Kokua Mau

Palliative Pupus March 2019
2019-03-20 17:15 - 19:30 (Pacific/Honolulu) | The Queens Conference Center (QCC) Auditorium, 510 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States
We’d like to invite you to Palliative Pupus in March 2019
Our exciting local networking and clinical education opportunity: Palliative Pupus.
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.
This month topic is announced in a Kōkua Mau reminder eNewsletter one week prior to the event. If you do not get the Kokua Mau eNewsletter, please sign up.
March 20, 2019
5:15 to 7:00 PM
The Queens Conference Center (QCC) – Room 200
510 S. Beretania Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
If you are unable to attend and would like to call in, please contact us for details. We are so glad that our neighbor island colleagues can join us virtually!

Calling in? Call 808-691-5114 to ask for the bridge line.

Please bring some pupus to share and invite your colleagues. This is a great chance for people who wonder what palliative and hospice care really looks like as we describe and discuss a real person and their journey.
Please note Palliative Pupus participants: There is FREE parking after 4 PM in the municipal lot on South Beretania, just Diamond Head of Queen’s. See our website for a map.
Please join us bi-monthly on the third Wednesday of the month from 5:15 PM – 7:00 pm at Queen’s Conference Center for Palliative Pupus.

Talk to Legislators about the Benefits of Palliative Care
2019-03-20
We will be joining ACS-CAN on March 20 to walk around to visit legislators and talk about the benefit of Palliative Care. If you would like to join us, please let Jeannette know.
Support Palliative Care HB 1447 and SB 804
Good news. Our Palliative Care bills are moving and there is still time to write testimony on why Palliative Care is important!!
This legislative session two bills focusing on Palliative Care are moving through both houses of the state legislature. This bill is a collaboration with Kōkua Mau, the American Cancer Society – Cancer Action Network (ACS-CAN) and the Department of Health.
We will be joining ACS-CAN on March 20 to walk around to visit legislators and talk about the benefit of Palliative Care. If you would like to join us, please let Jeannette know.
Current status of the bills:

SB 804 was heard 2/25 by the Senate’s Ways and Means Committee and was approved to move forward and cross over to the House. It was already heard by the House Committee on Health on Tuesday 3/11.
HB 1447 was heard 2/26 by the House Finance Committee and was approved to crossover to the Senate.

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Ain’t the Way to Die - Advance Care Planning (ACP) Workshop
2019-03-06 08:00 - 16:30
Gain skills on starting and leading ACP Conversations. Because: Everyone has the right to have their wishes known, followed and documented.
Workshops are hosted by QMC and geared to health care professionals having conversations with patients/families as part of their role.
Available 2019 Dates:
8 am -4:30 PM
March 6
June 13
August 13
October 10
Queen’s Conference Center Room 200
1301 Punchbowl Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
No Fee, Lunch on your own
Limited Enrollment
QMC staff Register through Queen’s Intranet
Non-Queen’s individuals please email to register to: lprotzman{at}queens.org
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Continuing Nursing Education Group, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Nursing contact hours 7.41
This program is approved by the National Association of Social Workers – Hawai’i Chapter (Approval HI62792018-507) for up to 7.5 Social Work continuing education contact hours(s).
Contact hours will be awarded after successful attendance of full course, post test and completing course evaluation.

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Ain’t the Way to Die - Advance Care Planning (ACP) Workshop
2019-02-06 08:00 - 16:30
Gain skills on starting and leading ACP Conversations. Because: Everyone has the right to have their wishes known, followed and documented.
Workshops are hosted by QMC and geared to health care professionals having conversations with patients/families as part of their role.
Available 2019 Dates:
February 6
March 6
June 13
August 13
October 10
8 am -4:30 PM
Queen’s Conference Center Room 200
1301 Punchbowl Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
No Fee, Lunch on your own
Limited Enrollment
QMC staff Register through Queen’s Intranet
Non-Queen’s individuals please email to register to: lprotzman{at}queens.org
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Continuing Nursing Education Group, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Nursing contact hours 7.41
This program is approved by the National Association of Social Workers – Hawai’i Chapter (Approval HI62792018-507) for up to 7.5 Social Work continuing education contact hours(s).
Contact hours will be awarded after successful attendance of full course, post test and completing course evaluation.

