Olelo Hawaii-Niihau Multilingual Kōkua Mau Resources
All documents (PDF files) are in Olelo Hawaii-Niihau (Hawaiian) only and are intended for educational purposes to facilitate the discussion of the topics with Hawai‘i residents with limited English proficiency. The Hawaiʻi Advance Directive is the only exception, with a bilingual layout block by block.
Please visit the English background page for more information as well as an English PDF of the respective translated document.
Advance Directive
Olelo Hawaii-Niihau Hawaii Advance Health Care Directive • English page
Olelo Hawaii-Niihau Hawaii Advance Directive Information Sheet • English page
POLST for Hawaiʻi
Olelo Hawaii-Niihau POLST Form for Hawaiʻi • English page
Olelo Hawaii-Niihau POLST Information for Consumers in Hawaii • English page
In Depth Resources
Olelo Hawaii-Niihau Questions about CPR • English page
Olelo Hawaii-Niihau Questions about Tube Feeding • English page
As more Hawaiian materials become available we may list selected resources from other organizations here.
Multilingual Glossaries for Interpreting for Palliative Care
The glossaries are intended to assist interpreters translating issues about serious illness care, including palliative care and hospice care, in various languages. They are provided here as a free resource to assist interpreters and bi-lingual workers in our communities. A collaboration between Cindy Roat and Kōkua Mau, for a complete list of all languages please visit our resources for interpreters page.
- All of our Multilingual Resources including Advance Directives or POLST are available on the Kōkua Mau website at: www.kokuamau.org/languages.
- Multilingual Key Advance Care Planning Materials in 13 languages (PDF file with list)
We thank the collaborative effort of our sponsor and translators that made this Olelo Hawaii-Niihau translation project possible.