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SUMMARY:The Fine Art and Science of Pain and Palliative Care 2024
DESCRIPTION:The Queen’s Medical Center announces the premier palliative care conference in Hawaiʻi \n\n\n\nMon Nov 118:00 am – 4:30 pm The Salvation Army Kroc Center – Hawaiʻi 91-3257 KUALAKAI PARKWAYEwa Beach\, HI 96706 \n\n\n\nThis one-day conference is designed to enhance practitioners knowledge and competence in pain management and palliative care to reduce patients’ acute and chronic symptom distress and enhance overall well-being. Open to all health care professionals in and beyond Hawaiʻi. Register soon as this conference has sold out in the past!! \n\n\n\nDetails on our webpage \n\n\n\n\nDownload the brochure and program (with CE and parking information details)\n\n\n\nGo directly to the QMC registration page
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/the-fine-art-and-science-of-pain-and-palliative-care-2024/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20241120T171500
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20241120T183000
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UID:19385-1732122900-1732127400@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Palliative Pupus Nov 2024
DESCRIPTION:We’d like to invite you to our virtual and in person Palliative Pupus\n\n\n\nWe’d like to invite you to our hybrid Palliative Pupus. \n\n\n\nWe will be presenting a complex case of a recent patient who was admitted to hospice but subsequently revoked services. There are several facets of this case that complicated his care\, particularly his desire to pursue hospice while his family hesitated to accept end-of-life care. All are welcome as we discuss the case and learn how others address such challenging cases. \n\n\n\nWe will meeting in person at Queen’s Conference Center (OCC) again. We hope you will join us to see colleagues in person and eat real pupus. Please bring something to share!! \n\n\n\nValidated parking for the Miller St. Parking lot (Miller only) at the QCC front desk. For those who cannot attend in person\, see below for registration information. \n\n\n\nPlease see our website for QCC and parking information. \n\n\n\nWed Nov 20\, 20245:15 -6:30 PM HSTQueen’s Conference Center & zoom \n\n\n\nPalliative 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.  \n\n\n\nThe topic and zoom registration link will be announced in our November 2024 newsletter prior to the meeting.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/19385/
LOCATION:The Queens Conference Center (QCC) Auditorium\, 510 South Beretania Street\, Honolulu\, HI\, 96813\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event on Oahu,Hybrid,Palliative Pupus,Professional Development,Zoom meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20241205T123000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20241205T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20241113T194104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241113T194135Z
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SUMMARY:Public Advance Care Planning Classes on Zoom Dec 2024
DESCRIPTION:Register and attend with your family and friends to learn the importance of advance care planning. \n\n\n\nThur Dec 512:30-2p.m on zoom \n\n\n\nKEY AREAS OF DISCUSSION INCLUDE: \n\n\n\n\nWhy it is important to have early conversations on your wishes with your loved ones.\n\n\n\nHow to complete an advance directive\, understanding the role of a health care power of attorney and choosing wisely.\n\n\n\nReviewing the difference between an advance directive and Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) document.\n\n\n\nSharing the information with your loved ones and medical providers.\n\n\n\n\nPLEASE NOTE: At this time\, classes are only available via Zoom virtual classroom. Register with your email address and you will receive a Zoom link. Space is limited. \n\n\n\nRegister today for this free event: HawaiiPacificHealth.org/ACP-Registration.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/public-advance-care-planning-classes-on-zoom-dec-2024/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20241205T150000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20241205T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20241125T214302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241127T210245Z
UID:20586-1733410800-1733418000@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Last Kokua Mau meeting in 2024
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Dec 5 for our last 2024 Virtual Monthly Meeting on zoom\, to learn\, laugh\, mingle and network.  \n\n\n\nThe last Kōkua Mau meeting of 2024 will be on Death Doulas and the important role they play at the end of life. Please join us to learn:  \n\n\n\n\nWhat do they do? \n\n\n\nWhere can you find one? \n\n\n\nHow are they trained? \n\n\n\n\nWe’ll also have updates on the MedQuest Palliative Care benefit and welcome updates from our community. \n\n\n\nPresenters: \n\n\n\n\nLeilani Maxera\, MPH\, LCSW\, Kaipuokaualoku\, LLC\, Linktree – Leilani Maxera\n\n\n\nLaura Miner\, CT\, End of Life Doula\, Educator\, and Grief Coach\n\n\n\nJoy Rodriguez\, Burden Lifter\, End of Life Resource Provider and Ally Burden Lifters\, LLC\, Burden Lifters\n\n\n\nAshley Wolfe\, Family Bereavement Specialist and Death Doula\, The Grieving Well\n\n\n\n\nPlease Subscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins. A recording of many of our meetings are available on our YouTube channel\, in case you might have missed it. \n\n\n\nMeetings are at the last Thursday of the month from 3 to 5 pm (on zoom) \n\n\n\nMeetings are open to all. \n\n\n\nEach month’s topic is announced in our eNewsletter \n\n\n\nEach month we have updates about events in the community and one or more guest speakers. \n\n\n\nFor recordings of selected meeting please visit our website.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/20586/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20241217T080000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20241217T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20241114T195550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241114T195619Z
UID:20645-1734422400-1734453000@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Advance Care Planning (ACP)\, Advance Directives and Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Facilitator Training Dec 2024
DESCRIPTION:This training is offered for nurses\, physicians\, social workers and other clinicians and focuses on communication skills to improve ACP discussions. The class will review key elements and processes related to ACP\, advance directives and POLST development. \n\n\n\nThur 12/178 am – 4:30 PM \n\n\n\nCourse Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nPromote goals of care discussions by learning effective communication skills to facilitate advance care planning discussions.\n\n\n\nEngage the multi-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.\n\n\n\nPromote patients’ knowledge of advance directives including health care power of attorney designation.\n\n\n\nImplement correct documentation of Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)-Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)\, Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR)\, full and limited treatment\, time-limited trials and Comfort Care.\n\n\n\nIdentify processes to access ACP documents in the EMR and required documentation needed for ACP.\n\n\n\nIdentify end-of-life options including Hawai‘i requirements on Medical Aid in Dying\, Our Care\, Our Choice Act.\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload the flyer\n\n\n\n\nFirst Insurance Center (FIC) Classroom 970\, Education Department 862 South Beretania StreetHonolulu\, HI 0800-1630 \n\n\n\nRegistration: HPH employees: Manager’s approval is required prior to registering AND register online through HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in catalog: Advance Care Planning or POLST; Select course: HPH – Advance Care Planning\, Advance Directives and Facilitator Certification \n\n\n\nNon HPH participants: Register online: https://www.hawaiipacifichealth.org/health-wellness/continuing-education/ or contact Michelle Cantillo\, RN\, HPH ACP Coordinator via email michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/advance-care-planning-acp-advance-directives-and-provider-orders-for-life-sustaining-treatment-polst-facilitator-training-dec-2024/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250111T103000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250111T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20241205T235704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250108T215954Z