Download the flyer

KM professional development training LTC Ombudsman
2019-02-06
Professionals Development Training

This training by Kōkua Mau’s Let’s Talk Story Program is requested by and tailor made for LTC Ombudsman. (Not 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.

Save-the-date: End-of-Life Care Options in Hawai‘i - Critical Communications with Seriously Ill Patients and Families
2019-02-02 08:30 - 12:45 | John A. Burns School of Medicine, 651 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States
Update:
Online registration and training begins 5/1/2019, and will remain open until October 31, 2019.
Web-based training: End-of-Life Care Options in Hawai’i
JABSOM just announced a Web-based training: End-of-Life Care Options in Hawai’i available on-line. This is a recording of JABSOM’s Feb 2, 2019 workshop End-of-Life Care Options in Hawaii: Critical Communications with Seriously Ill Patients & Families. This is a recording of the entire 4-hour workshop and can be watched in segments over time.
Course Director: Lee Buenconsejo-Lum, MD
Target Audience: Physicians, APRNs, nurses, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers and pharmacists. Credits Offered: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ – 3.50
CME Tracker will require you to create an account, if you do not already have one. A $15 fee will be processed via Paypal. You will then be directed to a link to view the video. CME will be available for those who complete the post test with a minimum 70% passing score. (CE is not available for SW/NSW at this time.) Any questions, contact Crystal Costa at costaca[at]hawaii.edu.
Option 2 for a very similar workshop
Saturday, February 2, 2019
9:00 am – 12:45 PM
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Medical Ed Bldg, Room 314
651 Ilalo Street,
Honolulu, HI 96813
To register please use the link below. Scroll to End‐of‐Life Care Options in Hawai‘i, click on
the “Register” button and create an account. Fee of $30 includes light refreshments and
parking. Payment is through PayPal. https://cmetracker.net/HMA/Catalog
About The Workshop
The “Our Care, Our Choice Act” takes effect January 1, 2019 in Hawaii. The purpose of this workshop is to help health providers comply with requirements of the law and to provide an immediate, skillful and compassionate response to any patient inquiries they may receive. The workshop will address person-centered care and end-of- life discussions as recommended by the American Medical Association, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, American College of Physicians and other specialty societies.
Objectives
As a result of participating in this workshop, participants will be able to:

Describe critical components of Hawaii Law Act 002 (2018), the “Our Care, Our Choice Act”, including certification requirements by health providers.
Conduct conversations that thoughtfully and compassionately explore end-of-life concerns, goals and options with people who have serious illness.
Access resources and information related to end-of-life care options, including resources specific to Act 002 implementation.

Who Should Attend
This workshop is directed to physicians, advanced practice nurse, nurses, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers and pharmacists within The Queen’s Health System, with emphasis on those who care for patients with serious chronic conditions.
Guest Faculty: Anthony L. Back, MD
Professor, Medicine / Oncology Co-Director, Center for Excellence in Palliative Care Adjunct Professor, Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington Seattle
Hawaii Faculty: Daniel Fischberg, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Pain & Palliative Care The Queen’s Medical Center Professor and Chief, Division of Palliative Medicine Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaii, Honolulu

Registration will be $30 per person

A similar workshop will be held Feb 1 at the QCC

Download the PDF file
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End-of-Life Care Options in Hawaii: Critical communications with seriously ill patients and families
2019-02-01 00:00 - 16:45 | The Queens Conference Center (QCC) Auditorium, 510 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States
Full to capacity. Please register for the workshop at JABSOM on Sat Feb 2
Friday, February 1, 2019
1:00 – 4:45 PM
The Queen’s Conference Center – Auditorium
Note: While the primary audience is the community of Queen’s interdisciplinary providers they welcome an inter-professional audience from the community as well.
About The Workshop
The “Our Care, Our Choice Act” takes effect January 1, 2019 in Hawaii. The purpose of this workshop is to help health providers comply with requirements of the law and to provide an immediate, skillful and compassionate response to any patient inquiries they may receive. The workshop will address person-centered care and end-of- life discussions as recommended by the American Medical Association, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, American College of Physicians and other specialty societies.
Objectives
As a result of participating in this workshop, participants will be able to:

