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Available for pick up
at UH Law School
Clinical Building when University reopens

2485 Dole St.
Call 956-6544

This publication was funded through

the Hawaii Justice Foundation

with Support from the William S. Richardson School of Law

DECIDING WHAT TO DO AND WHY NOT NOW?

Click on the chapter or headings below to learn more.

Chapter 1: PLANNING AHEAD FOR A LIFETIME

                       
• Contemporary Planning Issues for Older Persons and Caregivers

• Planning for Incapacity
• Incapacity, Memory Loss and Dementia (Neurocognitive Disorder)

Chapter 2: GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND ALTERNATIVES TO GUARDIANSHIP

                       
• Guardianship

• Conservatorship
• Alternatives to Guardianship and Conservatorship
• Powers of Attorney and the Uniform Power of Attorney Act (UPOAA)
• Money Management  

• Trusts

Chapter 3: PLANNING FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT, HEALTH CARE DECISIONS AND DECISIONS AT THE END OF LIFE
         
• Medical Treatment and Informed Consent
• Advance Health Care Directives

• Other Health Care Documents
• Medical Aid in Dying and the "Our Care, Our Choice Act"

Chapter 4: FINANCING HEALTH CARE INCLUDING LONG-TERM  CARE

• Health Care in the USA
• Medicare
• Medicare Part A - Hospital Services

• Medicare Part B - Outpatient Care

• Medicare Part C - Medicare Advantage

• Medicare Part D - Prescription Drug Plan

• Other Medical Coverage Plans

• Medicaid, Including Medicaid for Long-Term Care
• Long-Term Care Insurance
• Veterans' Services and Benefits
• Special Needs Trusts

Chapter 5: BASIC ESTATE PLANNING

• Estate Planning
• Wills

• Trusts
• Property and Probate
• Hawaiian Home Lands Leaseholds Successorship

Chapter 6: DECIDING WHO CARES AND PROTECTS?

• Chances Are...
• Elder Abuse

• Laws to Protect Older Persons
• Hiring a Caregiver
• Checklist for Employers

• Coping with Death and Dying
• Finding a Lawyer
• Dementia-Capable Lawyers

• Aging in Place?

FORMS

The application forms are primarily for use by clients of the Elder Law Clinic. Please call 808-956-6544 to find out when the ELder Law Clinic is accepting applications for assistance with  these documents.  Once filled out,the application forms may be sent by mail to the address on the application or by email attachment to uhelp.edu@gmail.com.
 

1. Checklist for Making an Advance Health Care Directive
2. Sample Short Form: Advance Health Care Directive
3. Sample Long Form: Advance Health Care Directive
4. Sample Written Instrument to Control Disposition of Remains
5. Sample State of Hawaii Statutory Form Power of Attorney
6. Sample Declaration of Authority to Act as a Surrogate for a Patient
7. "What Matters to Me"

KOKUA PACKET - Important Information

The Kōkua Packet is an organizer that can be used for planning or emergencies. It is not a legal document but is intended to provide important information and to mark where you may have put your legal documents and other important information. The Kōkua Packet can also be used as a guide to help you to put into place legal, financial and healthcare documents to prepare for the future.

FORMS ON THE WEB
 
• Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Form Available At:
     https://kokuamau.org/polst/
• Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property of a Decedent Available At:
     https://www.courts.state.hi.us/docs/form/hawaii/3CE210.pdf

ONLINE FORMS

Click on an editable form below to open, fill out and save. 

The application forms may be sent by mail to the address on the application or by email attachment to uhelp.edu@gmail.com.

1. General Application for Services

2. Will Application

3. Power of Attorney Application

4. Short Form Advance Health Care Directive

5. Long Form Advance Health Care Directive

6. Written Instrument to Control the Disposition of Remains

7. Declaration of Authority to Act as a Surrogate for a Patient

8. "What Matters to Me"