and discuss challenging cases as a group. Palliative Pupus is for clinicians in a variety of fields: doctors\, nurses\, social workers\, chaplains. \n\n\n\nWhat is Palliative Pupus?\n\n\n\nOur first successful Palliative Pupus meeting was held November 17\, 2010 and has since become a bi-monthly event every third Wednesday of the month. (Except November due to Thanksgiving) \n\n\n\nIf you are not receiving our eNewsletter yet\, please subscribe here and we will keep you informed.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/palliative-pupus-may-2023/
CATEGORIES:Event in Hawaii,Event on Oahu,Palliative Case Study,Palliative Pupus,Webinar,Zoom meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230525T150000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230525T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20230127T221258Z
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UID:18441-1685026800-1685034000@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Canceled Kokua Mau Meeting May 2023
DESCRIPTION:Our meeting for May 25\, 2023 is canceled. See you in June! \n\n\n\nPlease join us for our Virtual Monthly Meeting on zoom\, to learn\, laugh\, mingle and network. Subscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins for the specific month. As the date draws close and the speakers or topics are confirmed we will post it here. \n\n\n\nA recording of many of our meetings are available on our YouTube channel\, in case you might have missed it. \n\n\n\nQuick overview: YouTube Channel additions\n\n\n\n\nThe good\, the bad\, and the uncertain in Hawaii’s proposed Uniform Health Care Decisions Act\n\n\n\nAn Ecosystem of Advance Care Planning with Jessica Zan\n\n\n\nPreparing Healthcare Providers for Age-Friendly Patient Empowerment\n\n\n\nCAPC’s Serious Illness Scorecard How is Hawai’i doing?\n\n\n\nWhat Matters to Older NativeHawaiians? A Qualitative Study of Care Preferences\n\n\n\nWhat is a Death Doula? \n\n\n\nAdvance Care Planning for Native Hawaiian Kūpuna with Puni Kekauoha\n\n\n\nInnovations in Advance Care Planning\n\n\n\nKōkua Mauʻs Palliative Care Awareness Committee\n\n\n\nPalliative Care PR: Exploring new message strategies\n\n\n\n2023 ACT Index Report and what this data means for Hawaii\n\n\n\nGrieving Lahaina: Past and Present\n\n\n\nRadical Death Studies & the Association for Death Education and Counseling\n\n\n\nHighlights Kōkua Mau Activities 2023\n\n\n\nQuick overview Kōkua Mau Website\n\n\n\nNechama: the Jewish Path of Comfort at the End of Life\n\n\n\nUpdates from Maui Hospice about the fires and the community response\n\n\n\nWhat is the Kūpuna Collective?\n\n\n\nImproved Hawaii POLST Form 2023 step-by-step essentials with Dr. Daniel Fischberg\n\n\n\nBereavement Network of Hawaii – What is it?\n\n\n\nCommunity Health Workers and how they can help in serious illness care\n\n\n\nPalliative Care Nursing Education at Chaminade University of Honolulu\n\n\n\nCompassionate Care and Evidence-Based Practice: Is it possible for them to co-exist?\n\n\n\nOhana Pacific Medical a Medical Clinic in Your Home\n\n\n\nAdvance Care Planning Billing and Coding for Billing Clinicians\n\n\n\nPsychedelic Medicine and Palliative Care: An exploration of old and ancient therapies to address twenty-first century clinical challenges\n\n\n\nA Caregivers Journey with Palliative Care in 3 minutes\n\n\n\nPrognostication and Palliative Care\n\n\n\nLymphaCare Hawaii advocates for cancer survivors who develop lymphedema\n\n\n\nPalliative Care – Extra Support for People with Cancer\n\n\n\nA Caregivers Journey with Palliative Care\n\n\n\nVA Resources for Seriously Ill Veterans in Hawaii\n\n\n\nVeterans Benefits and Entitlements\n\n\n\nPalliative Care Awareness Campaign on Instagram in Hawaii\n\n\n\nAdvance Care Planning Innovations in Community Outreach in Hawaii\n\n\n\nUpdate on POLST nationally\, new documents and the national POLST Form\n\n\n\nAn Update on Hawaii’s Our Care Our Choice Act\n\n\n\nInnovations in Palliative Care\n\n\n\nHelp with stress and and anxiety in COVID-19 times – Thought Field Therapy (TFT)\n\n\n\nFunerals and Memorials in the times of COVID-19\n\n\n\nMapping Palliative Care in the State of Hawaii\n\n\n\nPalliative Care Summit in Hawaii 2020\n\n\n\nAdvance Care Planning in the time of COVID-19 in Hawaii\n\n\n\nQuestions about Medicare? – The ABCD’s of Medicare explained\n\n\n\nHow to Help Your Older Parent
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/kokua-mau-meeting-may-2023/
CATEGORIES:Event in Hawaii,Event on Oahu,Kokua Mau Training,Monthly Meeting,Webinar,Zoom meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230629T150000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230629T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20230425T025345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230627T021658Z
UID:18657-1688050800-1688058000@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Kokua Mau Meeting POLST Improvements
DESCRIPTION:Please notice June has 5 Thursdays and we meet on the last Thursday of the month \n\n\n\nWe are very pleased to announce that our Hawaiʻi POLST form is getting some improvements.   \n\n\n\nWith input from local key informants and reviewing the national POLST form and changes made in other states\, the Statewide POLST Task Force agreed on some improvements to our Hawaiʻi POLST Form.   \n\n\n\nPlease join us at the June 29 Kōkua Mau meeting at 3pm to learn about the changes.  \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nDr. Daniel Fischberg – Improvements to the POLST form \n\n\n\nDr. Libby Char – POLST and First Responders\n\n\n\nDr. Sarah Racsa – POLST and out-of-hospital situations\n\n\n\n\n\nQ&A \n\n\n\n\nThe new form will be up on the website by June 29.   \n\n\n\nRegister in advance for the June monthly meeting. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email with details on how to join the zoom meeting. \n\n\n\nRemember that current POLST forms are still valid and we encourage you to use the newest version when it is ready.  