Describe critical components of Hawaii Law Act 002 (2018), the “Our Care, Our Choice Act”, including certification requirements by health providers.
Conduct conversations that thoughtfully and compassionately explore end-of-life concerns, goals and options with people who have serious illness.
Access resources and information related to end-of-life care options, including resources specific to Act 002 implementation.

Who Should Attend
This workshop is directed to physicians, advanced practice nurse, nurses, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers and pharmacists within The Queen’s Health System, with emphasis on those who care for patients with serious chronic conditions.
Guest Faculty: Anthony L. Back, MD
Professor, Medicine / Oncology Co-Director, Center for Excellence in Palliative Care Adjunct Professor, Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington Seattle
Hawaii Faculty: Daniel Fischberg, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Pain & Palliative Care The Queen’s Medical Center Professor and Chief, Division of Palliative Medicine Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaii, Honolulu
Workshop Program

12:15 PM
Registration · Light Lunch

12:55 PM
Welcome

1:00 PM
The “Our Care, Our Choice Act” – Review of Hawaii Law, Daniel Fischberg, MD, PhD

1:20 PM
“Hospice, Palliative Care, and Other End-of-Life Care Options” Anthony Back, MD

2:05 PM
A Skilled and Compassionate Response to Inquiries About the ‘Our Care, Our Choice Act’ – Part 1” (Didactic) Anthony Back, MD

3:10 PM
Break

3:25 PM
“A Skilled & Compassionate Response to Inquiries About the ‘Our Care, Our Choice Act’ – Part 2” (Role Play), Anthony Back, MD

4:15 PM
“Q & A / Discussion” “Recap & Available Resources”, Anthony Back, MD & Daniel Fischberg, MD, PhD

4:45 PM
Adjourn

Workshop Fee: By January 18, 2019 $25. After January 18, 2019 $45

For a full schedule and the registration form please download the PDF file
More on parking near QCC

KM Presentation for Lanakila Senior Enrichment Wahiawa Site
2019-01-30
Community Presentation

This is a community presentation requested by and tailor made for Lanakila Senior Enrichment Wahiawa site. Closed 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.

Advance Care Planning (ACP) Medical Assistant Licensed Practical Nurse Class
2019-01-29 08:00 - 12:00 | Hawaii Pacific Health, 793 S Hotel Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813
This class is offered for medical assistants, licensed practice nurses and other clinicians to promote ACP introductions and will review key elements and processes related to ACP, advance directives and Provider Orders Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) in the clinic.

Course Objectives:

Apply ACP resources to promote advance care planning discussions.Promote patients’ knowledge of advance directives including health care power of attorney designation.Describe the differences between the an Advance Directive and Provider Order for Life- Sustaining Treatment (POLST) and implement correct documentation of these documents.Implement and standardize ACP processes in the clinic.Identify the Hawai‘i requirements of Medical Aid in Dying, Our Care, Our Choice Act.

Hawai‘i Pacific HealthLearning Resource Center, Room 101793 S. Hotel St.

Select one date
to attend:

January – Wednesday, 1/29/2020 Morning class: 8am-12pm April – Thursday, 4/2/2020 Afternoon class: 12:30 – 4:30pmJuly – Thursday, 7/9/2020 Morning class: 8am-12pm October –Tuesday, 10/6/2020 Afternoon class: 12:30 – 4:30 pm

Registration:

HPH employees: Manager’s approval is required prior to registering AND register online through HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in catalog: ACP, or MA; Select course: HPH – Advance Care Planning (ACP) Medical Assistant/Licensed Practical Nurse Class

Non HPH participants: Contact Michelle Cantillo, RN, HPH ACP Coordinator at 808-535-7874 or via email michelle.cantillo(at)hawaiipacifichealth.org for any questions.

