Kokua Mau

Event Tool Kit

Looking for pdf files of Kōkua Mau documents?

We pulled all Kōkua Mau materials together in one place and called it the ‘Event Tool Kit’.

Have a look at the easy to photocopy pdf files to assist you in publicizing information about Kōkua Mau, advance care planning, hospice and palliative care.

  • All blue Kōkua Mau logos print fine in black and white.
  • All links download the pdf file.

About Kōkua Mau

Who is Kokua Mau – A one-page background sheet.

Advance Directive for Hawaiʻi

Your Advance Directive for Future Healthcare (an additional 2-page check list to help with completing an ‘Advance Directive’, revised Aug 2014)

Hawaii Advance Health Care Directive (free) developed by Kōkua Mau and the Executive Office on Aging in Hawaiʻi. 3 pages (updated Dec. 2015)

A writable/fillable PDF file of the Hawaii Advance Health Care Directive Form in now available. Please note that some fields need to be initialed or signed and can not be filled out in the computer. Note: Before filling in your writable/fillable Advance Directive, save it to your desktop first. Otherwise, anything you type in it will not be saved.

Multilingual Key Advance Care Planning Materials in 12 languages (PDF file with list)

A (writable) PDF file of the Starter Guides gets the conversation going. More about the nationally renowned Conversation Project hosted by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) at our webpage.

New (April 2023) Advance Directives – Frequently Asked Questions for Consumers

POLST for Hawai‘i

Hawaii POLST Form (Updated 2023. Please make sure it is on lime green paper, two-sided).

A Provider’s Guide to POLST 2 pages (pdf 1MB)

FAQ – A Consumer Guide to POLST 2 pages (pdf 1.2MB)

Multilingual Key Advance Care Planning Materials in 12 languages, including Hawaii’s POLST Form (PDF file with list)

•  More background about POLST on our website.

In-depth Kōkua Mau Materials

PDF file (two pages) of Key Palliative Care Resources for Hawai‘i

A Guide to Advance Care Planning: Making Life Decisions (16 page booklet. Updated October 2018)

Tubefeeding (2 pages)

Questions about CPR (2 pages)

Multilingual Key Advance Care Planning Materials in 12 languages (PDF file with list)

Consumer Internet Resources (active links in the PDF file, Nov. 2015)

Providers Internet Resources (active links in the PDF file, Nov. 2015)

Let’s Talk Story Program

Let’s talk Story Flyer 1   more about at our dedicated webpage Let’s Talk Story program

Let’s Talk Story Flyer 2

More Kōkua Mau Materials

Membership Form for Individuals 3 pages (pdf 190K)

Membership Form for Organizations 3 pages (pdf 190K)

Order Form for Kōkua Mau Materials (Five Wishes®, Mits Aoki DVD, trigger DVD)

Kōkua Mau POLST table top information sheet

Sign-up sheet and newsletter order form. This sign up sheet is reduced to the bare minimum of name, email and phone number (in case we cannot read the email). 1-page (pdf 90K).

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The Conversation Project’s Materials

As part of our longstanding cooperation with The Conversation Project, ever growing resources are available with the co-branded version listing Kōkua Mau as a local resource for Hawai‘i.

Download a brand new Conversation Project guide specific to COVID-19, to help people take action and be prepared. We can’t control how this pandemic plays out. But we can control who speaks for us if we’re unable to speak for ourselves, and we can take the time to make sure they know what matters most to us. Have this conversation today.

The Conversation Project – Starter Guides

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. 

In 2020, The Conversation Project updated their Starter Kits and developed new Starter Guides to support and encourage people to have The Conversation about what matters most. These newly revised Starter Guides have been thoughtfully curated and edited by Conversation Project Champions across the nation who regularly use The Conversation Project Materials. See the new versions here.

  • Download the new Your Conversation Starter Guide
  • Download the new Your Guide to Choosing a Health Care Agent

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.

How to Choose a Health Care Agent & How to Be a Health Care Agent

In addition to having the conversation, it’s important to choose a health care agent – the person who will make decisions about your medical care if you become unable to make them for yourself. This new user-friendly guide from The Conversation Project offers facts and tips necessary to make sound decisions about choosing, and being, a health care proxy. Download the 16-page PDF file here.

• Languages (on The Conversation Project’s website): Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish, Coming Soon: Arabic

The Conversation Project – Getting Started Guide for Congregations

The Conversation Project is pleased to announce a new, free Getting Started Guide for Congregations is now available on line (click on the image of the report to download the PDF file)

The ideas and examples in this guide emerged from the years of work they have done with clergy and lay leaders across the country who have tested ways to bring advance care planning and crucial Conversations into your congregations.

The Conversation Project: Alzheimer’s Resources

Families caring for loved ones with cognitive impairments face special challenges when it comes to managing their end-of-life care. Often caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are left to make critical decisions on their own, as the afflicted are no longer able to speak for themselves.

The new Starter Guide created specifically to address the issues associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia is the first of its kind and is now available free for download as a PDF on the The Conversation Project’s website.

  • For local resources you may also check out Hawaii Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative (HADI), at the Center on Aging, University of Hawaii at Mānoa.

To promote palliative care referrals

Goal: To increase patient referrals to palliative care. We have compiled resources to facilitate patient referrals to Palliative Care. Resources Include:

We are available to meet with your team to review resource tools plus review a referral workflow developed for HMSA patients.

Note: These links are being provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by the Kōkua Mau of any of the products, services or opinions of the corporation, organization or individual. Kōkua Mau bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of the external site or for that of subsequent links. Contact the external site for answers to questions regarding its content.