UID:20674-1736591400-1736605800@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:7th Annual Mits Aoki Legacy Foundation Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:We are excited and pleased to invite you to attend the 7th Annual Mits Aoki Legacy Foundation Meeting and Scholarship Luncheon.  \n\n\n\nJanuary 11\, 202510:30 AM to 2:30 PMChurch of the Crossroads\, 1212 University Ave.\, Honolulu \n\n\n\nRegistration was required before January 3\, 2025. \n\n\n\nThis year we will celebrate Hob Osterlund\, APRN\, the recipient of the 2024 Mitsuo Aoki Community Service Award; while we enjoy\, and honor\, the continuing legacy of Reverend Dr. Mitsuo Aoki. \n\n\n\nThe Mitsuo Aoki Community Service Award is given to recognize the outstanding contributions of those individuals working in the areas of palliative care and hospice care\, as well as\, in the area of teaching others to provide compassionate skilled care for seriously and/or terminally ill people. Please Join us to thank Hob Osterlund for her outstanding contributions throughout her career to our community\, and to her profession. \n\n\n\nWe are also honored and pleased to invite Kahu Makanihouolanaʻihale Tabura as our guest speaker. Kahu Makani will be sharing with us principles of health and healing from his knowledge and experience of traditional Hawaiian cultural practice. He will assist us to apply these Hawaiian principles to our shared human experience\, while also considering the culture and traditions of our own ancestry and life circumstances. \n\n\n\n\nPlease register\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is required before January 3\, 2025. It is highly recommended to please register early as seating is limited. (let us know at (808) 741-5733 if you registered but will not be able to attend in case there are people on a waiting list who want to attend.) \n\n\n\nThank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you there. May your holidays be full of Love and Light \n\n\n\n\nDownload the flyer
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/7th-annual-mits-aoki-legacy-foundation-luncheon/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250115T171500
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250115T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20241219T220440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250108T214015Z
UID:20763-1736961300-1736965800@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Palliative Pupus Jan 2025
DESCRIPTION:We’d like to invite you to our virtual and hybrid Palliative Pupus. January 2025 is on zoom ONLY \n\n\n\nThis month we’ll hear about a family in conflict over treatment goals and the instrumental role of palliative care chaplains in such situations\, including in engaging community faith leaders. \n\n\n\nOur 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.  \n\n\n\nWe will continue to meet virtually on zoom in 2025. Every second meeting we also meet in person at the QCC\, offering a hybrid format\, to include neighbor islands and others on zoom. If you join us at the hybrid in person meetings you will enjoy actual pupus. \n\n\n\nHow does Palliative Pupus work?\n\n\n\nThe theme and presenters for each ‘Palliative Pupus’ is announced one to two weeks prior to the meeting date via our Kōkua Mau eNewsletter. If you are not receiving our eNewsletter yet\, please subscribe here and we will keep you informed. \n\n\n\nWhat is Palliative Pupus?\n\n\n\nOur first successful Palliative Pupus meeting was held November 17\, 2010 and has since become a bi-monthly event every third Wednesday of the month. (Except November due to Thanksgiving) \n\n\n\nThe model is an informal\, interactive\, collegial\, pau hana to present and discuss challenging cases as a group.  Palliative Pupus is for clinicians in a variety of fields: doctors\, nurses\, social workers\, chaplains. \n\n\n\nQueen’s Conference Center for Palliative Pupus. \n\n\n\nThe Queens Conference Center (QCC) – Room 200510 S. Beretania StreetHonolulu\, HI 96813 \n\n\n\nPlease join us bi-monthly on the: \n\n\n\n\nPalliative Pupus meets in Room 200 on the second floor of the Queen’s Conference Center\n\n\n\nEach meeting’s topic is announced in a Kōkua Mau reminder eNewsletter one week prior to the event\n\n\n\n\n\nPark for free at the municipal Civic Center parking lot on South Beretania after 4 PM (see map below)\n\n\n\nPark in the Queen’s Miller parking lot for validated parking (pricey without the sticker). See map.\n\n\n\nAcross the street at the DOH now has a two hour maximum enforced 24 hours (gone are the good old days).\n\n\n\nMore on parking near QCC\n\n\n\n\nhttp://goo.gl/maps/PToQ5
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/palliative-pupus-jan-2025/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250117T080000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250117T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250102T200306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250102T201009Z
UID:20770-1737100800-1737133200@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Advance Care Planning\, Advance Directives and Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Facilitator Training Kauaʻi
DESCRIPTION:This training is offered for nurses\, physicians\, social workers\, pharmacists\, clinical psychologists and other clinicians and focuses on communication skills to improve ACP discussions. The class will review key elements and processes related to ACP\, advance directives and POLST development. \n\n\n\nFri Jan 17Wilcox Medical Center 3-3420 Conference Room A Kuhio Hwy\, Lihue\, HI \n\n\n\nCourse Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nApply advance care planning resources to promote advance care planning discussions.\n\n\n\nEngage the muli-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.\n\n\n\nPromote patients’ knowledge of advance directives\, including healthcare Power of A􏰁orney designation.\n\n\n\nImplement correct documentation of Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)-Cardiopulmonary\n\n\n\nResuscitation (CPR)\, Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR)\, full and limited treatment\, time-limited trials and\n\n\n\nComfort Care.\n\n\n\nPromote correct process of ACP documents\, access and utilization in your organization.\n\n\n\nIdentify end-of-life options including Hawai‘i’ requirements on Medical Aid in Dying\, Our Care\, Our Choice Act.\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload the brochure\n\n\n\n\nRegistration: HPH employees: Manager’s approval is required prior to registering AND register online through HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in catalog: Advance Care Planning or POLST; Select course: HPH – Advance Care Planning\, Advance Directives and Facilitator Certification \n\n\n\nNon HPH participants: Register online: https://www.hawaiipacifichealth.org/health-wellness/continuing-education/. Any questions contact Michelle Cantillo\, RN\, HPH ACP Coordinator via email michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/advance-care-planning-advance-directives-and-provider-orders-for-life-sustaining-treatment-facilitator-training-kaua%ca%bbi/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250121T123000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250121T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250102T211209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250102T211210Z
UID:20775-1737462600-1737473400@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Advance Care Planning for Healthcare Professionals Virtual Class
DESCRIPTION:This virtual class is offered for physicians\, nurses\, social workers\, pharmacists\, clinical psychologists and other healthcare professionals to promote ACP discussions and will review key elements and processes related to ACP\, Advance Directives and POLST. \n\n\n\nTue Jan 21\, 2025 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. on Zoom \n\n\n\nCourse Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nApply advance care planning resources to promote advance care planning discussions.\n\n\n\nIdentify the differences between the advance directive and Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) and implement correct documentation of these documents.\n\n\n\nEngage the multi-disciplinary team patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.\n\n\n\n\nRegistration: https://hph-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqcuCrrzkjGtI27DkgqMeZ1QijGjQPZciT \n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email after approval. \n\n\n\nAny questions please contact Michelle Cantillo\, RN\, HPH ACP Coordinator at 808-535-7874 or via email: michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/advance-care-planning-for-healthcare-professionals-virtual-class-3/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250130T150000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250130T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20241219T214824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250102T220741Z
UID:20755-1738249200-1738256400@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Kokua Mau Meeting Jan 2025
DESCRIPTION:Please note that January has 5 Thursdays this year. \n\n\n\n\nPlease join us for our Virtual Monthly Meeting on zoom\, to learn\, laugh\, mingle and network. Subscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins. A recording of many of our meetings are available on our YouTube channel\, in case you might have missed it. \n\n\n\nLast Thursday of the month* from 3 to 5 pm (on zoom)\n\n\n\nEach month’s topic is announced in our eNewsletter \n\n\n\nEach month we have updates about events in the community and one or more guest speakers. \n\n\n\nMeetings are open to all. \n\n\n\n*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).
