Hospice care for the terminally ill focuses first on pain management and symptom control. Pain is controllable and uncomfortable symptoms can be managed. Most hospice care is done in the patient's own home with the patient and family as the unit of the care. A variety of inpatient settings are also available.

Fundamental to hospice care is the philosophy that each human life has value. The final stages of life can be times of rewarding emotional and spiritual growth. The hospice interdisciplinary team supports this growth in the context of the patient and family's own community. Hospice care can guide the patient toward a greater sense of personal meaning and satisfaction. The result of hospice care is a comfortable and peaceful death.

HPACC members are:

• Hawaii Medical Association
• Hawaii Nurses Association
• Healthcare Association of Hawaii
• Hawaii Cancer Pain Initiative
• Not Dead Yet (Disability Rights Organization)
• Disability Rights Hawaii
• Hawaii Centers for Independent Living
• Hawaii Family Forum
• Hawaii Catholic Conference
• Hawaii Right to Life

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Kaneohe, HI 96744-5224
Phone: (808) 203-6704
Fax: (808) 261-7022
hpacc@hpacc.org