Kokua Mau

If the unexpected happens who would speaks for you
2022-09-30 10:00 - 11:00 (Pacific/Honolulu)
Join us for an Advance Care Planning presentation by Kōkua Mauʻs very own Hope Young for AARP.

One of the best gifts family members can give to one another is the gift of advance care planning. Taking the time to do this can help avoid family in-fighting and prevent families from having to guess what a loved one wants during a health crises or serious illness.

Learn how to document your wishes in an Advance Health Care Directive.Get tips on how to engage in family conversations around this issue.

Register for this free event with AARP at https://events.aarp.org/care9-30

Kōkua Mau Meeting September 2022
2022-09-29 15:00 - 17:00
Our very own Kōkua Mau Board president Dr. Daniel Fischberg will present about Prognostication

Thur Sept 293:00-5 PM

Estimating and communicating prognosis, while often challenging, is often an essential part of care for those living with serious illness. Patients, family members, and providers, all need good prognostic information on which to base important decisions. In this introductory presentation on the subject, we will cover the following learning objectives:

Describe aspects of prognosticationReview general guidance when discussing prognosisList tools and special considerations for a variety of situations

Register here in advance. After registering, you immediately receive a confirmation email with details on how to join the zoom meeting.

Join our monthly Kōkua Mau Meeting to network with colleagues, share your updates and hear about what is happening across the state to improve care for those with serious illness.

Palliative Pupus Sept 2022
2022-09-21 05:15 - 19:00
You are invited to join us 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.

This month our colleagues at Kapi‘olani will present a pediatric case. Details about the case for Palliative Pupus will be announced in the next newsletter.

Wed. Sept 215:15 pm – 7:00 pm

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

Kōkua Mau Meeting
2022-07-28 15:00 - 17:00
Join us to network with colleagues, share your updates and hear about what is happening across the state to improve care for those with serious illness.

Thur July 28, 20223:00-5 PM

Register in advance for the monthly meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with details on how to join the zoom meeting.

If you have announcements to share, please let Jeannette know!!

Palliative Pupus
2022-07-20 05:15 - 19:00
Our exciting local bi-monthly 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 on zoom. If you are involved with palliative care cases, you are invited. Please tell your colleagues and friends.

This month Navian will be presenting a complex case featuring delirium, insomnia, existential distress and psycho-social issues impacting the patient and lone caregiver.

Wed July 20, 20225:15 pm – 7:00 pm

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

Palliative Care - Extra Support for people with Cancer
2022-06-07 12:00 - 13:00
This special presentation is for the Cancer Coalition to support individuals living with cancer, their families and their caregivers, as well as healthcare providers who want to learn more about how Palliative Care can support individuals with serious illness.

Presenters include:

This special presentation is for the Cancer Coalition to support individuals living with cancer, their families and their caregivers, as well as healthcare providers who want to learn more about how Palliative Care can support individuals with serious illness.

Dr. Daniel Fischberg, a Palliative Medicine Physician at Queen’s Medical Center and Sara-May Colon, Chaplain at Adventist Health. Hear a conversation about “Caregiver’s Journey” with Palliative Care.

Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsf-uqpzssH9Z076brDpHEOKWfFeKh7fQL

Download the flyer

Advance Care Planning Facilitator Classes May 2022
2022-05-31 08:00 - 16:30
These 8hr. class are open to all clinicians and covers Goals of Care communication skills to improve advance care planning, advance directives, and POLST conversations with your patients and their families.

March – Wed 3/16/2022May – Tue 5/31/20228 to 16:30Registrations are limited!

HPH offers 7.5 CEs for nurses, physicians, and social workers.Register online: https://www.hawaiipacifichealth.org/health-wellness/continuing-education/ or email Michelle Cantillo, RN ACP Coordinator at michelle.cantillo{at}hawaiipacifichealth.orgDownload the flyer for details.

April 2022 Kokua Mau Meeting cancelled
2022-04-28 15:00 - 17:00
This month we will not have our Monthly Meeting on April 28, 2022. See you again in May.

Advance Care Planning Clinic Classes
2022-04-06 12:00 - 16:00
These 4 hr. class are open to clinic staff who are involved with ACP education for patients. This in person class promotes ACP introductions and will review key elements and processes related to ACP, advance directives and Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) in the clinic.

April – Wed 4/6/2022June – Wed 6/15/20221200-1600

HPH offers 3.5 CEs for nurses, physicians and social workers.Register online: https://www.hawaiipacifichealth.org/health-wellness/continuing-education/ or email Michelle Cantillo, RN ACP Coordinator at michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org. Registrations are limited.Download the flyer for details

Kōkua Mau Meeting March 31 2022
2022-03-31 15:00 - 17:00
What veteran home care options are available in the community? How can we partner with providers to help navigate veteran benefits & services for the seriously ill?”