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/kokua-mau-meeting-jan-2025/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250208T080000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250208T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250102T214439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250102T220652Z
UID:20777-1739001600-1739032200@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Advance Care Planning (ACP)\, Advance Directives and Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Facilitator Training
DESCRIPTION:This training is offered for nurses\, physicians\, social workers\, and other clinicians and focuses on communication skills to improve ACP discussions. The class will review key elements and processes related to ACP\, advance directives and POLST development. \n\n\n\nCourse Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nApply advance care planning resources to promote advance care planning discussions.\n\n\n\nEngage the multi-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.\n\n\n\nPromote patients’ knowledge of advance directives\, including healthcare Power of Attorney designation.\n\n\n\nImplement correct documentation of Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)-Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)\, Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR)\, full and limited treatment\, time-limited trials and Comfort Care.\n\n\n\nPromote correct process of ACP documents\, access and utilization in your organization.\n\n\n\nIdentify end-of-life options including Hawai‘i’ requirements on Medical Aid in Dying\, Our Care\, Our Choice Act.\n\n\n\n\nFirst Insurance Center (FIC)\, Education Department1100 Ward Ave\, Honolulu\, HI 96814 \n\n\n\nChoose one day to attend from 0800-1630 \n\n\n\n\nDownload the flyer\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 25\, 2025\, FIC 970 • Tue April 8\, 2025\, FIC 970 • Tue June 17\, 2025\, FIC 970 • Mon Sept 15\, 2025\, FIC 630 \n\n\n\nRegistration: HPH employees: Manager’s approval is required prior to registering AND register online through HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in catalog: Advance Care Planning or POLST; Select course: HPH – Advance Care Planning\, Advance Directives and Facilitator Certification \n\n\n\nNon HPH participants: Register online: https://www.hawaiipacifichealth.org/health-wellness/continuing- education/. Any questions contact Michelle Cantillo\, RN\, HPH ACP Coordinator via email michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/advance-care-planning-acp-advance-directives-and-provider-orders-for-life-sustaining-treatment-polst-facilitator-training/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250227T150000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250227T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20241219T215100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T222131Z
UID:20759-1740668400-1740673800@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Kokua Mau Monthly Meeting Feb 2025
DESCRIPTION:Thur 2/27 Kōkua Mau Meeting – What Matters to Native Hawaiian Elders: Care Preferences\n\n\n\nPlease join the first 2025 Kōkua Mau meeting to get updates and to hear about a recent study on Native Hawaii Kūpuna Care preferences led by the lead author UH Social Work Asst. Professor Miquela Ibrao. \n\n\n\nA study by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hā Kūpuna – National Resource Center for Native Hawaiian Elders has examined the end-of-life care preferences of Native Hawaiian kūpuna (Elders). Led by Laguna Pueblo and Quechan woman\, Assistant Professor Miquela Ibrao\, researchers from UH and ALU LIKE\, Inc. identified culturally specific approaches to support kūpuna values in healthcare. \n\n\n\n“Death is not an end but a transition that honors relationality\, ancestors and the land\,’ Assistant Professor Ibrao said. “Decolonizing end-of-life care means respecting cultural beliefs and embracing Indigenous wisdom about healing and living well.” The study\, published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine\, is based on interviews with 20 kūpuna aged 60 and over from rural areas across Hawaiʻi. It highlights four key themes. \n\n\n\n\nCultural perspectives on death: Kūpuna view death as a transition that acknowledges relationships with ancestors and the land.\n\n\n\nTraditional healing practices: Lāʻau lapaʻau (herbal medicine) and lomilomi (massage) are essential aspects of care.\n\n\n\nFamily-centered decision-making: ʻOhana (family) plays a central role in healthcare choices\, with deceased ancestors and the ʻāina (land) seen as sources of guidance and healing.\n\n\n\nPreference for home-based care: Many kūpuna wish to age and die at home but fear burdening their families\, with limited long-term care options in rural areas adding to the challenge.\n\n\n\n\nThur Feb 273-4:30pm  \n\n\n\n\nRegister in advance for this meeting\n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us for our Virtual Monthly Meeting on zoom\, to learn\, laugh\, mingle and network. Subscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins. A recording of many of our meetings are available on our YouTube channel\, in case you might have missed it. \n\n\n\nEach month’s topic is announced in our eNewsletter \n\n\n\nEach month we have updates about events in the community and one or more guest speakers. \n\n\n\n*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).
