Spanish Multilingual Kokua Mau Resources
All documents (PDF files) are in Spanish only and are intended for educational purposes to facilitate the discussion of the topics with Hawaii residents with limited English proficiency. The Hawaii 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 translated document.
Advance Directive
Spanish Hawaii Advance Health Care Directive • English page
Spanish Hawaii Advance Directive Information Sheet • English page
POLST for Hawaii
Spanish POLST Form for Hawaii*** • English page
Spanish Consumer Guide to POLST • English page
In Depth Resources
Spanish Questions about CPR • English page
Spanish Tube Feeding Information • English page
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.
These glossaries were originally developed by Cynthia E. Roat, MPH and Anne Kinderman, MD in 2011 with funding from The California Health Care Foundation and updated by Kōkua Mau in 2025. A collaboration between Cindy Roat and Kōkua Mau, the glossaries are available here as PDF files from English into:
For a complete list of all glossary languages please visit our resources for interpreters page.
Kōkua Mau is a statewide coalition in Hawaiʻi to improve care for those with serious illness. Our website is a resource that has non-biased, accurate Information on advanced care planning, advance directives, POLST and options for serious illness care including palliative care and hospice care.
***The Hawaiʻi POLST form was updated in May 2023. We encourage everyone to use the updated version of POLST. If you have the pre-May 2023 version, it remains valid and does not expire.
- Click here for a PDF of the Spanish older version of the Hawaiʻi POLST Form.
As more Spanish materials become available we may list selected resources from other organizations here.
The Conversation Project – Starter Kit
The Conversation Project isn’t about filling out Advance Directives or other medical forms. It’s about talking to your loved ones about what you or they want for end-of-life care. The Conversation Project offers a English Starter Kit that will help you or your organization to get your thoughts together and then have ‘The Conversation’.
A Spanish version of the Starter Kit is available on their website. (Please click the Spanish PDF file.)
- Download the English PDF of the Starter Kit
The Conversation Project – How to Talk to Your Doctor
The Conversation Project has updated How to Talk to Your Doctor, a guide to discussing end-of-life care with doctors, nurses, or other health care providers. The guide addresses basic steps that span the entire process (“Get Ready,” “Get Set,” “Go,” and “Keep Going”). It can be used as a workbook to make notes with a health care team. You can download the English 12-page PDF file here.
- Languages (on The Conversation Project’s website): Chinese, English, French, Korean, Spanish
- 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 10 languages (PDF file with list)
We thank the collaborative effort of our sponsors that made this translation project possible.
Executive Office on Aging (EOA)
Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC)
Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA)
Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii
University Health Alliance (UHA)