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Next Bereavement Network of Hawaii Meeting
2019-01-24 11:00 - 13:00
The next BNOH meeting, hosted by Legacy of Life Hawaii, will be held on
Thursday, January 24, 2019
11am to 1pm
Borthwick Mortuary
1330 Maunakea St.
Honolulu, HI 96817
Please RSVP as soon as possible or by January 17th for the lunch count. Also, please see attached the current BNOH Resource List and send your revisions as soon as possible, or by January 17th.

Advance Care Planning (ACP) Medical Assistant Licensed Practical Nurse Class
2019-01-22 08:00 - 12:00 | Hawaii Pacific Health, 793 S Hotel Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813
This class is offered for medical assistants, licensed practice nurses and other clinicians to promote ACP introductions and will review key elements and processes related to ACP, advance directives and Provider Orders Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) in the clinic.
Course Objectives:

Apply ACP resources to promote advance care planning discussions
Promote patients’ knowledge of advance directives including health care power of
attorney designation
Describe the differences between the an Advance Directive and Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) and implement correct documentation of these documents
Implement and standardize ACP processes in the clinic

Hawai‘i Pacific Health
Learning Resource Center, Room 101
793 S Hotel Street (Next to Straub Medical Center)
Select one date to attend:
January – Tuesday, 1/22/2019 from 8am-12pm
April – Wednesday, 4/10/2019 from 8am-12pm
July – Wednesday, 7/24/2019 from 8am-12pm
October –Thursday, 10/10/2019 from 8am-12pm
Registration:
HPH employees: Manager’s approval is required prior to registering AND register online through HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in catalog: ACP, MA or LPN; Select course: HPH – Advance Care Planning (ACP) Medical Assistant/Licensed Practical Nurse Class
Non HPH participants:
Register 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.

Download the flyer

HSCO Medical Aid in Dying Workshop
2019-01-19 08:00 - 10:30 | University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center, 701 Ilaho Street, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States
Hosted by the Hawai‘i Society of Clinical Oncology (HSCO) you are invited to a Medical Aid in Dying Workshop.
On April 5, 2018, Governor David Ige signed the Hawaii Our Care, Our Choice Act into law—allowing mentally capable, terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to request medical aid-in-dying medication from their doctor which they self-administer if their suffering becomes unbearable, to bring about a peaceful death.
Attend our workshop to gain a deeper understanding of how this law, effective starting Tuesday, January 1, 2019, will impact your cancer practice, patient safety, and physician accountability.
Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019
8 – 11:30 a.m.
University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center
Sullivan Conference Center
701 Ilaho Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
More information, agenda and online registration:

Palliative Pupus January 2019
2019-01-16 17:15 - 19:15 | The Queens Conference Center (QCC) Auditorium, 510 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States
We’d like to invite you to Palliative Pupus in 2019
Our exciting local networking and clinical education opportunity. 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.
This month the team shares a case where concerns of neglect and abuse complicated a patient’s hospice care experience.
Wed. January 16, 2019

5:15 to 7:00 PM
The Queens Conference Center (QCC) – Room 200
510 S. Beretania Street
Honolulu, HI 96813

If you are unable to attend and would like to call in, please contact us for details. We are so glad that our neighbor island colleagues can join us virtually!

Calling in? Call 808-691-5114 to ask for the bridge line.

Please bring some pupus to share and invite your colleagues. This is a great chance for people who wonder what palliative and hospice care really looks like as we describe and discuss a real person and their journey.
Please note Palliative Pupus participants: There is FREE parking after 4 PM in the municipal lot on South Beretania, just Diamond Head of Queen’s. See our website for a map.
Please join us bi-monthly on the third Wednesday of the month from 5:15 PM – 7:00 pm at Queen’s Conference Center for Palliative Pupus.