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/20759/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250313T120000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250313T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250224T215213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250425T220417Z
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SUMMARY:Overview of the Palliative Care Services Benefit - Webinar 1
DESCRIPTION:This year\, Hawaii became the first state in the nation to offer community-based palliative care for Medicaid (Med-QUEST) beneficiaries.  \n\n\n\nPalliative care is now available as soon as a patient is diagnosed with a serious illness as a covered preventative benefit. It is available for patients who may be receiving curative treatments but need the extra support that a palliative care team can provide. (Click here for official documents and a 3-page summary.)  \n\n\n\nThrough a grant from Hui Pohala\, Kōkua Mau has produced a series of four webinars to help healthcare professionals and members of managed care plans optimize this valuable\, new benefit.  \n\n\n\n\nRecordings are currently available on YouTube\, please visit our webpage for links. \n\n\n\n\nTo learn more about palliative care\, visit our resources.  \n\n\n\nWebinar #1: \n\n\n\nOverview of the Palliative Care Services BenefitThur\, March 13\, 2025Noon to 1 pm HST \n\n\n\nIn this first webinar\, you’ll learn about what is included in the Med-QUEST benefit\, including patient eligibility requirements\, assessments and services and the benefits of palliative care from an actual case study. Ideal for healthcare professionals who want to learn more about the new benefit and how they can make referrals to help their patients.  \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nDr. Daniel Fischberg has served as the Medical Director of the Pain and Palliative Care Department at The Queen’s Medical Center for more than 20 years and is Chief of the Division of Palliative Medicine and Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the John A. Burns School of Medicine.  \n\n\n\nTorrie Fields\, MPH\, CEO of TFA Analytics\, was instrumental in the creation of the benefit and is now working on implementation. She serves as strategic advisor to the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)\, the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC)\, and the Hawaii Department of Human Services\, Med-QUEST Division.  \n\n\n\nA 45-minute presentation will be followed by a live\, interactive 15-minute Q&A session. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOther Upcoming Webinars \n\n\n\nWatch for more information on these upcoming webinars which will be held every week at noon throughout March and beginning of April. Please register for each webinar separately.  \n\n\n\nWebinar #2: \n\n\n\nCare Coordination under the Community-based Palliative Care BenefitThur March 20\, 2025Noon – 1 pm \n\n\n\nLearn who can provide palliative care\, reimbursement codes\, and more. \n\n\n\nWebinar #3:\n\n\n\nPediatric Palliative Care BenefitTuesday March 25\, 2025Noon – 1 pm \n\n\n\nFind out what is covered in this palliative care benefit for children. \n\n\n\nWebinar #4: \n\n\n\nHow the New Benefit Helps You and Your FamilyThur April 3\, 2025Noon – 1pm \n\n\n\nMed-QUEST beneficiaries and those who serve them will gain practical insights into this benefit in terms that are easy to understand. The session is for the public and all are welcome.  \n\n\n\nFor questions about the webinar series\, please contact info@kokuamau.org
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/overview-of-the-palliative-care-services-benefit-webinar/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250319T171500
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250319T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250102T214750Z
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SUMMARY:Palliative Pupus March 2025
DESCRIPTION:We’d like to invite you to our virtual and hybrid Palliative Pupus.  \n\n\n\nThis month’s topic: This complex case involves a compassionate extubation for a long-term care patient that was residing in a nursing facility and shows how the team helps a patient and family navigate the challenges that arise. \n\n\n\nOur 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.  \n\n\n\nAt the March meeting we also meet in person at the QCC\, offering a hybrid format\, to include neighbor islands and others on zoom. If you join us at the in person meetings you will enjoy actual pupus. \n\n\n\nQueen’s Conference Center for Palliative Pupus. \n\n\n\nThe Queens Conference Center (QCC) – Room 200510 S. Beretania StreetHonolulu\, HI 96813 \n\n\n\nPlease join us bi-monthly on the: \n\n\n\n\nPalliative Pupus meets in Room 200 on the second floor of the Queen’s Conference Center\n\n\n\nEach meeting’s topic is announced in a Kōkua Mau reminder eNewsletter one week prior to the event\n\n\n\n\n\nPark for free at the municipal Civic Center parking lot on South Beretania after 4 PM (see map below)\n\n\n\nPark in the Queen’s Miller parking lot for validated parking (pricey without the sticker). See map.\n\n\n\nAcross the street at the DOH now has a two hour maximum enforced 24 hours (gone are the good old days).\n\n\n\nMore on parking near QCC\n\n\n\n\nHow does Palliative Pupus work?\n\n\n\nThe theme and presenters for each ‘Palliative Pupus’ is announced one to two weeks prior to the meeting date via our Kōkua Mau eNewsletter. If you are not receiving our eNewsletter yet\, please subscribe here and we will keep you informed. \n\n\n\nWhat is Palliative Pupus?\n\n\n\nOur first successful Palliative Pupus meeting was held November 17\, 2010 and has since become a bi-monthly event every third Wednesday of the month. (Except November due to Thanksgiving) \n\n\n\nThe model is an informal\, interactive\, collegial\, pau hana to present and discuss challenging cases as a group.  Palliative Pupus is for clinicians in a variety of fields: doctors\, nurses\, social workers\, chaplains. \n\n\n\nhttp://goo.gl/maps/PToQ5
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/palliative-pupus-march-2025/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250320T120000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250320T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250224T215854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250404T025710Z
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SUMMARY:Care Coordination under the Med-QUEST Community Palliative Care Benefit - Webinar 2
DESCRIPTION:Please register for each webinar separately. \n\n\n\n\nWebinar #2: \n\n\n\nCare Coordination under the Med-QUEST Community Palliative Care BenefitThur March 20\, 2025Noon – 1 pm\n\n\n\nIn this second webinar\, you’ll learn about Med-QUEST benefit and eligibility criteria with qualifying conditions\, assessment tools and services provided from the perspective of a provider\, with a case study. In the second part Reimbursement Under the Community Palliative Care Benefit you will learn about the road map and the nuts and bolts of qualifying conditions\, covered services\, contracting requirements and the billing codes of the reimbursement process. \n\n\n\nSpeakers:  \n\n\n\nToby Smith Medical Director for Supportive Care and Medical Management at HMSA\, Geriatrician and Palliative Care Physician in skilled nursing facilities in Hawaiʻi. Dr. Smith is ABIM board certified in Geriatrics\, Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Internal Medicine. \n\n\n\nTorrie Fields\, MPH\, CEO of TFA Analytics\, was instrumental in the creation of the benefit and is now working on implementation. She serves as strategic advisor to the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)\, the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC)\, and the Hawaiʻi Department of Human Services\, Med-QUEST Division. \n\n\n\nA 45-minute presentation will be followed by a live\, interactive 15-minute Q&A session. \n\n\n\nLearn who can provide palliative care\, reimbursement codes\, and requirements. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar #3:\n\n\n\nThe Pediatric Med-QUEST Community Palliative Care BenefitTuesday March 25\, 2025Noon – 1 pm \n\n\n\nFind out what is covered in this palliative care benefit for children. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar #4: \n\n\n\nHow the New Med-QUEST Community Palliative Care Benefit Helps You and Your FamilyThur April 3\, 2025Noon – 1pm \n\n\n\nMed-QUEST beneficiaries and those who serve them will gain practical insights into this benefit in terms that are easy to understand. The session is for the public and all are welcome.  \n\n\n\nFor questions about the webinar series\, please contact us.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/care-coordination-under-the-med-quest-community-palliative-care-benefit-webinar/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250323T150000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250323T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250206T163424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250311T061548Z
