World AIDS Day 2023
2023-12-01 18:00 - 20:00 (Pacific/Honolulu)
5:50 PM World AIDS DAY slide show

6 – 7:15 PM Wold Aids Day Ceremony “Fight Stigma; End AIDS!”

7:15 – 8:15 pm Reception, Quilt display, Special Entertainment

Church of the Crossroads1212 University Avenue

Music by Hoku-winner Kūpaoa

Hula Performance: “Patchwork Quilt”

Gay Men’s Chorus of Honolulu

Suzanne Richmond-Crum Award to

Keiva Lei Cadena, Kumukahi Health + Wellness

Join us in the Sanctuary in person or on zoom (World AIDS Day ceremony only on zoom, please zoom link).

Parking in the churchʻs parking lots is free (note: the varsity parking lot on Coyne St. is not connected to or operated by the church)

Advance Care Planning Classes
2023-12-06 12:00 - 16:00
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.

Course Objectives:

Apply ACP resources to promote advance care planning discussions.

Promote patients’ knowledge of advance directives including healthcare power of attorney designation.

Identify the differences between an Advance Directive and Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) and implement correct documentation of these documents.

Implement and standardize ACP processes.

Identify the Hawai‘i requirements of Medical Aid in Dying, Our Care, Our Choice Act.

Engage the multi-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.

Wed Dec 6Noon to 4 PM

First Insurance Center (FIC)862 South Beretania Street, FIC 970

Registration: 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.

Non-HPH Participants: Register by emailing Michelle Cantillo, RN, HPH ACP Coordinator at michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org.

Palliative Pupus 2024
2024-01-17 17:15 - 19:00
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.

The topic and zoom registration link will be announced in our January 2024 newsletter.

Kokua Mau Meeting January 2024
2024-01-25 15:00 - 17:00
The topic is Palliative Care. We want your feedback how to best message palliative care to your patients, clients and loved ones.

﻿We 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.

Please 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.

Thursday of the month* from 3 to 5 pm (on zoom)

Each month we have updates about events in the community and one or more guest speakers.

Meetings are open to all.

Each month’s topic is announced in our eNewsletter

Advance Care Planning (ACP), and POLST Facilitator Training on Kauaʻi 2024
2024-02-02 08:00 - 16:30
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:

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:

Promote goals of care discussions by learning effective communication skills to facilitate advance care planning discussions.

Engage the multi-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.

Promote patients’ knowledge of advance directives including health care power of attorney designation.

Implement correct documentation of POLST-CPR, DNAR, full and limited treatment, time-limited trials and comfort care.

Identify processes to access ACP documents in the EMR and required documentation needed for ACP.

Identify end-of-life options including Hawaiʻi requirements on Medical Aid in Dying, Our Care, Our Choice Act.

Fri Feb 2 2024 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Wilcox Medical Center3-3420 Kuhio Hwy, Lihue, HIConference Room B/C

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

Non HPH participants: Register online or contact Michelle Cantillo, RN, HPH ACP Coordinator via email michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org.

Learning from Dr. Mitsuo Aoki: Understanding and working with persons with terminal illness
2024-02-07 17:00 - 19:30
Introducing a video, discussion and teaching series focused on working with individuals with serious and terminal illness.

February 7, 14, 21, 28 &March 6, 13, 20, 275:00 to 7:30 PM

Registration deadline: 02/04/2024

Attend 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

Register in advance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Regularly scheduled series is intended for professionals and health care support staff/volunteers. However, adult community family members are also welcomed to attend.

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.

Course Objectives:

Explore and manage participant’s own awareness about death and dying and become more comfortable with assisting others during this time of life.

Implement various skills and methods used to help and support someone who is facing the end-of-life.

Identify the importance of rituals and traditions in the grief process.

Engage 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.

Download the flyer for details

(No) Kokua Mau Monthly Meeting Feb 2024
2024-02-29 15:00 - 17:00
We will have no Kōkua Mau Meeting in February

Please 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.

Thursday of the month* from 3 to 5 pm (on zoom)

Each month we have updates about events in the community and one or more guest speakers.