To read more about POLST visit our website at: kokuamau.org/polst \n\n\n\nTo help educate the community about these changes\, we look to you for help.  We will be uploading the recording of the session to our website\, which you can share with colleagues.  If you would like a short article for an in-house newsletter to highlight the changes and the importance of POLST\, please let us know. \n\n\n\nA recording of many of our meetings are available on our YouTube channel\, in case you might have missed it. \n\n\n\nQuick overview: YouTube Channel\n\n\n\n\nThe good\, the bad\, and the uncertain in Hawaii’s proposed Uniform Health Care Decisions Act\n\n\n\nAn Ecosystem of Advance Care Planning with Jessica Zan\n\n\n\nPreparing Healthcare Providers for Age-Friendly Patient Empowerment\n\n\n\nCAPC’s Serious Illness Scorecard How is Hawai’i doing?\n\n\n\nWhat Matters to Older NativeHawaiians? A Qualitative Study of Care Preferences\n\n\n\nWhat is a Death Doula? \n\n\n\nAdvance Care Planning for Native Hawaiian Kūpuna with Puni Kekauoha\n\n\n\nInnovations in Advance Care Planning\n\n\n\nKōkua Mauʻs Palliative Care Awareness Committee\n\n\n\nPalliative Care PR: Exploring new message strategies\n\n\n\n2023 ACT Index Report and what this data means for Hawaii\n\n\n\nGrieving Lahaina: Past and Present\n\n\n\nRadical Death Studies & the Association for Death Education and Counseling\n\n\n\nHighlights Kōkua Mau Activities 2023\n\n\n\nQuick overview Kōkua Mau Website\n\n\n\nNechama: the Jewish Path of Comfort at the End of Life\n\n\n\nUpdates from Maui Hospice about the fires and the community response\n\n\n\nWhat is the Kūpuna Collective?\n\n\n\nImproved Hawaii POLST Form 2023 step-by-step essentials with Dr. Daniel Fischberg\n\n\n\nBereavement Network of Hawaii – What is it?\n\n\n\nCommunity Health Workers and how they can help in serious illness care\n\n\n\nPalliative Care Nursing Education at Chaminade University of Honolulu\n\n\n\nCompassionate Care and Evidence-Based Practice: Is it possible for them to co-exist?\n\n\n\nOhana Pacific Medical a Medical Clinic in Your Home\n\n\n\nAdvance Care Planning Billing and Coding for Billing Clinicians\n\n\n\nPsychedelic Medicine and Palliative Care: An exploration of old and ancient therapies to address twenty-first century clinical challenges\n\n\n\nA Caregivers Journey with Palliative Care in 3 minutes\n\n\n\nPrognostication and Palliative Care\n\n\n\nLymphaCare Hawaii advocates for cancer survivors who develop lymphedema\n\n\n\nPalliative Care – Extra Support for People with Cancer\n\n\n\nA Caregivers Journey with Palliative Care\n\n\n\nVA Resources for Seriously Ill Veterans in Hawaii\n\n\n\nVeterans Benefits and Entitlements\n\n\n\nPalliative Care Awareness Campaign on Instagram in Hawaii\n\n\n\nAdvance Care Planning Innovations in Community Outreach in Hawaii\n\n\n\nUpdate on POLST nationally\, new documents and the national POLST Form\n\n\n\nAn Update on Hawaii’s Our Care Our Choice Act\n\n\n\nInnovations in Palliative Care\n\n\n\nHelp with stress and and anxiety in COVID-19 times – Thought Field Therapy (TFT)\n\n\n\nFunerals and Memorials in the times of COVID-19\n\n\n\nMapping Palliative Care in the State of Hawaii\n\n\n\nPalliative Care Summit in Hawaii 2020\n\n\n\nAdvance Care Planning in the time of COVID-19 in Hawaii\n\n\n\nQuestions about Medicare? – The ABCD’s of Medicare explained\n\n\n\nHow to Help Your Older Parent
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/kokua-mau-meeting-june-2023/
CATEGORIES:Event in Hawaii,Event on Oahu,Monthly Meeting,Zoom meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230719T120000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230719T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20230425T024938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230425T024939Z
UID:18654-1689768000-1689782400@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:HPH Advance Care Planning Class July 2023
DESCRIPTION:This class is offered for physicians\, nurses\, social workers and other clinicians. It promotes ACP introductions and will review key elements and processes related to ACP\, Advance Directives and POLST in the clinic. \n\n\n\nCourse Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nApply ACP resources to promote advance care planning discussions.\n\n\n\nPromote patients’ knowledge of advance directives including healthcare power of attorney designation.\n\n\n\nIdentify the differences between an Advance Directive and Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) and implement correct documentation of these documents.\n\n\n\nImplement and standardize ACP processes.\n\n\n\nIdentify the Hawai‘i requirements of Medical Aid in Dying\, Our Care\, Our Choice Act.\n\n\n\nEngage the multi-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.\n\n\n\n\nWed July 19Noon to 4 PM \n\n\n\nFirst Insurance Center (FIC)862 South Beretania Street\, FIC 970Honolulu \n\n\n\nOther dates: Wed 10/18\, Wed\, 12/6 \n\n\n\nRegistration: HPH Employees: Manager’s Approval is required prior to registering AND register online through the HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in the Catalog: ACP; Select Course: HPH – Advance Care Planning (ACP) Class. \n\n\n\nNon-HPH Participants: Register by emailing Michelle Cantillo\, RN\, HPH ACP Coordinator at michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/hph-advance-care-planning-class-july-2023/
CATEGORIES:Event in Hawaii,Event on Oahu
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230719T171500
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230719T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20230127T220844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230718T184006Z
UID:18436-1689786900-1689793200@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Palliative Pupus July 2023
