The POLST information for Consumers Sheet explains many of the terms and issues addressed in the Hawaii POLST form in non-medical terms. It is intended to help people understand often quite complicated words, issues and decisions that need to be made when discussing POLST (Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment).
Starting June 2023 the Hawaii POLST Information for Consumers is available in 11 languages.
- Chinese simplified POLST Information for Consumers in Hawaii
- Chinese traditional POLST Information for Consumers in Hawaii
- Chuukese POLST Information for Consumers in Hawaii
- Ilocano POLST Information for Consumers in Hawaii
- Japanese POLST Information for Consumers in Hawaii
- Korean POLST Information for Consumers in Hawaii
- Marshallese POLST Information for Consumers in Hawaii
- Spanish POLST Information for Consumers in Hawaii
- Tagalog POLST Information for Consumers in Hawaii
- Tongan POLST Information for Consumers in Hawaii
- Vietnamese POLST Information for Consumers in Hawaii
Please make sure that you visit:
The English POLST Information for Consumers in Hawaiʻi Page.
All Multilingual POLST Forms for Hawaii can be found here.
POLST (Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) is a medical order that gives patients more control over their end-of-life care. Produced on a distinctive bright green form and signed by the patient and her/his physician, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), or Physician Assistant (PA) POLST specifies the type of medical treatment that a patient wishes to receive towards the end of life.
For a list for all multilingual documents please visit our 11 languages page
As of May 2023, we have an Improved Hawaiʻi POLST Form!
The Hawaiʻi POLST form was updated in May 2023. We encourage everyone to use the English updated version of POLST. If you have the pre-May 2023 version, it remains valid and does not expire. For your convenience, in case you are working with a friend or client with a pre-2023 POLST form, a PDF of these is provided on the main page of each language.