Please join Kōkua Mau’s own Dr. Emese Somogyi, Physician with the VA to hear about their programs. Dr. Melton, Amanda Wong (APRN) and Dr. Nakamoto have graciously agreed to participate to address other support services (e.g. HBPC, H:HHA, etc) that may be provided by the VA. This is a presentation of the We Honor Veterans program in collaboration with Bristol Hospice and will include a brief presentation by Erin Hamilton. View the recording on our YouTube channel.

March 31, 20223-5 PM

If you missed last month’s presentation Veterans Benefits and Entitlements with Col. Ron Han, Director of State Office of Veterans Services, you can view it on our YouTube Channel.

Thur 3/24 Virtual Benefits Workshop for Veterans, Family Members, Surviving Spouses, and Community Providers
2022-03-24 16:00 - 18:00 | ¸
Thur March 244PM to 6PM (Hawaii Local Time3PM to 5PM (American Samoa Local Time)

To participate please join via in Cisco Webex : https://veteransaffairs.webex.com/veteransaffairs/j.php?MTID=m09b4f393fbc4b50e1fdb14e5d97039e4

Download the slides at: https://www.benefits.va.gov/honoluluDownload the flyer

Palliative Pupus March 2022
2022-03-16 17:15 - 19:00
Come participate in an interactive interdisciplinary story from the cutting edge of hospice and palliative care and mingle with colleagues on zoom. If you are involved with palliative care cases, you are invited. Please tell your colleagues and friends. Topic TBA in our newsletter as soon as it is finalized.

Our exciting local bi-monthly 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 on zoom. If you are involved with palliative care cases, you are invited. Please tell your colleagues and friends.

This month we will discuss the case of a young Pacific Islander mother diagnosed with an advanced cancer and her journey with her palliative care and hospice providers.

Wed March 16, 20215:15 pm – 7:00 pm

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

ion about joining the meeting.

Advance Care Planning Facilitator Classes
2022-03-16 08:00 - 16:30
These 8hr. class are open to all clinicians and covers Goals of Care communication skills to improve advance care planning, advance directives, and POLST conversations with your patients and their families.

March – Wed 3/16/2022May – Tue 5/31/20228 to 16:30Registrations are limited.

HPH offers 7.5 CEs for nurses, physicians, and social workers.Register online: https://www.hawaiipacifichealth.org/health-wellness/continuing-education/ or email Michelle Cantillo, RN ACP Coordinator at michelle.cantillo{at}hawaiipacifichealth.orgDownload the flyer for details

Kōkua Mau Meeting February 2022
2022-02-24 15:00 - 17:00
With veterans and veterans benefits often in the news lately, we have invited a speaker to help us sort it all out and what it means for us in Hawai‘i. This is especially important for those who are helping clients or loved ones navigate the maze.

Ron Han, Director of State Office of Veterans Services, will provide an overview of the Office of Veterans Services’ mission and how Veterans can get connected with benefits and entitlements. This is a joint effort with Bristol’s We Honor Veterans program. Please join us to hear, lean and ask questions:

Feb 24, 20223-5 PM

Please join us on zoom!!!

There will be a time for questions and updates on other happenings in the state.

Register in advance for the monthly meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with details on how to join the zoom meeting.

Advance Care Planning: the conversation(s) and the Advance Directive/POLST
2022-02-15 12:00 - 13:00
We hope you can join us and our own Hope Young for an webinar on ECHO at 12 noon. Advance Care Planning: The conversation(s) and the Advance Directive/POLST. Presented by: Hope Young

February 15thNoon-1PM

Webinar by Behavioral Health TeleECHO Clinic sign up here

Kōkua Mau Meeting January 2022
2022-01-27 16:00 - 18:00
Please join us on January 27 for the first Kōkua Mau meeting of 2022. The meeting will begin at 4pm this time as we will be combining a presentation of our recent Instagram campaign along with a Lunar/Chinese New Year party – all via Zoom of course. In the Fall, we had our first Instagram Campaign promoting Palliative Care. The campaign was researched, implemented and evaluated by three amazing West O‘ahu students who will be presenting their work. We believe this is the first instagram campaign of its kind in the country as it was geared at the public and not professionals. They will be sharing what we learned about messaging and social media.

The second part of the meeting is a New Year’s party just in time for the Lunar Year of the Tiger. We will give more details as we get closer but this will be a chance to chat with friends and colleagues and play a game or two. We are having it at 5pm to include those who cannot make it earlier.Please join us!!!

