K?kua Mau
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End-of-life care work in Hawai‘i is truly unique, innovative & collaborative. K?kua Mau is a statewide partnership of over 250 individuals and organizations working with the general public and with the leaders of healthcare and government to strengthen partnerships and improve the way in which the people of Hawai‘i are cared for at the end of their lives. The program offers valuable resources for health professionals and the public to handle most of the challenges that emerge at the end of life. One of them, known as ‘The Complete Life’ is a two-part curriculum developed as part of a larger effort to improve end-of-life care in Hawai`i. It was designed specifically for faith communities but is widely utilized among caregivers, professionals, and paraprofessionals working in the field of aging.
- Goals Prevention:
- Creates healthy environments
- Goals Treatment:
- Develop basic elements for an integrated health system , Provides support health policies to facilitate the planning and integration at locally and regionally , Strengthens cooperative local groups to provide integral services , Promotes the training of health professionals , It facilitates the management by processes , Emphasizes the care of pluri-pathological and fragile patients , Promotes electronic health information systems to improve the quality of care
- Goals self-management:
- Refocuses the health system to support self-management , Improving support services with an emphasis on peer support, the disabled and carers , Allows home care , Allows remote support to patients and their carers from health professionals
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13/05/2008
20/07/2011
11/01/2009