DESCRIPTION:This month we’ll hear about: The theme and presenters for each ‘Palliative Pupus’ is announced one to two weeks prior to the meeting date via our Kōkua Mau eNewsletter. \n\n\n\nWe will continue to meet virtually on zoom in 2023 \n\n\n\nThis month’s case involves the withdrawl of a vent at home and the unique challenges and polices to help patients die at home with their loved ones. \n\n\n\nHow does Palliative Pupus work?\n\n\n\nThe model is an informal\, interactive\, collegial\, pau hana to present and discuss challenging cases as a group. Palliative Pupus is for clinicians in a variety of fields: doctors\, nurses\, social workers\, chaplains. \n\n\n\nWhat is Palliative Pupus?\n\n\n\nOur first successful Palliative Pupus meeting was held November 17\, 2010 and has since become a bi-monthly event every third Wednesday of the month. (Except November due to Thanksgiving) \n\n\n\nIf you are not receiving our eNewsletter yet\, please subscribe here and we will keep you informed.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/palliative-pupus-july-2023/
CATEGORIES:Event in Hawaii,Event on Oahu,Palliative Case Study,Palliative Pupus,Webinar,Zoom meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230812T093000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230812T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20230810T035634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T035636Z
UID:19179-1691832600-1691839800@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Project Dana’s Public Presentation Meetings
DESCRIPTION:Kōkua Mauʻs own Hope Young\, Advance care Coordinator:The Conversation on Advance Care Planning (ACP) \n\n\n\nSat Aug 129:30 am to 11:30 amZoom and Waipahu Hongwanji Buddhist Temple \n\n\n\n94-821 Kuhaulua Street\, Waipahu\, HI 96797 \n\n\n\nPart 1: Learn that it is much more than completing one’s Advance Directive: it also includes the ongoing discussions we have with our loved one concerning our decisions for future healthcare. \n\n\n\nZoom links will be provided by inquiry. Please call or e-mail if you are interested on attending public presentations or need more information about the program: Maria Morales\, Program Coordinator (808) 945-3736 cgsg@projectdana.org
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/project-danas-public-presentation-meetings/
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230920T171500
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230920T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20230909T054651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230909T054757Z
UID:19209-1695230100-1695236400@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Palliative Pupus Sept 2023
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join us for Palliative Pupus on zoom\, our exciting local networking and clinical education opportunity. If you are involved with palliative care cases or would like to learn what palliative care actually is\, you are invited. \n\n\n\nWed. Sept 205:15 pm – 7:00 pm
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/palliative-pupus-sept-2023/
CATEGORIES:Event in Hawaii,Event on Oahu,Palliative Pupus,Zoom meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230928T150000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20230928T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20230909T055221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231018T183536Z
UID:19212-1695913200-1695920400@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Kokua Mau Meeting Sept 2023
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our Virtual Monthly Meeting on zoom\, to learn\, laugh\, mingle and network.  \n\n\n\nSeptember 28 at our Kōkua Mau meeting when we will hear updates from Hospice Maui from Melanie Dwyer and about the amazing work of the Kupuna Collective. \n\n\n\nPlease join us for a chance to hear updates and network. We will be starting with updates from Hospice Maui. Melanie Dwyer\, CEO\, will be sharing about their experiences in the fire and its aftermath including their plans for the future. \n\n\n\nCome hear more about the Kūpuna Collective and the history of what this group did to make sure elders weren’t left behind during the pandemic\, what they do now to convene a diversity of organizers across the aging network\, and some ongoing collective efforts aimed at ensuring Hawai‘i is a place where our elders not just survive but flourish. \n\n\n\nLindsey Ilagan\, Program Manager for Kūpuna Initiatives at the Hawai‘i Public Health Institute. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, Chapman University\, and Kamehameha Schools. She values working with community partners to address drivers of health inequity\, particularly among Kānaka ʻŌiwi.  \n\n\n\nKiara Bacasen is an AmeriCorps VISTA working for the Kūpuna Collective. She is from Baguio Philippines and San Diego California\, and is a graduate of Stanford University. Community based organizing has always been at the core of what she does and she takes any chance to uplift community efforts and community voices wherever they need to go. \n\n\n\nThur Sept 293 – 4:30 pm \n\n\n\nSubscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins. A recording of many of our meetings are available on our YouTube channel\, in case you might have missed it.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/kokua-mau-meeting-sept-2023/
CATEGORIES:Event in Hawaii,Event on Oahu,Monthly Meeting,Professional Development,Zoom meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20231010T120000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20231010T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20230925T144205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230925T144206Z
UID:19218-1696939200-1696955400@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Advance Care Planning Classes Honolulu
DESCRIPTION:This class is offered for physicians\, nurses\, social workers and other clinicians. It promotes ACP introductions and will review key elements and processes related to ACP\, Advance Directives and POLST in the clinic. \n\n\n\nCourse Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nApply ACP resources to promote advance care planning discussions.\n\n\n\nPromote patients’ knowledge of advance directives including healthcare power of attorney designation.\n\n\n\nIdentify the differences between an Advance Directive and Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) and implement correct documentation of these documents.\n\n\n\nImplement and standardize ACP processes.\n\n\n\nIdentify the Hawai‘i requirements of Medical Aid in Dying\, Our Care\, Our Choice Act.\n\n\n\nEngage the multi-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.\n\n\n\n\nWed Oct 18Noon to 4 PM \n\n\n\nFirst Insurance Center (FIC)862 South Beretania Street\, FIC 970Honolulu HI \n\n\n\nOther future date: Wed\, 12/6 \n\n\n\nRegistration: HPH Employees: Manager’s Approval is required prior to registering AND register online through the HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in the Catalog: ACP; Select Course: HPH – Advance Care Planning (ACP) Class. \n\n\n\nNon-HPH Participants: Register by emailing Michelle Cantillo\, RN\, HPH ACP Coordinator at michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/advance-care-planning-classes-honolulu/
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20231016T120000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20231016T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20230810T024940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230907T064400Z
UID:19176-1697457600-1697463000@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Nechama: The Jewish Path of Comfort at the End of Life
DESCRIPTION:Chevra Kadisha Hawaii and Kōkua Mau invite you to Nechama: the Jewish Path of Comfort at the End of Life.  Zoom details in our flyer. \n\n\n\nThere is a Jewish understanding that runs deeper than religious belief\, a guide for both the dying and the living. The annual ceremonial cycle includes a collective life review in recognition of personal mortality\, remembrance of ancestors and comfort for mourners.  Although there are many different ways to interpret and express our Jewish identity\, it supports us during times of transition. \n\n\n\nPlease join us for a webinar with Holly Blue Hawkins a Natural Deathcare advocate\, educator\, community organizer\, cemeterian\, author and poet who provides education and training to both Jewish and non-Jewish audiences. \n\n\n\nHolly Blue is a Natural Deathcare advocate\, educator\, community organizer\, cemeterian\, author and poet. In 2022 she co-created and launched two twelve-module courses on the subject of Natural Burial: in partnership with Lee Webster The Green Burial Master Class; and with David Zinner Jewish And Green: Cemetery Management For The 21st Century. As Gamliel Institute graduate and retired faculty\, Final Passages graduate\, member of the Conservation Burial Alliance\, Rosha Chevra Kadisha (Head of Jewish Burial Society)\, past member of the Board of Trustees of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of California and independent consultant. \n\n\n\nWith over 40 years of experience in end-of-life subjects\, Holly Blue provides education and training to both Jewish and secular audiences. She has visited countless natural burial sites from England to Hawaiʻi\, presented at international conferences\, trained home funeral guides\, consulted with cemetery management and mortuary personnel\, taught community college extension courses and is a passionate advocate for environmentally sustainable and culturally-sensitive burial practices.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/nechama-the-jewish-path-of-comfort-at-the-end-of-life/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20231111T080000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20231111T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20230929T165200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230501T215345Z
UID:18683-1699689600-1699720200@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Advance Directives and Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Facilitator Training
DESCRIPTION:This training is offered for nurses\, physicians\, social workers and other clinicians and focuses on communication skills to improve ACP discussions. The class will review key elements and processes related to ACP\, advance directives and POLST development.Course Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nApply advance care planning resources to promote ACP discussions\n\n\n\nEngage the multi-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning\n\n\n\nPromote patients’ knowledge of advance directives including health care power of attorney designation\n\n\n\nImplement correct documentation of POLST-CPR\, DNAR\, full and limited treatment\, time-limited trials and comfort care\n\n\n\nPromote correct process of ACP documents-access and utilization in your organization\n\n\n\nIdentify end-of-life options including Hawai‘i requirements on Medical Aid in Dying\, Our Care\, Our Choice Act\n\n\n\n\nFirst Insurance Center (FIC) 862 South Beretania StreetHonolulu\, HI0800-1630 \n\n\n\nFor CE information please download the PDF flyer \n\n\n\nAlternate dates: Aug– Wed 8/2/2023 FIC 970\, Nov – Tue 11/7/2023 FIC 970  \n\n\n\nRegistration: HPH employees: Manager’s approval is required prior to registering AND register online through HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in catalog: Advance Care Planning or POLST; Select course: HPH – Advance Care Planning\, Advance Directives and Facilitator Certification. \n\n\n\nRegister online: https://www.hawaiipacifichealth.org/health-wellness/continuing-education/Contact Michelle Cantillo\, RN\, HPH ACP Coordinator at 808-535-7874 or via email michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org for any questions.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/advance-directives-and-provider-orders-for-life-sustaining-treatment-polst-facilitator-training-4/
CATEGORIES:Event in Hawaii,Event on Oahu,Professional Development,Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20231115T060000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20231115T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20231011T174548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231011T174557Z