Meetings are open to all.

Each month’s topic is announced in our eNewsletter

Palliative Pupus March 2023 hybrid
2024-03-20 17:15 - 18:30
We’d like to invite you to our in person & virtual Palliative Pupus

In March 2023 get together in person again as well!

In 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).

Our 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.

The topic and zoom registration link will be announced in our March 2024 newsletter prior to the meeting.

Palliative Pupus meets in Room 200 on the second floor of the Queen’s Conference Center

Each meeting’s topic is announced in a Kōkua Mau reminder eNewsletter one week prior to the event

More on parking near QCC

$5 validated parking at the QCC. Please make sure you get your sticker.

Park 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).

http://goo.gl/maps/PToQ5

Kokua Mau Monthly Meeting March 2024
2024-03-28 14:00 - 16:00
Please join us for our Virtual Monthly Meeting on zoom, to learn, laugh, mingle and network.

Please note that we are meeting at 2pm this month for our presenters on EST

And 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.

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.

Thursday of the month* from 3 to 5 pm (on zoom)

Each month we have updates about events in the community and one or more guest speakers.

Meetings are open to all.

Each month’s topic is announced in our eNewsletter

Public Advance Care Planning Classes
2024-04-17 13:00 - 14:30
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.

KEY AREAS OF DISCUSSION INCLUDE:

Why it is important to have early conversations on your wishes with your loved ones.

How to complete an advance directive, understanding the role of a health care power of attorney and choosing wisely.

Reviewing the difference between an advance directive and Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) document.

Sharing the information with your loved ones and medical providers.

PLEASE 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.

Register today for this free event: HawaiiPacificHealth.org/ACP-Registration.

Other 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.

If 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.

Kokua Mau Meeting April 2024 How is Hawaii doing in Serious Illness Care?
2024-04-25 12:00 - 14:00
How is Hawaiʻi doing in Serious Illness Care?

How do we compare with other states?

Please 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.

Thur April 25, 2024 12:00 Noon HST (Please note: we are meet at Noon for our presenters on EST)

Register in advance for this meeting

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The ACT Index is composed of 26 measures in 4 domains: Care, Costs, Community & Caregivers, and Communications.

C-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.

To learn more visit: https://thectac.org/our-work/measurement/

Advance Care Planning (ACP), Advance Directives and Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Facilitator Training
2024-05-08 08:00 - 16:30
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:

Apply advance care planning resources to promote advance care planning discussions.

Engage the multi-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.

Promote patients’ knowledge of advance directives including health care power of attorney designation.

Implement 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.

Identify processes to access ACP documents in the EMR and required documentation needed for ACP.

Identify end-of-life options including Hawai‘i requirements on Medical Aid in Dying, Our Care, Our Choice Act.

Download the flyer

First Insurance Center (FIC) Classroom 970, Education Department862 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 0800-1630

Or choose other days to attend: Wed 8/21/2024 Nov – Tue 11/5/2024

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

Non 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.

Advance Care Planning (ACP) Advance Directives and Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Facilitator Training Kauaʻi 2024
2024-05-15 08:00 - 16:30
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.

Course Objectives:

Apply advance care planning resources to promote advance care planning discussions.

Engage the multi-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.

Promote patients’ knowledge of advance directives, including healthcare Power of Attorney designation.

Implement 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.

Promote correct process of ACP documents, access and utilization in your organization.

Identify end-of-life options including Hawaiʻi’ requirements on Medical Aid in Dying, Our Care, Our Choice Act.

Wilcox 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

Non HPH participants: Register with Michelle Cantillo, RN, HPH ACP Coordinator via email: michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org

Palliative Pupus May 2023
2024-05-15 17:15 - 18:30
We’d like to invite you to our virtual only Palliative Pupus in May

Palliative Pupus is a unique opportunity to hear about a palliative care case. It is good for palliative care practitioners to learn and increase skills. It is also an excellent opportunity to learn about what palliative care really is and what our amazing colleagues actually do. Cases usually involve a range of practitioners including doctor, nurse, chaplain and social workers and cover physical, emotion and spiritual issues.