2019 Hawaii State of Reform Health Policy Conference
2019-01-15 07:30 - 17:00
Now in its third year, the 2019 Hawaii State of Reform Health Policy Conference convenes nearly 300 senior health care executives and health policy leaders from across the silos that make up Hawaii’s health care system.
Join one of the largest, most diverse convenings of senior health care executives and health policy leaders in Hawaii on January 15, 2019.
Topics and learnings this year include:

The Impact of the Serious Illness: Trends, Costs, and Care
Strategic Considerations for Workforce Challenges
Building Metrics to Define Quality Outcomes

We have secured a 20% discount for your registration. The code for our partners is: ‘KokuaMau20’ on their registration page here.

KM professional development training for Pacific Health Ministry
2019-01-14
Professionals Development Training

This training by Kōkua Mau’s Let’s Talk Story Program is requested by and tailor made for Pacific Health Ministry. (Not 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.

KM Presentation Our Lady on the Mount Filipino Catholic Club
2019-01-13
Community Presentation – Postponed

This is a community presentation requested by and tailor made for Our Lady on the Mount Filipino Catholic Club. Closed 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.

2019-01-02 08:00 - 17:00 | Hawaii Pacific Health, 793 S Hotel Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813
This class is offered for medical assistants, licensed practice nurses and other clinicians to promote ACP introductions and will review key elements and processes related to ACP, advance directives and Provider Orders Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) in the clinic.
Course Objectives:

Apply ACP resources to promote advance care planning discussions
Promote patients’ knowledge of advance directives including health care power of
attorney designation
Describe the differences between the an Advance Directive and Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) and implement correct documentation of these documents
Implement and standardize ACP processes in the clinic

Hawai‘i Pacific Health
Learning Resource Center, Room 101
793 S Hotel Street (Next to Straub Medical Center)
Select one date to attend:
July – Wednesday, 7/24/2019 from 8am-12pm
October –Thursday, 10/10/2019 from 8am-12pm
Registration:
HPH employees: Manager’s approval is required prior to registering AND register online through HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in catalog: ACP, MA or LPN; Select course: HPH – Advance Care Planning (ACP) Medical Assistant/Licensed Practical Nurse Class
Non HPH participants:
Register 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.

Download the flyer

World AIDS Day Ceremony 2018
2018-12-01 17:30 - 19:00 | Church of the Crossroads, 1212 University Av., Honolulu, HI, 96826, United States
December 1st, 2018
5:30 – 7:00 PM
Church of the Crossroads
12 12 University Avenue
Keynote Address: Dr. Arthur ‘Ace’ Johnson
Suzanne Richmond-Crum Award – DOH

Kananiokeakua School of Hula
Hawaiian music by Kūpaoa
Gay Men’s Chorus of Honolulu

More at: worldaidsdayhawaii.org

Kōkua Mau Monthly Meeting November 2018
2018-11-29 15:00 - 17:00 | Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin, 1727 Pali Highway, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813, United States
Join us at our monthly meetings at our new meeting place at the Hongwaji at the Pali.
In November we will have and interesting hands on presentation about TFT or Thought Filed Therapy by Dr. Caroline Sakai. We hope you can join us for this special presentation.
Caroline E. Sakai, PhD is a clinical psychologist in private practice, who was formerly chief psychologist at Kaiser Hawaii Behavioral Health Services. She’s deployed on trauma relief missions to New Orleans and Rwanda. She has published articles on Thought Field Therapy, EMDR, and domestic violence, and her book “Overcoming Adversity: How Energy Tapping Transforms Your Life’s Worst Experiences – A Primer for Posttraumatic Growth”. See her website at www.tftcenter.com
Thought Field Therapy (TFT) is the original energy tapping methodology developed by clinical psychologist Roger Callahan. It is a self-treatment that utilizes the acupoints used in acupuncture and acupressure. TFT has been used effectively with posttraumatic stress, trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, chronic pain, phobias and many other conditions and symptoms. It can be done by tapping or massaging the acupoints, and can be also be done by mentally focusing on the points once the treatment protocols are mastered. It is beneficial for practitioners who do the treatment on themselves while the client does the treatment on themselves, and both experience the benefits. Caretakers can do the treatments as bilateral massage of the acupoints on the patient. TFT protocols can be adapted for very young children, people with cognitive or other serious challenges, as well as infants and animals.
While there are various levels of treatment, the basics can be learned readily and Caroline will demonstrate and teach examples focused on our ‘Ohana working in palliative care settings.
Thurs. Nov 29, 2018
3pm-5pm
Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin
Multi-purpose Room, downstairs
1727 Pali Highway
Honolulu, HI 96813
Please access to the temple campus is from driveway off Lusitana Street, not the Pali Highway. There is plenty of free parking all around the buildings on campus but it is suggested to park in the top parking lot. Map on our website.
Take the first right on the Pali Highway after the merge with the H1 turn-off. Take a right on Lusitania and the driveway into the temple campus is to your right. There is a second entrance on the makai side, right after the bus stop, if you missed it. We are grateful for the temple to host our meetings.

Postponed Palliative Pupus Nov 2018
2018-11-21 | The Queens Conference Center (QCC) Auditorium, 510 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States
We hope you can join us for Palliative Pupus. Topic will be announced in the Kōkua Mau eNewsletter
We hope you can join us January 2019 for Palliative Pupus. The November meeting would have been in the same week as Thanksgiving, so we postponed it. In 2019 participate in an interactive interdisciplinary story from the cutting edge of hospice and palliative care and mingle with colleagues.
See you: Wed. January 16, 20195:15 to 7:00 PM
The Queens Conference Center (QCC) Room 200
510 S. Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
If you are unable to attend and would like to call in, please contact us for details. We are so glad that our neighbor island colleagues can join us virtually!
Calling in? Call 808-691-5114 to ask for the bridge line.
Please bring some pupus to share and invite your colleagues. This is a great chance for people who wonder what palliative and hospice care really looks like as we describe and discuss a real person and their journey.
Please note Palliative Pupus participants: There is FREE parking after 4 PM in the municipal lot on South Beretania, just Diamond Head of Queen’s. See our website for a map.

Advance Care Planning (ACP) Kauai
2018-11-14 09:00 - 11:30
Attendees and their health care power of attorney or loved one are encouraged to participate. Seating is limited. Register online HawaiiPacificHealth.org/ACP-Registration or call 808-245-1205 for more information. Work session led by Advance Care Planning (ACP) Facilitators who will guide you on completing your Hawai‘i Advance Health Care Directive.
Nov. 14, 2018 (Wednesday):
9 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
Wilcox Memorial Hospital, Kaua‘i
3-3420 Kuhio Hwy
Conference Room B & C
A notary will be available for those who want to complete their advance directive with a valid picture ID. There is no cost for notary services.
Obtain and review a copy of the Hawai‘i Advance Health Care Directive prior to class.

The Queen’s Medical Center Conference on Pain and Palliative Care
2018-11-12 08:00 - 16:30
The Fine Art & Science of Pain and Palliative Care Annual Conference
Meeting patients’ pain and palliative care needs demands a balance of the best of the art and science of caring. Challenges such as safely and effectively treating pain and maintaining resilience and presence can leave one with the feeling of staring at a blank canvas. This conference has gathered a multi-talented faculty to share the state of both the art and the science of pain management and palliative care, to inspire you with their creative presentations, and take you from that blank canvas to a larger palate of care options to create your masterpiece in meeting these vital patient needs.
This conference has broad appeal to physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and other healthcare professionals.
November 12, 2018 (Monday)
8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Ko’olau Ballrooms & Conference Center

Beat the crowd and register early! Brochure and registration form (editable PDF 10MB. You have to download this file into your computer, fill it out in your computer and sign it)
First-come, first-served. Sign-up soon to avoid the wait list.

CE Credits:
Physicians – Approved for 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
Nurses – See brochure
Social Workers – Approved by the National Association of Social Workers – Hawaii Chapter (Approval HI62792018-29) for up to 7.0 Social Work continuing education contact hours.
Others – A certificate of attendance will be provided

32nd Annual A Rose for Remembrance
2018-11-09 19:00 - 21:00
St. Francis Healthcare System invites you to a life-changing experience.
Join them for “A Rose for Remembrance”, a touching interdenominational memorial service that honors the memories of St. Francis Hospice patients and others in our community.
Friday, November 9, 2018
7 pm
Newman Center
University of Hawaii – Manoa
1941 East-West Road
This annual event is held during National Hospice and Palliative Care Month.
You’ll have the opportunity to honor your loved ones by dedicating beautiful roses in their memory. You may bring a photo of your loved one to share that evening.

For more information and details please download the PDF flyer

For more information, contact Diane Regan, LSW, St. Francis Hospice Bereavement Social Worker, at DRegan(at)stfrancishawaii.org or 547-8145.

Kokua Mau Monthly Meeting October 2018
2018-11-01 15:00 - 17:00
Please join us for our monthly meeting, to learn, laugh, mingle and network.
October Kokua Mau meeting on November 1st:
The October meeting will now be held on November 1. The topic is “A Caring Community: Jewish Rituals for End of Life” and the presenters will be Rabbi Ken Aronowitz and Alice Lachman.
Rabbi Ken Aronowitz is the Rabbi at Temple Emanu-El. Helping others feel closer to the Shechina or Divine Presence, serving God and creating a Kehillah Kedoshah (a sacred community) continue to be the focus of Ken’s rabbinate.
Dr. Alice Wahl Lachman is an educator who has helped initiate an inter-congregational Chevra Kadisha (sacred society) to honor Jewish rituals related to death and dying.
Thurs. Nov 1, 2018
3pm-5pm
Temple Emanu-El
2550 Pali Hwy
Honolulu, HI 96817
Please arrive on time in order to have time to park at the temple.
A warning form their website: PLEASE DO NOT PARK ON JACK LANE–CARS WILL BE TOWED.
Many thanks to St. Francis for hosting for many years but their campus renovations means the meeting rooms are no longer available.
NEW: We have set up a conference call for those who are unable to participate in person. Conference Dial-in Number
(712) 775-7100; Participant Access Code [REDACTED]#.
For people who cannot join us in person, please send Jeannette an email to get the handouts. Hope to see you all there!

For details and a map see our page Kokua Mau Monthly Meetings

Grief and Art Workshop
2018-10-06 08:45 - 12:00
Holiday advertisements are here and it can be challenging to grievers with tender hearts. This workshop looks at how we can prepare ourselves when triggers arrive. Together we will create a toolbox of coping skills during the holiday season.
October 6
8:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Arts at Mark Garage
1159 Nuuanu Avenue
8:45 Registration (refreshments)
9:00 Welcome J.P. Sabbithi, Hospice Hawaii
9:10 Creative ways to deal with the upcoming holidays, Felicia Marquez Wong, LSW, CT Self care activities are helpful when dealing with challenging moments. Let’s discover practical tools that will work for each of us.
9:45 Going down the rabbit hole, Charlie Chong
10:00 Creative Arts Experiences
11:45 Reflections, Mahalo Circle Blessings, J.P. Sabbithi
$20 includes art supplies