UID:19230-1700028000-1700074800@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Palliative Pupus Nov 2023
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join us for Palliative Pupus\, our exciting local networking and clinical education opportunity. If you are involved with palliative care cases or would like to learn what palliative care actually is\, you are invited. \n\n\n\nThe topic will be announced in our November newsletter \n\n\n\nWed. Nov 155:15 pm – 7:00 pm
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/palliative-pupus-nov-2023/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20231130T150000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20231130T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20231011T174301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231011T174302Z
UID:19228-1701356400-1701361800@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Kokua Mau Meeting Nov 2023
DESCRIPTION:We are at a conference at the end of October and our next meeting will be on the 5th Thursday of November. Please mark your calendars\, since we meet at the last Thursday of the month \n\n\n\nThur Nov 303 – 4:30 pm \n\n\n\nPlease join us for our Virtual Monthly Meeting on zoom\, to learn\, laugh\, mingle and network. Subscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins. A recording of many of our meetings are available on our YouTube channel\, in case you might have missed it.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/kokua-mau-meeting-nov-2023/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20231201T180000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20231201T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20231121T001155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231127T224139Z
UID:19290-1701453600-1701460800@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:World AIDS Day 2023
DESCRIPTION:5:50 PM World AIDS DAY slide show \n\n\n\n6 – 7:15 PM Wold Aids Day Ceremony “Fight Stigma; End AIDS!”  \n\n\n\n7:15 – 8:15 pm Reception\, Quilt display\, Special Entertainment \n\n\n\nChurch of the Crossroads1212 University Avenue  \n\n\n\n\nMusic by Hoku-winner Kūpaoa\n\n\n\nHula Performance: “Patchwork Quilt”\n\n\n\nGay Men’s Chorus of Honolulu\n\n\n\nSuzanne Richmond-Crum Award to\n\n\n\nKeiva Lei Cadena\, Kumukahi Health + Wellness\n\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Sanctuary in person or on zoom (World AIDS Day ceremony only on zoom\, please zoom link). \n\n\n\nParking in the churchʻs parking lots is free (note: the varsity parking lot on Coyne St. is not connected to or operated by the church)
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/world-aids-day-2023/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20231206T120000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20231206T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20231113T214029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T214030Z
UID:19266-1701864000-1701878400@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Advance Care Planning Classes
DESCRIPTION:This class is offered for physicians\, nurses\, social workers and other clinicians. It promotes ACP introductions and will review key elements and processes related to ACP\, Advance Directives and POLST in the clinic. \n\n\n\nCourse Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nApply ACP resources to promote advance care planning discussions.\n\n\n\nPromote patients’ knowledge of advance directives including healthcare power of attorney designation.\n\n\n\nIdentify the differences between an Advance Directive and Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) and implement correct documentation of these documents.\n\n\n\nImplement and standardize ACP processes.\n\n\n\nIdentify the Hawai‘i requirements of Medical Aid in Dying\, Our Care\, Our Choice Act.\n\n\n\nEngage the multi-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 6Noon to 4 PM \n\n\n\nFirst Insurance Center (FIC)862 South Beretania Street\, FIC 970 \n\n\n\nRegistration: HPH Employees: Manager’s Approval is required prior to registering AND register online through the HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in the Catalog: ACP; Select Course: HPH – Advance Care Planning (ACP) Class. \n\n\n\nNon-HPH Participants: Register by emailing Michelle Cantillo\, RN\, HPH ACP Coordinator at michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/advance-care-planning-classes/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240117T171500
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240117T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20231213T235409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231213T235502Z
UID:19353-1705511700-1705518000@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Palliative Pupus 2024
DESCRIPTION:Our exciting local bi-monthly networking and clinical education opportunity on zoom.  Come participate in an interactive interdisciplinary story from the cutting edge of hospice and palliative care and mingle with colleagues. If you are involved with palliative care cases\, you are invited. Please tell your colleagues and friends.  \n\n\n\nThe topic and zoom registration link will be announced in our January 2024 newsletter.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/palliative-pupus-2024/
CATEGORIES:Event on Oahu,Zoom meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240125T150000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240125T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20231213T235800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T015601Z
UID:19356-1706194800-1706202000@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Kokua Mau Meeting January 2024
