In East Hawaiʻi, our roots run deep with aloha, connection, and kuleana to care for one another. That’s why partnerships like the one between Hawaiʻi Care Choices (HCC) and Hawaiʻi Island Adult Care (HIAC) mean so much to our community. In this talk story session, Our CEO Brenda Ho and HIAC Executive Director Andrea Wernli sat down to share what makes their collaboration so powerful, and why this kind of support is essential for our kūpuna and their caregivers.

Daynette Lee (left), Medical Assistant and Cheryl Pavel (right), the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, will be working at the Kupu Care...

When Erin Barrett first heard about the Hawai‘i Care Choices’ Nurse Apprenticeship Program, she was immediately drawn to the opportunity....

In loving memory of Irene Ifuko Awong (née Sugiyama), her family celebrates the selfless, caring spirit that defined her life — and the...

Krystle Chai and her mother at the wedding Last July, everything changed for Krystle Chai. She married the love of her life, and she said...

Surviving both the Hiroshima bombing and graduating from hospice care, Gladys Goto's life exemplifies extraordinary resilience, strength,...

“Living is giving,” said Bill Miller, the President of Discount Fabric Warehouse located in Hilo, HI. “Most people who sew, predominantly...

Since 1978, every November is recognized as National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, thanks to former President Jimmy Carter who...

It is never a comfortable experience to receive bathing help from a stranger, and it was no different when Rosemarie Switalski Walker...

When kids would come up and say, “Santa, you aren’t from the North Pole!” Stanley Brooks, Jr. would reply and say, “No, I’m from the...

On February 1, 2023, Hawai'i Care Choices (HiCARE) team visited Ernest Takaku (Feb 5, 1933 – Mar 28, 2023) who served in the U.S. Army...

Lady Bird Johnson once said, “Where flowers bloom, so does hope.” And so, every Friday the volunteer team of Hawai'i Care Choices picks...

As Hawai'i Care Choices commemorates 40 years of caring for our island ʻohana, the catastrophic destruction and loss of lives that have...

Afraid and hesitant…Often, that is the first reaction that most caregivers show when they hear the word “hospice” and Penny Madamba was...

Wednesday, December 14th from 5:30 – 7:00pm, on the lawn of Hawai`i Care Choices Pōhai Mālama Care Center (590 Kapi`olani Street) in Hilo...

By JOHN BURNETT Hawaii Tribune-Herald | Sunday, September 18, 2022, 12:05 a.m. For families with a terminally ill member who wants and is...

“I started on Kupu Palliative Care which is a pre-hospice program with Hawai`i Care Choices in May 2020 and upgraded to Hospice Care in...

“When my Mom, Zelda Kelson (Lainaholo) was admitted to Pōhai Mālama Care Center in 2017, we were so relieved to have the expertise and...

When I try to imagine caring for my husband without Hospice, I would have had to place Jeff in a nursing home. I could not have coped...

My sole purpose is to convince you, who is suffering, terrified, and/or exhausted, to make one of the hardest decisions you will ever...