We are constantly impressed by how our colleagues go the extra mile to care for patients and families so please come to learn and invite colleagues. Especially as we are building the capacity to provide palliative care across the state, this is an excellent opportunity.

This month: Join us for a discussion about a young patient who benefited from home-based and inpatient palliative care as she initially beat the odds with cutting edge oncologic therapy prior to fulfilling her end-of-life wishes.

We will continue to meet virtually on zoom in 2024. In addition we meet every second month in person at the QCC and offer a hybrid zoom format. To include neighbor islands we will remain on zoom in a hybrid format.

The topic and zoom registration link will be announced in our 2024 newsletter prior to the meeting.

Kokua Mau Monthly Meeting May 2024
2024-05-30 15:00 - 17:00
Please 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.

Last Thursday of the month from 3 to 5 pm (on zoom)

Each month we have updates about events in the community and one or more guest speakers.

Meetings are open to all.

Each month’s topic is announced in our eNewsletter

Advance Care Planning for Healthcare Professionals Virtual Class
2024-06-19 12:30 - 15:00
This Zoom class is offered for providers, nurses, social workers, and other health care professionals to promote ACP discussions and will review key elements and processes related to ACP, Advance Directives and POLST.

Course Objectives:

Apply advance care planning resources to promote advance care planning discussions.

Identify the differences between the advance directive and Provider Order for Life- Sustaining Treatment (POLST) and implement correct documentation of these documents.

Choose one class to attend from 12:30 – 3:00 p.m.

June – Wed 6/19/2024, July – Tue 7/23/2024, Oct – Thur 10/3/2024

Registration is Limited

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email after approval.

Any questions please contact Michelle Cantillo, RN, HPH ACP Coordinator at 808-535-7874 or via email michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org.

Kokua Mau Monthly Meeting June 2024
2024-06-27 15:00 - 17:00
Great news: Dr. Jared Rubenstein, a pediatric palliative care doctor and medical educator, will be our guest speaker at the Kōkua Mau meeting in June.

Thur June 279 -10:30 am note the earlier time for our speaker in Texas

Register in advance for this meeting

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Dr. Rubenstein is a wonderfully engaging speaker who is using innovative approaches to helping people communicate about challenging topics in healthcare. He is passionate about teaching all healthcare workers how to incorporate palliative care into their work, and increasing public education about palliative care. He was also recently named by AAHPM as an Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Care.

Dr. Rubenstein uses a series of animated videos and social media to start conversations about challenging topics in health care, including palliative care, racism, mental health, and gender equity. To date, his videos have been viewed more than 200,000 times, and are used internationally for education and advocacy.

His first video, Palliative Care: We’re the fire department not the fire, has been seen over 59,000 times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbNi_-wYXJE

You can explore his YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@DrJRubenstein/videos

And here is a link to his website: https://www.jaredrubensteinmd.com/

Last Thursday of the month from 3 to 5 pm (on zoom)

Each month we have updates about events in the community and one or more guest speakers.

Meetings are open to all.

Each month’s topic is announced in our eNewsletter

Palliative Pupus July 2023 hybrid
2024-07-17 17:15 - 18:30
In July 2023 get together in person again as well!

In July: Kaiser will be presenting and we will hear how a palliative care team worked to resolve conflicts over goals of care for a patient with a poor prognosis and without a designated decision-maker.

Since March 2024 we switched to hybrid, meaning we will meet in person at Queen’s Conference Center and Zoom for everybody who can not join us physically. We alternate bi-monthly to be on Zoom only and hybrid (in person and zoom).

Our 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.

The topic and zoom registration link will be announced in our July 2024 newsletter prior to the meeting.

Palliative Pupus meets in Room 200 on the second floor of the Queen’s Conference Center

Each meeting’s topic is announced in a Kōkua Mau reminder eNewsletter one week prior to the event

More on parking near QCC

Park 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).

http://goo.gl/maps/PToQ5

Advance Care Planning for Healthcare Professionals Virtual Class
2024-07-23 12:30 - 15:00
This Zoom class is offered for providers, nurses, social workers, and other health care professionals to promote ACP discussions and will review key elements and processes related to ACP, Advance Directives and POLST.

