I Kua Na'u Advance Care Planning for Native Hawaiian Elders

Launched by TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · Feb 23, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

This project entitled, "I kua na'u" in Hawaiian, translates to "Let me carry out your last wishes." This work aims to honor the Native Hawaiian (NH) sense of cultural context for initiating a conversation between elders and their families through a video intervention to promote Advance Care Planning (ACP) in a manner that respectfully communicates the personal preferences of NH elders to their family, caregivers and the health care system. The full I kua na'u program will examine a video enhanced intervention designed by and for Native Hawaiians (NH) and their family caregivers in three dis...

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Eligibility criteria

• Subject Inclusion criteria:
• • 1. NH adult \> 55 years of age;
• • 2. Pre-existing relationship with a primary care provider (PCP, minimum of two prior visits to PCP);
• • 3. Referral by collaborating community organization.
• Subject Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. inability to view videos due to visual impairment (worse than 20/200 corrected);
• • 2. psychological state not appropriate for ACP discussions as determined by RA or clinician;
• • 3. cognitive impairment (≥2 errors) as assessed by the validated Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire.