Hospice Maui’s vision is to fill an unmet need in our community, thereby increasing access to hospice care with a facilities expansion that includes the design and construction of both a 5-bed hospice residence and a new office to replace the one we have operated from for nearly 20 years, and which we have outgrown.  The 5-bed hospice residence, which will be available to all residents of Maui County, will be known as “Hale Ho`olu`olu” (“a place for comfort, compassion, and care”).  The State of Hawaii has already awarded this project a Certificate of Need.  It will be a place where patients in their last days or weeks of life will receive our specialized care to meet their medical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs.

The Maui Community Need
The team at Hospice Maui works to see that the patients who choose hospice care spend their remaining weeks and days of life in as much comfort and dignity as possible.  The goal of the Hospice Maui team is to maximize quality of life and minimize suffering, and to maximize the singularly rich opportunities for growth and development that are thrust upon families facing this powerful and transformative part of life.  The “place” where people spend their last days can have a big impact on their and their families’ experience of this time, and there is currently no “place” on Maui that’s purpose is dedicated to this goal.

Most terminally ill people wish to spend the last part of their lives in their own homes to the extent possible.  Those, who are unable to stay in their homes, for whatever reason, are faced with choosing to be in a hospital, nursing home, care home, or assisted living facility.  Given the choice, the person who is ill will typically prefer to be in a hospice residence.  Our vision is to provide that:  Hale Ho’olu’olu.

Hospitalization is about $1,500 per day, without diagnostic procedures, interventions, or medications. When those costs are factored in, the expense is much higher.  On the other hand, full hospice care in our 5-bed hospice residence, with room and board, costs less than a third of that.  A hospice care facility on Maui would increase access to appropriate end-of-life care, as well as conserve resources that can be better used otherwise. We are also designing and building a larger program office from which our team will coordinate the hospice care and services for residents of Maui, as our current office is a “temporary building” that is far too small for even our current, rapidly expanding operations.

For more information on this project you may contact Hospice Maui’s Chief Executive Officer, Gregory LaGoy at (808) 244-5555 or email him at Hospice1@Maui.net.

Hale Ho’olu’olu

Hospice Maui’s 5 Bedroom Hospice Home

Recognition Sculpture & Naming Opportunities:

RECOGNITION SCULPTURE:

For gifts designated to the Hale Ho’olu’olu Facilities Expansion Project, Donors who have given $2,500 or more will be permanently recognized in our Butterfly Recognition Sculpture that will be prominently displayed within our new 5-bedroom hospice home, Hale Ho’olu’olu. Donors at this level will also be recognized on our permanent Wall of Tribute within the new Hospice Maui Office Building.

NAMING OPPORTUNITIES:

You can help us fulfill our promise and at the same time forever honor your own loved ones by way of a commemorative naming opportunity at Hospice Maui’s 5-bedroom hospice home, Hale Ho’olu’olu.

*these opportunities are for cash gifts directed to Hale Ho’olu’olu

Hospice Maui Facilities Expansion
Capital Campaign – Project Update 2012

In early 2012 Hospice Maui’s Board of Directors gave careful consideration to the impact of substantial reductions in health insurers’ payments to hospices for facility-based hospice care.  In response, the vision for Hale Ho’olu’olu, our hospice facility, shifted from a 12-bed, 13,000 s.f. high-acuity type of hospice facility, to a home-like 5-bed, 3,000 s.f. residence.  We have changed our design to allow us to both meet Maui’s need for residential hospice care and the increased need to operate efficiently in these financially challenging times.

The 5-bed “hospice house” has a more open design that will foster an improved experience for all. We will also be able to provide this important service in a more fiscally conservative manner, consistent with the values and sensibilities of the Maui community.  This shift has no impact on our need for more office space, which remains an important part of this project. 

The silver lining is that this change will allow us to move forward on the project sooner and enable us to be in operation serving people in need sooner. It is also important to note that our new design will allow us the option of expanding or building a second 5-bed facility on our site in the future.

The best news is that we have reached a point in our fundraising that will allow us to begin construction on the project while we continue to raise the remaining funds for this important community project.  The design for Hale Ho’olu’olu is complete and will be presented to the County of Maui planning department for approval by mid-December 2012.

For more information on this project you may contact Hospice Maui’s Chief Executive Officer, Gregory LaGoy at (808) 244-5555 or email him at Hospice1@Maui.net.

Hospice Maui Facility Expansion
Capital Campaign
Hale Ho`olu`olu and Hospice Maui Office Building

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