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SUMMARY:Finding Wholeness in Living and Dying: Providing Care and Comfort in the Jewish Community
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to have author and senior educator Rick Light coming to share his wisdom with us! Please join us to explore the unexpected depth of Jewish traditions around the end of life\, and come learn about: \n\n\n\n\nthe richness and beauty of Jewish end-of-life customs\, rituals\, and practices\n\n\n\nwhat caring for the dead teaches about living\n\n\n\nand more…\n\n\n\n\nAll are welcome! This workshop is free of charge. \n\n\n\nSun Mar 23\, 20253-4:30 pmTemple Emanu-El2550 Pali Hwy. Nuʻuanu \n\n\n\n\nTo join us online\, watch the livestream at: www.shaloha.com on the 23rd around 3 PM. \n\n\n\nOn the temple’s website you might see a “view here” link to the templeʻs livestream of the day. But this link will only ʻhotʻ less than half hour before the program begins on the 23rd. You may have to click around a bit to find the link on the sliding menu. (This is a livestream on the day it happens and there is no registration required for it\, since it is available as soon as it goes ʻliveʻ.)\n\n\n\nDownload the flyer\n\n\n\n\nRSVP info@kokuamau.org so we can get a headcount for handouts \n\n\n\nRick Light has been teaching about Jewish death practices for almost three decades\, showing how respect is woven throughout Jewish end-of-life rituals\, enriching how we live. He started a Chevrah Kadisha in 1996 and led it for 18 years. Along the way he became an instructor for the Gamliel Institute and has published seven books\, including a highly praised Passover Haggadah\, and four books on Jewish death practices\, one of which won a Nautilus Book Award.  \n\n\n\nRick is currently on the Board of Directors for the Ben Zakkai Institute\, and he is on staff at JADE (the Jewish Association for Death Education)\, where he is writing curricula for webinars and classes. Rick was also the designer of the popular educational Hineni tool. Learn about Rick\, his passions\, and his books at richardalight.com\, benzakkai.org\, and jadeinfo.org . \n\n\n\nSponsored by: Chevra Kadisha Kavod of Oahu\, Temple Emanu-El\, Kōkua Mau\, Mālama Ola and Navian.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/finding-wholeness-in-living-and-dying-providing-care-and-comfort-in-the-jewish-community/
LOCATION:Temple Emanu-El\, 2550 Pali Hwy\, Honolulu\, HI\, 96817\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250325T120000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250325T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250224T220302Z
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SUMMARY:The Pediatric Med-Quest Community Palliative Care Benefit - Webinar 3
DESCRIPTION:This year (2025)\, Hawaii became the first state in the nation to offer community-based palliative care for Medicaid (Med-QUEST) beneficiaries. \n\n\n\nPalliative care is now available as soon as a patient is diagnosed with a serious illness as a covered preventative benefit. It is available for patients who may be receiving curative treatments but need the extra support that a palliative care team can provide. (Click here for official documents and a 3-page summary.) \n\n\n\nThrough a grant from Hui Pohala\, Kōkua Mau has produced a series of four webinars to help healthcare professionals and members of managed care plans optimize this valuable\, new benefit. \n\n\n\nPlease help us spread the word and share this announcement with colleagues. To learn more about palliative care\, visit our Palliative Care pages.  \n\n\n\n\nPlease register for each webinar separately. \n\n\n\n\nWebinar #3:\n\n\n\nPediatric Palliative Care BenefitTuesday March 25\, 2025Noon – 1 pm \n\n\n\nFind out what is covered in this palliative care benefit for children. A 45-minute presentation will be followed by a live\, interactive 15-minute Q&A session. \n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\nJasmin Jensen\, MD is board certified in hospice and palliative care physician and pediatric oncologist.  She has been a member of the medical team at Kapiʻolani medical center for over ten years providing care for patients with complex\, chronic\, and often life limiting conditions.  One of her goals has been to increase access to pediatric palliative care and hospice services for patients and families residing on our neighboring islands.  She works closely with community-based hospice agencies throughout the state to ensure that kids and families have support in their own communities to help them navigate the unimaginable challenges they face. \n\n\n\nCurtis Thoma\, MD. completed a combined residency in both internal medicine and pediatrics and served as pediatric chief resident.  During his clinical career he has worked with underserved populations at community health centers in Hawaiʻi.  He currently serves as Hawaiʻi Medicaid (Med-QUEST) Medical Director.   \n\n\n\nTorrie Fields\, MPH\, CEO of TFA Analytics\, was instrumental in the creation of the benefit and is now working on implementation. She serves as strategic advisor to the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)\, the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC)\, and the Hawaiʻi Department of Human Services\, Med-QUEST Division.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar #4: \n\n\n\nHow the New Benefit Helps You and Your FamilyThur April 3\, 2025Noon – 1pm \n\n\n\nJoin us to learn more about this innovative Community Palliative Care Benefit that increases the care and support available for people with serious illness.  \n\n\n\nThe webinar will help people with Med-QUEST and those who care for them learn about what palliative care is\, who qualifies for the benefit and how to access it in terms that are easy to understand. The session is for the public and all are welcome. \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nDr. Daniel Fischberg has served as the Medical Director of the Pain and Palliative Care Department at The Queen’s Medical Center for more than 20 years and is Chief of the Division of Palliative Medicine and Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the John A. Burns School of Medicine.  \n\n\n\nAnita Jewell\, RN.  Anita Jewell’s nursing career spans 40+ years. In 1984 a 2-week vacation in Hawaiʻi turned into a permanent move after acquiring a nursing position at the Queen’s Medical Center. After 15 years at QMC’s Cardiovascular ICU\, she spent the next 20 years navigating the realms of Case Management\, Administration and Population Management. The combination of clinical and administrative experiences has led to unique opportunities to participate in community projects dealing with population health\, health management\, access to care and transitions of care. \n\n\n\nHope Young is the Advance Care Planning Coordinator for Kōkua Mau. Hope joined Kōkua Mau in 2017 and is a founding member of the Palliative Care Awareness Committee\, established in 2021. She provides education and awareness about conversations and documentation about what matters most. Hope has worked with seniors and their loved ones in various capacities throughout her career and enjoys being out in the community.  \n\n\n\nVideo: a siblings experience with Palliative Care for their mother. 