Course Objectives:

Apply advance care planning resources to promote advance care planning discussions.

Identify the differences between the advance directive and Provider Order for Life- Sustaining Treatment (POLST) and implement correct documentation of these documents.

Choose one class to attend from 12:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Next date: Oct – Thur 10/3

Zoom Registration is Limited

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email after approval.

Any questions please contact Michelle Cantillo, RN, HPH ACP Coordinator at 808-535-7874 or via email michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org.

Resources for Living & Thriving in Older Adulthood
2024-07-24 10:00 - 13:00 | Temple Emanu-El, 2550 Pali Hwy, Honolulu, HI, 96817, United States
Jewish Community Speaker Series Presents: “Resources for Living & Thriving in Older Adulthood”

Wed. July 2410am to 1:00 PMTemple Emanu-El – Social Hall2550 Pali Hwy. Nuʻuanu

Program schedule:

11:00 – 11:30: Coffee & Socializing11:30 – 12:30: Panel Presentation & Discussion (live-streamed on Temple website)12:30 – 1:00: Light lunch

RSVP for complimentary lunch to danweiss0312@gmail.com

Panelists:

Nicole Coglietta, LSW – Co-Founder, CareSift for Seniors

Jeannette Koijane, MPH – Executive Director, Kōkua Mau (Moderator)

Mimi Lind, LCSW – Executive Director, Jewish Community Services of HI

Dan Weiss, DNP, RN, CHPN – Long-time Home Health, Palliative & Hospice Nurse & Adjunct Nursing Faculty at Chaminade University of Honolulu

Download the flyer

Kokua Mau Monthly Meeting July 2024
2024-07-25 15:00 - 17:00

Kōkua Mau Community Presentation Kailua
2024-08-18 00:00 - 23:59
This is the first of two community presentation requested by and tailor made for Calvary Episcopal Church.

Open to the public.

Kōkua Mau’s Let’s Talk Story Program’s goal is to start and carry on the conversation in familiar settings, breaking the ice to get people talking about uncomfortable but important topics. These conversations encourage and empower people to take action around their own health care wishes and our trained ambassadors allow participants to get answers to questions and understand decisions they may need to make.The Let’s Talk Story program encourages groups to have two sessions. The two-session approach ensures good opportunities for sharing information, reflections, questions and time to talk with loved ones in-between. The two-session model allows time to evaluate follow-up actions.

Kōkua Mau will provide free notary services on Advance Directive

Public Advance Care Planning Classes
2024-08-20 12:30 - 14:00
Hawaiʻi 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.

KEY AREAS OF DISCUSSION INCLUDE:

Why it is important to have early conversations on your wishes with your loved ones.

How to complete an advance directive, understanding the role of a health care power of attorney and choosing wisely.

Reviewing the difference between an advance directive and Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) document.

Sharing the information with your loved ones and medical providers.

PLEASE 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.

Other dates: Wed Oct 2, 5:30-7p.m. • Thur Dec 5, 12:30-2p.m.

Register today for this free event: HawaiiPacificHealth.org/ACP-Registration.

Kōkua Mau Community Presentation Kailua
2024-08-24 00:00 - 23:59
This is the second of two community presentation requested by and tailor made for Calvary Episcopal Church.

Open to the public.

Kōkua Mau’s Let’s Talk Story Program’s goal is to start and carry on the conversation in familiar settings, breaking the ice to get people talking about uncomfortable but important topics. These conversations encourage and empower people to take action around their own health care wishes and our trained ambassadors allow participants to get answers to questions and understand decisions they may need to make.The Let’s Talk Story program encourages groups to have two sessions. The two-session approach ensures good opportunities for sharing information, reflections, questions and time to talk with loved ones in-between. The two-session model allows time to evaluate follow-up actions.

Kōkua Mau will provide free notary services on Advance Directive

Kokua Mau Monthly Meeting August 2024
2024-08-29 15:00 - 17:00
Great news: Dr. Matthew Gonzales, MD FAAHPM, will be our guest speaker at the Kōkua Mau meeting Thursday August 29.