Register in advance for the monthly meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with details on how to join the zoom meeting.

Palliative Pupus January 2022
2022-01-19 05:15 - 19:00
Our first 2022 exciting local bi-monthly 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 on zoom. If you are involved with palliative care cases, you are invited. Please tell your colleagues and friends. Topic TBA in our newsletter as soon as it is finalized.Register in advance for Palliative Pupus zoom meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Please check our Webinar Page
2021-12-15 08:00 - 09:00, 2021-11-01 08:00 - 09:00
Since the pandemic we have switched from our calendar to our dedicated webinar page for most national and local (zoom) meetings and trainings. Having all events by date on one webinar page proved to be more efficient for our users than entries by day in the calendar.

Kokua Mau Virtual Holiday Party
2021-12-02 15:00 - 17:00
We all deserve a party so please join us on December 2 for a VIRTUAL HOLIDAY Party.

Thur. Dec 23-5 PM

This will be a chance to check in with the fabulous people of Kōkua Mau and there will be games (including trivia) and virtual art opportunities. Take a little time, be nice to yourself and celebrate with others from across the state.

Here is the registration for the last Kōkua Mau meeting of the year Dec. 2. This time it has a different registration as it is not our usual last Thurs of the month.

World AIDS Day Hawaii Dec 1, 2021
2021-12-01 17:50 - 19:15
Join us December 1, 2021 on zoom for World AIDS Day Hawai‘i. Kōkua Mau is proud to be co-sponsor of the event.

5:50 PM Join us for a slide show prelude of Hawaiian music, AIDS Memorial Quilts, and more

6:00 PM Starts the World AIDS Day event, with music, hula and the Suzanne Richmond-Crum Award

World AIDS Day Hawai‘i program at worldaidsdayhawaii.org

Join the Zoom meeting by clicking on the link:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88661949123?pwd=[REDACTED]

Meeting ID: 886 6194 9123

Passcode: [REDACTED]

Our World AIDS Day Hawai‘i event has many videos and presentations and we suggest you join with a device with a screenso you can see, but you can also call in by phone with the numbers below:

One tap mobile+12532158782,,88661949123#,,,,*[REDACTED]# US (Tacoma)+13462487799,,88661949123#,,,,*[REDACTED]# US (Houston)

Dial in by phone with the following numbers: 1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)

Meeting ID: 886 6194 9123Passcode: [REDACTED] you need help with zoom, please visit the web page zoom made easy

Palliative Pupus
2021-11-17 17:15 - 19:00
Our exciting local bi-monthly 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 on zoom. If you are involved with palliative care cases, you are invited. Please tell your colleagues and friends.

This month’s topic in the next newsletter

Wed Nov 17, 20215:15 pm – 7:00 pm

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

Kokua Mau Monthly Virtual Meetings October 2021
2021-10-28 15:00 - 17:00
Please join us for our 2021 Kōkua Mau Monthly Virtual Meetings on Zoom

Join us on Thursday October 28 when Hope Young and Susie Lee will present about the outreach of the “Let’s Talk Story” Program since the pandemic moved everything on line. Despite the changes, we have pivoted successfully to lots of on-line trainings.

Register in advance for Oct 28 zoom meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email how to join the zoom meeting.

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

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.

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 eNewsletterCurrent meetings are listed under ‘upcoming events’ on the right and in the calendar

* Please note that there are always months with five Thursdays. The meeting is on that last (5th) Thursday of that month (except November & December when we have a combined meeting after Thanksgiving).

Register in advance for this zoom meeting:

Subscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins. Each month has its own log in, published in our newsletter.

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

Our meetings in person at our permanent meeting space are cancelled for the (un)foreseeable future.

Kokua Mau Monthly Virtual Meetings September 2021
2021-09-30 15:00 - 17:00
Please join us for our Kōkua Mau Monthly Virtual Meetings on Zoom in September again

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.

Join us on Thursday September 30. In light of the current surge, we will be getting updates from different members. Sharing with friends and colleagues is crucial in these times and we look forward to checking in.

If you have something in particular you want to share, please let Hope or Jeannette know so we can be sure to include you in the agenda.

And if you have inspirational videos, movies, books, poems to share, please do!

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 eNewsletterCurrent meetings are listed under ‘upcoming events’ on the right and in the calendar

* Please note that there are always months with five Thursdays. The meeting is on that last (5th) Thursday of that month (except November & December when we have a combined meeting after Thanksgiving).

Register in advance for this zoom meeting:

Subscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins. Each month has its own log in, published in our newsletter.