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/the-pediatric-med-quest-community-palliative-care-benefit-webinar-3/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250327T150000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250327T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250102T214034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T173918Z
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SUMMARY:Kokua Mau Monthly Meeting March 2025 Cancelled
DESCRIPTION:Due to the webinar series for the providers and the community there is no March 2025 Kōkua Mau meeting.  \n\n\n\nPlease join us for our Virtual Monthly Meeting on zoom\, to learn\, laugh\, mingle and network. Subscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins. A recording of many of our meetings are available on our YouTube channel\, in case you might have missed it. \n\n\n\nLast Thursday of the month* from 3 to 5 pm (on zoom)\n\n\n\nEach month’s topic is announced in our eNewsletter \n\n\n\nEach month we have updates about events in the community and one or more guest speakers. \n\n\n\nMeetings are open to all. \n\n\n\n*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).
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/20788/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250403T120000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250403T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250224T220629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T005035Z
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SUMMARY:How the New Benefit Helps You and Your Family - Webinar 4
DESCRIPTION:This year (2025)\, Hawaii became the first state in the nation to offer community-based palliative care for Medicaid (Med-QUEST) beneficiaries. \n\n\n\nPalliative care is now available as soon as a patient is diagnosed with a serious illness as a covered preventative benefit. It is available for patients who may be receiving curative treatments but need the extra support that a palliative care team can provide. (Click here for official documents and a 3-page summary.) \n\n\n\nThrough a grant from Hui Pohala\, Kōkua Mau has produced a series of four webinars to help healthcare professionals and members of managed care plans optimize this valuable\, new benefit. \n\n\n\nPlease help us spread the word and share this announcement with colleagues. To learn more about palliative care\, visit our Palliative Care pages.  \n\n\n\n\nPlease register for each webinar separately. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar #4: \n\n\n\nHow the New Med-QUEST Community Palliative Care Benefit Helps You and Your FamilyThur April 3\, 2025Noon – 1pm \n\n\n\n\nRegister for April 3!\n\n\n\n\nJoin us to learn more about this innovative Community Palliative Care Benefit that increases the care and support available for people with serious illness.  \n\n\n\nThe webinar will help people with Med-QUEST and those who care for them learn about what palliative care is\, who qualifies for the benefit and how to access it in terms that are easy to understand. The session is for the public and all are welcome. \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nDr. Daniel Fischberg has served as the Medical Director of the Pain and Palliative Care Department at The Queen’s Medical Center for more than 20 years and is Chief of the Division of Palliative Medicine and Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the John A. Burns School of Medicine.  \n\n\n\nAnita Jewell\, RN.  Anita Jewell’s nursing career spans 40+ years. In 1984 a 2-week vacation in Hawaiʻi turned into a permanent move after acquiring a nursing position at the Queen’s Medical Center. After 15 years at QMC’s Cardiovascular ICU\, she spent the next 20 years navigating the realms of Case Management\, Administration and Population Management. The combination of clinical and administrative experiences has led to unique opportunities to participate in community projects dealing with population health\, health management\, access to care and transitions of care. \n\n\n\nDiane DeBernardo\, APRN \n\n\n\nCecilia Ortiz\, LSCW \n\n\n\nHope Young is the Advance Care Planning Coordinator for Kōkua Mau. Hope joined Kōkua Mau in 2017 and is a founding member of the Palliative Care Awareness Committee\, established in 2021. She provides education and awareness about conversations and documentation about what matters most. Hope has worked with seniors and their loved ones in various capacities throughout her career and enjoys being out in the community.  \n\n\n\nVideo: a siblings experience with Palliative Care for their mother. 
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/how-the-new-benefit-helps-you-and-your-family-webinar-4/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250408T080000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250408T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250303T173100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250102T213628Z
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SUMMARY:Advance Care Planning (ACP)\, Advance Directives and Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Facilitator Training (April)
DESCRIPTION:This training is offered for nurses\, physicians\, social workers\, and other clinicians and focuses on communication skills to improve ACP discussions. The class will review key elements and processes related to ACP\, advance directives and POLST development. \n\n\n\nCourse Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nApply advance care planning resources to promote advance care planning discussions.\n\n\n\nEngage the multi-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.\n\n\n\nPromote patients’ knowledge of advance directives\, including healthcare Power of Attorney designation.\n\n\n\nImplement correct documentation of Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)-Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)\, Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR)\, full and limited treatment\, time-limited trials and Comfort Care.\n\n\n\nPromote correct process of ACP documents\, access and utilization in your organization.\n\n\n\nIdentify end-of-life options including Hawai‘i’ requirements on Medical Aid in Dying\, Our Care\, Our Choice Act.\n\n\n\n\nFirst Insurance Center (FIC)\, Education Department1100 Ward Ave\, Honolulu\, HI 96814 \n\n\n\nChoose one day to attend from 0800-1630 \n\n\n\n\nDownload the flyer\n\n\n\n\nTue June 17\, 2025\, FIC 970 • Mon Sept 15\, 2025\, FIC 630 \n\n\n\nRegistration: HPH employees: Manager’s approval is required prior to registering AND register online through HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in catalog: Advance Care Planning or POLST; Select course: HPH – Advance Care Planning\, Advance Directives and Facilitator Certification \n\n\n\nNon HPH participants: Register online: https://www.hawaiipacifichealth.org/health-wellness/continuing- education/. Any questions contact Michelle Cantillo\, RN\, HPH ACP Coordinator via email michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/advance-care-planning-acp-advance-directives-and-provider-orders-for-life-sustaining-treatment-polst-facilitator-training-april/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250424T150000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250424T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250411T225916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T215710Z
UID:21291-1745506800-1745514000@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Kokua Mau Meeting April 2025
DESCRIPTION:Stacie Sinclair\, CAPC’s Associate Director\, Policy and Care Transformation will present the finding from CAPC’s Serious Illness Scorecard that rates each state’s capacity to deliver high-quality care to people living with a serious illness\, and their families and caregivers. It provides an in-depth report on each state’s palliative care landscape and offers actionable recommendations to improve palliative care access in each state or region. \n\n\n\nDiscussion objectives are: \n\n\n\n\nDescribe national trends in palliative care access\n\n\n\nDescribe the methodology used to determine Hawaii’s score\n\n\n\nLeverage the Scorecard and individual state report to identify\, prioritize\, and advance initiatives to increase palliative care access in Hawaii\n\n\n\n\nClick here to see the scorecard \n\n\n\nThere is lots happening with palliative care in Hawaii and nationally and this scorecard offers interesting insights. It will also be an indicator to watch in the years ahead. \n\n\n\nPlease join us for our Virtual Monthly Meeting on zoom\, to learn\, laugh\, mingle and network. Subscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins. A recording of many of our meetings are available on our YouTube channel\, in case you might have missed it. \n\n\n\nLast Thursday of the month* from 3 to 5 pm (on zoom)\n\n\n\nEach month’s topic is announced in our eNewsletter \n\n\n\nEach month we have updates about events in the community and one or more guest speakers. \n\n\n\nMeetings are open to all. \n\n\n\n*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).
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/kokua-mau-meeting-april-2025/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250513T080000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250513T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250423T001819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250423T002325Z
UID:21340-1747123200-1747153800@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:ACP and POLST Facilitator Training Kauaʻi
DESCRIPTION:This training is offered for nurses\, physicians\, social workers and other clinicians and focuses on communication skills to improve ACP discussions. The class will review key elements and processes related to ACP\, advance directives and POLST development. \n\n\n\nCourse Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nApply advance care planning resources to promote advance care planning discussions.\n\n\n\nEngage the multi-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.\n\n\n\nPromote patients’ knowledge of advance directives\, including healthcare Power of Attorney designation.\n\n\n\nImplement correct documentation of Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)-CardiopulmonarymResuscitation (CPR)\, Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR)\, full and limited treatment\, time-limited trials and Comfort Care.\n\n\n\nPromote correct process of ACP documents\, access and utilization in your organization.\n\n\n\nIdentify end-of-life options including Hawai‘i’s requirements on Medical Aid in Dying\, Our Care\, Our Choice Act.\n\n\n\n\nTue May 13 2025
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Wilcox Medical CenterConference Room B/C3-3420 Kuhio Hwy\, Lihue\, HI \n\n\n\nRegistration: HPH employees: Manager’s approval is required prior to registering AND register online through HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in catalog: Advance Care Planning or POLST; Select course: HPH – Advance Care Planning\, Advance Directives and Facilitator Certification \n\n\n\nNon HPH participants: Register online or contact Michelle Cantillo\, RN\, HPH ACP Coordinator via email michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/acp-and-polst-facilitator-training-kauai/
LOCATION:HI
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250520T120000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250520T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250411T225353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250411T225353Z
UID:21289-1747742400-1747756800@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Advance Care Planning
DESCRIPTION:This class is offered for physicians\, nurses\, social workers\, pharmacists\, clinical psychologists and other clinicians. It promotes ACP introductions and will review key elements and processes related to ACP\, Advance Directives and POLST in the clinic. \n\n\n\nCourse Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nApply ACP resources to promote advance care planning discussions.\n\n\n\nPromote patients’ knowledge of advance directives including healthcare power of attorney designation.\n\n\n\nIdentify the differences between an Advance Directive and Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)\n\n\n\nand implement correct documentation of these documents.\n\n\n\nImplement and standardize ACP processes.\n\n\n\nIdentify the Hawai‘i requirements of Medical Aid in Dying\, Our Care\, Our Choice Act.\n\n\n\nEngage the multi-disciplinary team patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.\n\n\n\n\nTue May 2012:00-16:00First Insurance Center (FIC)Suite 970\, Education Department1100 Ward Ave.\, Honolulu\, HI 96813 \n\n\n\nChoose one afternoon to attend. Other dates: Wed\, 8/13/2025\, 1230–1630 or Tue\, 11/4/2025 1200–1600 \n\n\n\nRegistration: HPH Employees: Manager’s Approval is required prior to registering AND register online through the HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in the Catalog: ACP; Select Course: HPH – Advance Care Planning (ACP) Class. \n\n\n\nNonHPH participants: Register online: https://www.hawaiipacifichealth.org/health-well ness/continuing-education/ or contact Michelle Cantillo\, RN\, HPH ACP Coordinator via email michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org. Any questions\, call Michelle Cantillo at 808-535-7874.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/advance-care-planning/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250521T171500
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250521T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250210T223347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T233630Z
UID:20956-1747847700-1747852200@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Palliative Pupus (zoom) May 2025
DESCRIPTION:We’d like to invite you to zoom only Palliative Pupus. \n\n\n\nOur 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.  \n\n\n\nAt the May meeting we meet on zoom only\, to include neighbor islands and others on zoom.  \n\n\n\nHow does Palliative Pupus work?\n\n\n\nThe theme and presenters for each ‘Palliative Pupus’ is announced one to two weeks prior to the meeting date via our Kōkua Mau eNewsletter. If you are not receiving our eNewsletter yet\, please subscribe here and we will keep you informed. \n\n\n\nWhat is Palliative Pupus?\n\n\n\nOur first successful Palliative Pupus meeting was held November 17\, 2010 and has since become a bi-monthly event every third Wednesday of the month. (Except November due to Thanksgiving) \n\n\n\nThe model is an informal\, interactive\, collegial\, pau hana to present and discuss challenging cases as a group.  Palliative Pupus is for clinicians in a variety of fields: doctors\, nurses\, social workers\, chaplains.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/palliative-pupus-zoom-may-2025/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250529T150000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250529T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250411T230137Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250522T202412Z
UID:21295-1748530800-1748538000@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Kokua Mau Meeting May 2025 Cancelled
DESCRIPTION:No meetings in May and June 2025 \n\n\n\nPlease join us for our Virtual Monthly Meeting on zoom\, to learn\, laugh\, mingle and network. Subscribe to our eNewsletter for the most up-to-date information and zoom log-ins. A recording of many of our meetings are available on our YouTube channel\, in case you might have missed it. \n\n\n\nLast Thursday of the month* from 3 to 5 pm (on zoom)\n\n\n\nEach month’s topic is announced in our eNewsletter \n\n\n\nEach month we have updates about events in the community and one or more guest speakers. \n\n\n\n*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).