DESCRIPTION:The topic is Palliative Care. We want your feedback how to best message palliative care to your patients\, clients and loved ones. \n\n\n\nWe have some messaging examples and short stories to run by you\, with break out rooms for smaller discussions. Your feedback will help determine palliative care messaging that works for Hawaiʻi. \n\n\n\nPlease join us for our Virtual Monthly Meeting on zoom\, to learn\, laugh\, mingle and network. Subscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins. A recording of many of our meetings are available on our YouTube channel\, in case you might have missed it. \n\n\n\nThursday of the month* from 3 to 5 pm (on zoom)\n\n\n\n\nEach month we have updates about events in the community and one or more guest speakers.\n\n\n\nMeetings are open to all.\n\n\n\nEach month’s topic is announced in our eNewsletter
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/kokua-mau-meeting-january-2024/
CATEGORIES:Event on Oahu,Kokua Mau Training,Monthly Meeting,Webinar,Zoom meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240202T080000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240202T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20231213T234304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231213T234600Z
UID:19344-1706860800-1706891400@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Advance Care Planning (ACP)\, and  POLST Facilitator Training on Kauaʻi 2024
DESCRIPTION:This training is offered for nurses\, physicians\, social workers and other clinicians and focuses on communication skills to improve ACP discussions. The class will review key elements and processes related to ACP\, advance directives and POLST development.
Course Objectives: \n\n\n\nThis training is offered for nurses\, physicians\, social workers and other clinicians and focuses on communication skills to improve ACP discussions. The class will review key elements and processes related to ACP\, advance directives and POLST development.
 \n\n\n\nCourse Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nPromote goals of care discussions by learning effective communication skills to facilitate advance care planning discussions. 
\n\n\n\nEngage the multi-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning. 
\n\n\n\nPromote patients’ knowledge of advance directives including health care power of attorney designation. 
\n\n\n\nImplement correct documentation of POLST-CPR\, DNAR\, full and limited treatment\, time-limited trials and comfort care. \n\n\n\n
Identify processes to access ACP documents in the EMR and required documentation needed for ACP. \n\n\n\nIdentify end-of-life options including Hawaiʻi requirements on Medical Aid in Dying\, Our Care\, Our Choice Act. 
\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2 2024
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. \n\n\n\nWilcox Medical Center3-3420 Kuhio Hwy\, Lihue\, HIConference Room B/C \n\n\n\nRegistration: HPH employees: Manager’s approval is required prior to registering AND register online through HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in catalog: Advance Care Planning or POLST; Select course: HPH – Advance Care Planning\, Advance Directives and Facilitator Certification \n\n\n\nNon HPH participants: Register online or contact Michelle Cantillo\, RN\, HPH ACP Coordinator via email michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/advance-care-planning-acp-advance-directives-and-polst-training-kauai-2024/
CATEGORIES:Kauai,Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240207T170000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240207T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20231213T234921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231213T234922Z
UID:19351-1707325200-1707334200@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Learning from Dr. Mitsuo Aoki: Understanding and working with persons with terminal illness
DESCRIPTION:Introducing a video\, discussion and teaching series focused on working with individuals with serious and terminal illness. \n\n\n\nFebruary 7\, 14\, 21\, 28 &March 6\, 13\, 20\, 275:00 to 7:30 PM
 \n\n\n\nRegistration deadline: 02/04/2024 \n\n\n\nAttend one or all classes in person (limited to 30) or on zoom. All classes are free of charge. Donations are accepted. For more information visit www.mitsaokilegacyfoundation.org \n\n\n\nRegister in advance. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \n\n\n\nRegularly scheduled series is intended for professionals and health care support staff/volunteers. However\, adult community family members are also welcomed to attend. \n\n\n\nThe sessions are based on actual classes of Dr. Aoki teaching filmed in 1987 and two interviews of Dr. Aoki working with Roger who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Kōkua Mau will also present on advanced health care planning.  \n\n\n\nCourse Objectives:  \n\n\n\n\nExplore and manage participant’s own awareness about death and dying and become more comfortable with assisting others during this time of life.\n\n\n\nImplement various skills and methods used to help and support someone who is facing the end-of-life.\n\n\n\nIdentify the importance of rituals and traditions in the grief process.\n\n\n\nEngage with the multi-disciplinary health care and/or community teams to identify methods and techniques to assist a person with accessing resources in order to live during their dying.\n\n\n\nDownload the flyer for details
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/learning-from-dr-mitsuo-aoki-understanding-and-working-with-persons-with-terminal-illness/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240229T150000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240229T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20231215T223934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240205T182228Z
UID:19388-1709218800-1709226000@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:(No) Kokua Mau Monthly Meeting Feb 2024