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

Our meetings in person at our permanent meeting space are cancelled for the (un)foreseeable future.

Palliative Pupus Sept 2021
2021-09-15 05:15 - 19:15
Our exciting local bi-monthly networking and clinical education opportunity has been going strong for 11 years! Come participate in an interactive interdisciplinary zoom discussion from the cutting edge of palliative care and mingle with colleagues on zoom. If you are involved with palliative care cases, you are invited. Please tell your colleagues and friends.

This week we will hear about the challenges of responding as a compassionate palliative care provider to the current COVID surge.

Wed Sept 15, 20215:15 pm – 7:00 pm

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

Kokua Mau Monthly Virtual Meetings August 2021
2021-08-26 15:00 - 17:00
Please join us for our Kōkua Mau Monthly Virtual Meetings on Zoom again

In our August meeting we welcome Jennifer Moore Ballentine in person on zoom.

Jennifer is Executive Director of the CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care, which provides high-quality online education for clinicians and program administrators in palliative care nationally and across the globe. Ballentine is a longtime palliative care educator and advocate, frequent conference speaker, published author, and failed anthropologist who retains an interest in how humans use—and abuse—language to shape reality.

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.

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 eNewsletterCurrent meetings are listed under ‘upcoming events’ on the right and in the calendar

* Please note that there are always months with five Thursdays. The meeting is on that last (5th) Thursday of that month (except November & December when we have a combined meeting after Thanksgiving).

Register in advance for this zoom meeting:

Subscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins. Each month has its own log in, published in our newsletter.

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

Our meetings in person at our permanent meeting space are cancelled for the (un)foreseeable future.

We Honor Veterans
2021-08-18 16:00 - 17:00
Wed. 8/18:

21 Gun Salute: The military culture and traditions surrounding death.

Wed August 184pmAt the Bristol Hospice Hawaii Conference room or on zoom with the meeting ID 81942763791

Kōkua Mau’s own Dr. Pat Nishimoto will discuss Military Culture on zoom in the context of caring for veterans. Dr. Nishimoto has decades of experience as an oncology nurse specialist with Tripler Army Medical Center and is a nationally known teacher.

Email Dr. Joseph Eppink for more information

CANCELLED: Kokua Mau Monthly Virtual Meetings July 2021 due to conference the same day
2021-07-29 15:00 - 17:00
Please join us instead for Focusing on Transformation: the 2021 Virtual Conference from NHPCO, AAHPM and HPNA

Please join us – this year in person! – to watch the streamed conference together. The conference organizers, NHPCO, AAHPM and HPNA, recognize the profound and historic impact of the global health pandemic. That is why the 2021 Virtual Conference is focusing on transformation.

July 29, 20217:00 am to 11:30 AM HST. (The room is available 6:30am to 12:30pm.)

Our meetings in person at our permanent meeting space are cancelled for the (un)foreseeable future at least until we reach tier 4.

Focusing on Transformation: the 2021 Virtual Conference from NHPCO, AAHPM and HPNA
2021-07-29 07:00 - 11:30
We watched the streamed conference together. The conference organizers, NHPCO, AAHPM and HPNA, recognize the profound and historic impact of the global health pandemic. That is why the 2021 Virtual Conference is focusing on transformation.

July 29, 20217:00 am to 11:30 AM HST. (The room is available 6:30am to 12:30pm.)

Our world is reshaping before our eyes

How do we rework the system?How do we measure success?What innovations will remain?How do we bridge the divide between administration and clinical?How do we address workforce issues?How do we improve the patient and family experience?How do we continue to connect to purpose?

Visit NHPCO’s dedicated webpages for speakers and the agenda.

We meet first thing in the morning on July 29 at Chaminade University – socially distanced of course. The room can seat up to 50 people safely, so please register early. Since this will be a rare opportunity for us to meet each other, we can use the room for an additional hour after the conference to talk story.

Registration open now for 50 participants

We offered a discount for Kōkua Mau members. If your employer is a Kōkua Mau member you qualify for the discount as well. Please check our membrship list for current members.

Palliative Pupus July 2021
2021-07-21 17:15 - 19:00
We’d like to invite you to our virtual Palliative Pupus

Our exciting local bi-monthly 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.

Palliative Pupus switched to an online meeting via Zoom since March 2020.We will continue to meet virtually on zoom in 2021 until at least tier 4

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

Subscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins.

Dates for 2021:

January 20 (Inauguration Day!!)March 17May 19July 21September 15November 17

3rd Wednesday of every second month5:15 PM – 7:00 pm