Download the flyer and registration form

Kokua Mau Monthly Meeting September 2018
2018-09-27 15:00 - 17:00
Please join us for our monthly meeting, to learn, laugh, mingle and network.
Among other topics, in September we will be brainstorming about how to use Art to get conversations about death and celebrating life going in Hawai‘i. We are planning to follow in the footsteps of Re-Imagine New York and Re-Imagine San Francisco. If you are interested in being on our committees, please contact Jeannette.
NEW: We have set up a conference call for those who are unable to participate in person. Conference Dial-in Number (712) 775-7100; Participant Access Code [REDACTED]#.
For people who cannot join us in person, please send Jeannette an email to get the handouts. Hope to see you all there!
3pm-5pm
Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin
Multi-purpose Room, downstairs
1727 Pali Highway
Honolulu, HI 96813
Please access to the temple campus is from driveway off Lusitana Street, not the Pali Highway.
There is plenty of free parking all around the buildings on the campus. Map on our website.
Take the first right on the Pali Highway after the merge with the H1 turn-off. Take a right on Lusitania and the driveway into the temple campus is to your right. There is a second entrance on the makai side, right after the bus stop, if you missed it.
We are grateful for the temple to invite us and host our meetings for 2018. Many thanks to St. Francis for hosting for many years but their campus renovations means the meeting rooms are no longer available.

Free Webinar End of Life Option Act Learnings from Californias Experience
2018-09-27 09:00 - 10:30
Our webinar on the California experience with the first 2 years of Medical Aid in Dying “Medical Aid in Dying: Perspectives and lessons from California” on August 28 was a big success. Over 120 people from Hawaii participated!

The recording of the webinar “Medical Aid in Dying: Perspectives and lessons from California” is now available.

FREE WEBINAR: End of Life Option Act: Learnings from California’s Experience

A Recording of the webinar is available (registration required)

The Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (CCCC), a sister organization to Kōkua Mau, is hosting a free webinar on September 27 about what they have learned from a research project that’s been conducted by CCCC, UCLA and UCSF over the past two years.
The End of Life Option Act has been legal in California for two years. While not the first state to enact physician assisted death, California is the largest and most diverse state to take this path.

What have they learned in California?
What do they know about the experience of patients and caregivers, as well as healthcare professionals and organizations?

UCSF, UCLA and CCCC joined forces to find out more by convening key stakeholders from around the state and conducting empirical research. Find out what they have learned.
Thu, Sep 27, 2018
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM HST (noon to 1:30 PM PST)

A Recording of the webinar is available (registration required)

Presenters:
Barbara Koenig, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
Neil Wenger, MD, MPH, University of California, Los Angeles
Judy Thomas, JD, Coalition for Compassionate Care of California
Cindy Cain, PhD, University of Alabama at Burlingame
Helen Stark, PhD, MPH, University of Washington
This FREE webinar is made possible by support from the California Health Care Foundation and Stupski Foundation.

KM professional development training for DOH Workplace Wellness
2018-09-26
Training for Professionals Development

This is a training for professional development requested by and tailor made for the DOH lunch and learn Workplace Wellness Program by Kōkua Mau’s Let’s Talk Story Program. (Not 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.

Palliative Pupus September 2018
2018-09-19 17:15 - 19:00
We hope you can join us for Palliative Pupus. Topic for September:

What happens when the providers and the patients have different views of compliance and meetings goals of care?
What happens when the providers feel they know what is best for a patient but he doesn’t comply?

Come participate in an interactive interdisciplinary story from the cutting edge of hospice and palliative care and mingle with colleagues.
Wed. Sept. 18, 2018
5:15 to 7:00 PM
The Queens Conference Center (QCC) Room 200
510 S. Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96813

Topic will be announced in the Kōkua Mau eNewsletter

If you are unable to attend and would like to call in, please contact us for details. We are so glad that our neighbor island colleagues can join us virtually!

Calling in? Call 808-691-5114 to ask for the bridge line.

Please bring some pupus to share and invite your colleagues. This is a great chance for people who wonder what palliative and hospice care really looks like as we describe and discuss a real person and their journey.
Please note Palliative Pupus participants: There is FREE parking after 4 PM in the municipal lot on South Beretania, just Diamond Head of Queen’s. See our website for a map.

KM Presentation Mo’ili’ili Hongwanji
2018-09-14
Community Presentation

This is a community presentation requested by and tailor made for Mo’ili’ili Hongwanji. Closed 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.