DESCRIPTION:We will have no Kōkua Mau Meeting in February \n\n\n\nPlease join us for our Virtual Monthly Meeting on zoom\, to learn\, laugh\, mingle and network. Subscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins. A recording of many of our meetings are available on our YouTube channel\, in case you might have missed it. \n\n\n\nThursday of the month* from 3 to 5 pm (on zoom)\n\n\n\n\nEach month we have updates about events in the community and one or more guest speakers.\n\n\n\nMeetings are open to all.\n\n\n\nEach month’s topic is announced in our eNewsletter
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/kokua-mau-monthly-meeting-feb-2024/
CATEGORIES:Event on Oahu,Let's Talk Story,Monthly Meeting,Professional Development,Zoom meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240320T171500
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240320T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20231215T222144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T010027Z
UID:19368-1710954900-1710959400@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Palliative Pupus March 2023 hybrid
DESCRIPTION:We’d like to invite you to our  in person & virtual Palliative Pupus\n\n\n\nIn March 2023 get together in person again as well!\n\n\n\nIn March 2024 we switch to hybrid\, meaning we will meet in person at Queen’s Conference Center and Zoom for everybody who can not join us physically. After that we will alternate bi-monthly to be on Zoom only and hybrid (in person and zoom). \n\n\n\nOur exciting local bi-monthly networking and clinical education opportunity on zoom and starting this month in person again as well.  Come participate in an interactive interdisciplinary story from the cutting edge of hospice and palliative care and mingle with colleagues from all over the islands on zoom. If you are involved with palliative care cases\, you are invited. Please tell your colleagues and friends.  \n\n\n\nThe topic and zoom registration link will be announced in our March 2024 newsletter prior to the meeting. \n\n\n\n\nPalliative Pupus meets in Room 200 on the second floor of the Queen’s Conference Center\n\n\n\nEach meeting’s topic is announced in a Kōkua Mau reminder eNewsletter one week prior to the event\n\n\n\nMore on parking near QCC\n\n\n\n\n\n$5 validated parking at the QCC. Please make sure you get your sticker. \n\n\n\n\nPark for free at the municipal lot on South Beretania (see map below) or you can feed the meter machine across the street at the DOH (which now has a two hour maximum enforced 24 hours). \n\n\n\nhttp://goo.gl/maps/PToQ5
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/palliative-pupus-march-2023-2/
CATEGORIES:Event in Hawaii,Event on Oahu,Palliative Pupus,Professional Development,Webinar,Zoom meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240328T140000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240328T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20240205T182335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T175603Z
UID:19556-1711634400-1711641600@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Kokua Mau Monthly Meeting March 2024
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our Virtual Monthly Meeting on zoom\, to learn\, laugh\, mingle and network.  \n\n\n\nPlease note that we are meeting at 2pm this month for our presenters on EST \n\n\n\nAnd on March 28\, we will have a presentation by the Collective for Radical Death Studies and Association for Death Education and Counseling who approached us to learn more about Hawaiʻi and our unique approach to death\, grief\, loss and remembrance. \n\n\n\nSubscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins. A recording of many of our meetings are available on our YouTube channel\, in case you might have missed it. \n\n\n\nThursday of the month* from 3 to 5 pm (on zoom)\n\n\n\n\nEach month we have updates about events in the community and one or more guest speakers.\n\n\n\nMeetings are open to all.\n\n\n\nEach month’s topic is announced in our eNewsletter
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/kokua-mau-monthly-meeting-march-2024/
CATEGORIES:Event in Hawaii,Event on Oahu,Zoom meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240417T130000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240417T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20240308T000956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240416T212357Z
UID:19663-1713358800-1713364200@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Public Advance Care Planning Classes
DESCRIPTION:Hawai’i Pacific Health is offering free online Advance Care Planning classes. Register and attend with your family and friends to learn the importance of advance care planning. \n\n\n\nKEY AREAS OF DISCUSSION INCLUDE: \n\n\n\n\nWhy it is important to have early conversations on your wishes with your loved ones.\n\n\n\nHow to complete an advance directive\, understanding the role of a health care power of attorney and choosing wisely.\n\n\n\nReviewing the difference between an advance directive and Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) document.\n\n\n\nSharing the information with your loved ones and medical providers.\n\n\n\n\nPLEASE NOTE: At this time\, classes are only available via Zoom virtual classroom. Register with your email address and you will receive a Zoom link. Space is limited. \n\n\n\nRegister today for this free event: HawaiiPacificHealth.org/ACP-Registration. \n\n\n\nOther dates: Tue Aug 20\, 12:30-2p.m. • Wed Oct 2\, 5:30-7p.m. • Tue June 4\, 5:30-7p.m. • Thur Dec 5\, 12:30-2p.m.  \n\n\n\nIf you have further questions\, email Michelle Cantillo\, RN\, Advance Care Planning Coordinator\,at Michelle.Cantillo@HawaiiPacificHealth.org or call 808-643-HOPE and select Option 2 to speak with a navigator to learn more about this class.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/19663/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240425T120000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240425T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20240416T195426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T015747Z
UID:19810-1714046400-1714053600@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Kokua Mau Meeting April 2024 How is Hawaii doing in Serious Illness Care? 
