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Medical Facilities/Genetic Councelors
The Queens Comprehensive Genetics Center
1380 Lusitana Street 3rd floor
Honolul Hawaii 96813
Email:
Phone 808-585-5096/808-537-7633
Queens an excellent genetic counseling
program and that would be a great place
to start a support group if one is not
already in place.
Genetic Testing Facilities:
Kapi'olani Medical Center
Genetics Department
1319 Punahou Street, #540
Honolulu, HI 96826
Contact: Tammy Stumbaugh, MS, Genetic Counselor
Phone: (808) 983- 8559
Fax: (808) 983-6081
Kaiser Permanente Medical Group
1010 Pensacola Street
Honolulu, HI 96814
Contact: Dwight K.C. Yim, MD
Phone: (808) 597-2481
Fax: (808) 597-2498
Ravi Pillai, M.D
134 Puuhonu Way,1st Floor
Legal Aid
Kauai: Seniors Law Program 246-0573
Maui, Moloka`i, Lanai:
Legal Aid Society 242-0724
Oahu: UH Elder Law Program
956-6544 www.hawaii.edu/uhelp
Big Island: Legal Aid Society
Hilo 934-0678
Kona 329-8331
Kokua Mau Continuous Care
State wide partnership to help families dealing
with end of life issues
Phone: (800) 474-2113 or (800) 474-2113
Nursing Homes
State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
Hawaii-State LTC Care Ombudsman
Executive Office on Aging
Office of the Governor
250 South Hotel Street, Suite 107
Honolulu, HI 96813-2831
Phone: (808) 586-0100
FAX: (808) 586-0185
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July 20, 2002-Saturday
Caregiver's Conference
9:00 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.
Sheraton Waikiki Resort
Contact: 523-4545 for more information and registration materials.
Presentations on community resources, managing medications, tips and tools for home care, and legal and financial issues are examples of sessions to be offered. Limited financial aid for registration fees and substitute caregivers while family attends the conference will be available.
Support Groups (non HD)
MAKE TODAY COUNT
2370 Nuuanu Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96817
Phone: 595-7500
Eligibility: General public
Services: Group meets twice monthly for a general meeting, followed by three
simultaneous support group meetings: for grievers, for care givers, and for patients.
When: 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month
Time: 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Where: Nuuanu Congregational Church,
2651 Pali Highway.
When: Wednesdays
Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Where: 5th Patient's Lounge between wings
B and C Tripler AMC
Fee: Free.
HUGS
3636 Kilauea Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96816
Contact: Steve Crocker
Phone: 732-4846
Eligibility: Seriously ill children and their families.
Services: A wide range of support services for seriously ill children and
their families, plus bereavement support to these families.
Fee: Free.
Hawaii Hospices
On the Island of Kauai
- Kauai Hospice
P.O. Box 3286
Lihui, HI 96766
PH: (808) 245-7277
FX: (808) 245-5006
On the Island of Oahu
- Hospice Hawaii
860 Iwilei Rd.
Honolulu, HI 96817
PH: (808) 924-9255
FX: (808) 922-9161
www.hospicehawaii.org
- St. Francis Hospice
24 Puiwa Rd.
Honolulu, HI 96817
PH: (808) 595-7566
FX: (808) 595-6996
www.sfhs-hi.org
On the Island of Molokai
- Hospice Hawaii - Molokai
P.O. Box 408
Kaunakakai, HI 96748
PH: (808) 553-4310
FX: (808) 553-3775
On the Island of Maui
- Hospice Maui
400 Mahalani St.
Wailuku, HI 96793
PH: (808) 244-5555
FX: (808) 244-5557
On the Island of Hawaii
- Hospice of Kona
74-5620A Palani Rd.
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
PH: (808) 334-0334
FX: (808) 334-0365
- North Hawaii Hospice
P.O. Box 1236
Kamuela, HI 96743
PH: (808) 885-7547
FX: (808) 885-5592
- Hospice of Hilo
1101 Waianuenue Ave.
Hilo, HI 96720
PH: (808) 969-1733
FX: (808) 969-4863 |
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