Welcome to the Kōkua Mau: Hawaii's Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

Kōkua Mau is Hawaii's hospice and palliative care organization, and it is comprised of individual and organizational champions and supporters from hospitals, education, consumers, insurance, long term care and hospices.

We hope that you will find all the Hawaii focused information and resources on hospice, palliative care, end-of-life care and advance care planning you need for yourself, your loved ones and your friends. 

Click here for infomation about POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) and HB 1379 HD2SD2

If you are a healthcare professional, we also have educational resources, referral information and statewide activities listed under "For Professionals". 

  • To learn more about Advance Directives for Hawai‘i please click here
     
  • To learn more about the Five Booklets from the Complete Life Series with easy to read practical advise please click here

Join Kōkua Mau

Kōkua Mau depends on donations and annual membership fees to carry on with our work. Please help us improve quality of life for people living with serious illness or at the end of life here in Hawaii. This is a community wide effort that needs everyone's support.

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About Kōkua Mau
Our statewide non-profit organization strives to improve quality of life for people in Hawai‘i by promoting excellence in hospice, end-of-life care, palliative care and early advance care planning. 

Our activities include:
  • Public and professional education;
  • Development of professional and organizational healthcare capacity;
  • Advocacy and public policy;
  • Statewide leadership; and
  • Collaboration among members and throughout the community.

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Click here to learn more about  the IMPRESS Project

Click here to learn more about Kōkua Mau and our history.