DESCRIPTION:How is Hawaiʻi doing in Serious Illness Care? \n\n\n\nHow do we compare with other states?\n\n\n\nPlease join us for a presentation on the ACT Index by Torrie Fields\, presenting the latest data for Hawaii\, allowing us to track our progress and compare with other states.  \n\n\n\nThur April 25\, 2024 12:00 Noon HST (Please note: we are meet at Noon for our presenters on EST) \n\n\n\n\nRegister in advance for this meeting\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\n\n\nThe ACT Index is composed of 26 measures in 4 domains: Care\, Costs\, Community & Caregivers\, and Communications.  \n\n\n\nC-TAC developed the ACT Index as a tool to evaluate the quality of serious illness care using evidence-based measures. It allows healthcare leaders\, policymakers\, regulators\, communities\, and consumers to track progress towards improving care at the national and state-level and track its progress over time against leaders in different domains and determine the changes needed for care improvement. \n\n\n\nTo learn more visit: https://thectac.org/our-work/measurement/
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/kokua-mau-meeting-april-2024/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240508T080000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20240508T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T083626
CREATED:20240307T235544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240416T210520Z
UID:19660-1715155200-1715185800@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Advance Care Planning (ACP)\, Advance Directives and Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Facilitator Training
DESCRIPTION:This training is offered for nurses\, physicians\, social workers and other clinicians and focuses on communication skills to improve ACP discussions. The class will review key elements and processes related to ACP\, advance directives and POLST development. \n\n\n\nCourse Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nApply advance care planning resources to promote advance care planning discussions.\n\n\n\nEngage the multi-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.\n\n\n\nPromote patients’ knowledge of advance directives including health care power of attorney designation.\n\n\n\nImplement correct documentation of Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)-Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)\, Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR)\, full and limited treatment\, time-limited trials and Comfort Care.\n\n\n\nIdentify processes to access ACP documents in the EMR and required documentation needed for ACP.\n\n\n\nIdentify end-of-life options including Hawai‘i requirements on Medical Aid in Dying\, Our Care\, Our Choice Act.\n\n\n\n\nDownload the flyer \n\n\n\nFirst Insurance Center (FIC) Classroom 970\, Education Department862 South Beretania Street\, Honolulu\, HI 0800-1630 \n\n\n\nOr choose other days to attend: Wed 8/21/2024 Nov – Tue 11/5/2024 \n\n\n\nRegistration: HPH employees: Manager’s approval is required prior to registering AND register online through HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in catalog: Advance Care Planning or POLST; Select course: HPH – Advance Care Planning\, Advance Directives and Facilitator Certification \n\n\n\nNon HPH participants: Register online: https://www.hawaiipacifichealth.org/health-wellness/continuing-education/ or contact Michelle Cantillo\, RN\, HPH ACP Coordinator via email michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/advance-care-planning-acp-advance-directives-and-provider-orders-for-life-sustaining-treatment-polst-facilitator-training-8/
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SUMMARY:Advance Care Planning (ACP) Advance Directives and Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Facilitator Training Kauaʻi 2024
DESCRIPTION:This training on Kauaʻi is offered for nurses\, physicians\, social workers and other clinicians and focuses on communication skills to improve ACP discussions. The class will review key elements and processes related to ACP\, advance directives and POLST development. \n\n\n\nCourse Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nApply advance care planning resources to promote advance care planning discussions.\n\n\n\nEngage the multi-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.\n\n\n\nPromote patients’ knowledge of advance directives\, including healthcare Power of Attorney designation.\n\n\n\nImplement correct documentation of Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)-Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)\, Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR)\, full and limited treatment\, time-limited trials and Comfort Care.\n\n\n\nPromote correct process of ACP documents\, access and utilization in your organization.\n\n\n\nIdentify end-of-life options including Hawaiʻi’ requirements on Medical Aid in Dying\, Our Care\, Our Choice Act.\n\n\n\n\nWilcox Medical Center 3-3420Kuhio Hwy Conference Room B/C Wednesday\,Wed May 158:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Registration: HPH employees: Manager’s approval is required prior to registering AND register online through HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in catalog: Advance Care Planning or POLST; Select course: HPH – Advance Care Planning\, Advance Directives and Facilitator Certification \n\n\n\nNon HPH participants: Register with Michelle Cantillo\, RN\, HPH ACP Coordinator via email: michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/advance-care-planning-acp-advance-directives-and-provider-orders-for-life-sustaining-treatment-polst-facilitator-training-kaua%ca%bbi-2024/
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