Dr. Gonzales is Associate VP and Chief Medical and Operations Officer at the Providence Institute for Human Caring and will share about their innovative approach to Advance Care Planning that has dramatically increased patient engagement. The Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (CCCC) awarded the Institute For Caring their ACP Innovation Award in 2023 and Dr. Gonzales was a key note speaker at the 2024 Coalition Summit.

Dr. Gonzales will share about their “trusted decision maker” form with only two questions as an easier alternative to a formal advance directive. It is not a legal document, so no witnesses or notary is needed. But for people who don’t have an advance care directive, this quick form could be the next best thing.

“The trusted decision maker form ‘is a good-faith effort to elicit and record people’s choices for who speaks for them and their general preferences for care,’ Dr. Ira Byock, founder and chief medical officer of the Institute for Human Caring, said. ‘The best practice is for all adult patients to have an advance directive on file, but when that’s not possi

Please 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.

Note: August has 5 Thursdays

Last Thursday of the month from 3 to 5 pm (on zoom)

Each month we have updates about events in the community and one or more guest speakers.

Meetings are open to all.

Each month’s topic is announced in our eNewsletter

Advance Care Planning (ACP) Advance Directives and Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Facilitator Training (Kaua'i)
2024-08-30 08:00 - 16:30 | Wilcox Memorial Hospital, 3-3420 Kuhio Hwy, Lihue, HI, 96766, United States
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.

Course objective:

Apply advance care planning resources to promote advance care planning discussions.

Engage the multi-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.

Promote patients’ knowledge of advance directives, including healthcare Power of Attorney designation.

Implement 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.

Promote correct process of ACP documents, access, and utilization in your organization.

Identify end-of-life options including Hawai‘i’ requirements on Medical Aid in Dying, Our Care, Our Choice Act.

Wilcox Medical Center3420 Kuhio Hwy, Lihue, HIConference Room A

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.

Non HPH participants: Register online: https://www.hawaiipacifichealth.org/health-wellness/continuing-education/3971

Any questions, please contact Michelle Cantillo, RN, HPH ACP Coordinator via email: michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org.

Palliative Pupus Sept 2024
2024-09-18 05:15 - 18:30
We’d like to invite you to our virtual Palliative Pupus

In September 2024 we are zoom only.

This month Hospice Maui will present a recent pediatric case that involved a complicated medical transport discharge plan from Kaiser Moanalua NICU to home on Maui and care coordination with the pediatric palliative team on Oʻahu.

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 from all over the islands on zoom. If you are involved with palliative care cases, you are invited. Please tell your colleagues and friends.

We will continue to meet virtually on zoom in 2024. In addition we meet every second month in person at the QCC and offer a hybrid zoom format. To include neighbor islands we will remain on zoom in a hybrid format.

The topic and zoom registration link will be announced in our September newsletter prior to the meeting.

Kokua Mau Monthly Meeting September 2024
2024-09-26 15:00 - 17:00

Public Advance Care Planning Class
2024-10-02 17:30 - 19:00
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.

Wed Oct 25:30-7p.m on zoom

KEY AREAS OF DISCUSSION INCLUDE:

Why it is important to have early conversations on your wishes with your loved ones.

How to complete an advance directive, understanding the role of a health care power of attorney and choosing wisely.

Reviewing the difference between an advance directive and Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) document.

Sharing the information with your loved ones and medical providers.

PLEASE NOTE: At this time, classes are only available via Zoom virtual classroom. Register with your email addressand you will receive a Zoom link. Space is limited.

Other date: Thur Dec 5, 12:30-2p.m.

Register today for this free event: HawaiiPacificHealth.org/ACP-Registration.

Kokua Mau Monthly Meeting October 2024 Canceled
2024-10-31 15:00 - 17:00
The October meeting on Halloween is cancelled for 2024.

Please join us (not for Halloween) 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.

Last Thursday of the month from 3 to 5 pm (on zoom)

Each month’s topic is announced in our eNewsletter

Each month we have updates about events in the community and one or more guest speakers.

Meetings are open to all.

Note: Ocrtober has 5 Thursdays