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/kokua-mau-meeting-may-2025/
LOCATION:HI
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250617T080000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250617T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250410T173000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250411T225711Z
UID:20779-1750147200-1750177800@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Advance Care Planning (ACP)\, Advance Directives and Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Facilitator Training (June)
DESCRIPTION:This training is offered for nurses\, physicians\, social workers\, and other clinicians and focuses on communication skills to improve ACP discussions. The class will review key elements and processes related to ACP\, advance directives and POLST development. \n\n\n\nCourse Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nApply advance care planning resources to promote advance care planning discussions.\n\n\n\nEngage the multi-disciplinary team to patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.\n\n\n\nPromote patients’ knowledge of advance directives\, including healthcare Power of Attorney designation.\n\n\n\nImplement correct documentation of Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)-Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)\, Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR)\, full and limited treatment\, time-limited trials and Comfort Care.\n\n\n\nPromote correct process of ACP documents\, access and utilization in your organization.\n\n\n\nIdentify end-of-life options including Hawai‘i’ requirements on Medical Aid in Dying\, Our Care\, Our Choice Act.\n\n\n\n\nFirst Insurance Center (FIC)\, Education Department1100 Ward Ave\, Honolulu\, HI 96814 \n\n\n\nChoose one day to attend from 0800-1630 \n\n\n\n\nDownload the flyer\n\n\n\n\nTue June 17\, 2025\, FIC 970 • Mon Sept 15\, 2025\, FIC 630 \n\n\n\nRegistration: HPH employees: Manager’s approval is required prior to registering AND register online through HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in catalog: Advance Care Planning or POLST; Select course: HPH – Advance Care Planning\, Advance Directives and Facilitator Certification \n\n\n\nNon HPH participants: Register online: https://www.hawaiipacifichealth.org/health-wellness/continuing- education/. Any questions contact Michelle Cantillo\, RN\, HPH ACP Coordinator via email michelle.cantillo@hawaiipacifichealth.org.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/advance-care-planning-acp-advance-directives-and-provider-orders-for-life-sustaining-treatment-polst-facilitator-training-june/
LOCATION:HI
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250717T051500
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250717T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250714T202721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250714T202722Z
UID:21466-1752729300-1752777000@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Cancelled: Palliative Pupus July 2025
DESCRIPTION:We hope you are enjoying the summer. Unfortunately\, we will need to cancel Palliative Pupus this coming Wednesday\, July 16. The stars are not aligned this time so our apologies that we will NOT be meeting. Next Palliative Pupus will be on September 17. \n\n\n\nOur 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. 
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/cancelled-palliative-pupus-july-2025/
LOCATION:HI
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250813T123000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250813T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250714T204934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250714T204934Z
UID:21472-1755088200-1755102600@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Advance Care Planning Aug 2025
DESCRIPTION:This class is offered for physicians\, nurses\, social workers\, pharmacists\, clinical psychologists and other clinicians. It promotes ACP introductions and will review key elements and processes related to ACP\, Advance Directives and POLST in the clinic. \n\n\n\nCourse Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nApply ACP resources to promote advance care planning discussions.\n\n\n\nPromote patients’ knowledge of advance directives including healthcare power of attorney designation.\n\n\n\nIdentify the differences between an Advance Directive and Provider Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)\n\n\n\nand implement correct documentation of these documents.\n\n\n\nImplement and standardize ACP processes.\n\n\n\nIdentify the Hawai‘i requirements of Medical Aid in Dying\, Our Care\, Our Choice Act.\n\n\n\nEngage the multi-disciplinary team patient-centered discussion addressing advance care planning.\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, 8/131230 – 1630First Insurance Center (FIC) Suite 970\,Education Department 1100 Ward Ave.\, Honolulu\, HI 96813 \n\n\n\nRegistration: HPH Employees: Manager’s Approval is required prior to registering AND register online through the HPH Learning Center (HLC). Type in the Catalog: ACP; Select Course: HPH – Advance Care Planning (ACP) Class. 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. Any questions\, call Michelle Cantillo at 808-535-7874.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/advance-care-planning-aug-2025/
LOCATION:HI
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250820T100000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250820T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250806T015220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T042346Z
UID:21488-1755684000-1755691200@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:AARP Hawaii - I Wish I Had Known A Caregiver’s Story 
DESCRIPTION:Hope Young\, Advanced Care Planning Coordinator\, Kōkua Mauʻs own is part of a three person panel: “I Wish I Had Known … Getting Affairs in Order to Avoid Heartache: A Personal Caregiver Story“. This is an in person event. \n\n\n\nWed Aug 2010 AM to NoonHale Kōkua O Mānoa Adventist Community Center2655 Manoa Rd\, Honolulu\, HI 96822 \n\n\n\n\nRegister on the AARP Hawaii website\n\n\n\n\nThink you’re ready for a loved one’s passing? Learn from author Annette Kam’s story and get practical tips to ease the paperwork and planning before it’s too late. \n\n\n\nThink you’re prepared for a loved one’s passing? The paperwork and details may surprise you. Join caregiver/author Annette Kam as she shares her story and offers essential tips to help you plan ahead—and ease the burden when the time comes. Hear from a local resource panel: Alan Gamble\, President\, Mits Aoki Legacy Foundation\, Savvy Makalena\, Founder & CEO\, Gimme A Break\, Hope Young\, Advanced Care Planning Coordinator\, Kōkua Mau.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/21488/
LOCATION:HI
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250821T120000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20250821T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T104521
CREATED:20250812T195958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250812T195959Z
UID:21514-1755777600-1755781200@kokuamau.org
SUMMARY:Med-QUEST Community Palliative Care  Benefit Overview For Social Workers
DESCRIPTION:As part of the PEACE – Munch and Learn Series 2025 Promoting Engagement\, Aloha\, & Compassion in the Everyday Care the presenter is Torrie Fields\, MPH\, CEO\, TFA Analytics Strategic Advisor to Hawaii DHS\, Med-QUEST Division. \n\n\n\nAugust 21\, 2025 12:00 to 1:00 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for the zoom meeting \n\n\n\nSee flyer for for continuing education information\n\n\n\n\nDuring this second PEACE session for 2025 we will explore the new Hawaii Medicaid Palliative Care Benefit\, and the important role social workers play within the interdisciplinary palliative care team caring for people facing serious illness. Please join us to expand our understanding and awareness of these unique contributions that social workers make and how this is now being recognized as critically important by Med- QUEST.
URL:https://kokuamau.org/event/med-quest-community-palliative-care-benefit-overview-for-social-workers/
LOCATION:HI
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