Hawaii Pacific Health
Kapiolani Palliative Care · About this organization
What you get
Comfort care alongside treatment for a serious illness, with help for your family.
How to start
During a hospital stay, ask your attending doctor about palliative care; for outpatient care, ask your managing doctor to send a referral.
The details, as published
HPH palliative care is available at any age and stage of serious illness, including cancer, alongside curative treatment. It addresses symptoms, care coordination, decisions, and emotional, social, spiritual, and practical family needs. Inpatients ask the attending doctor; outpatients need a managing-provider referral.
What help you may get
Bereavement And Memorial Support
Kapiolani Palliative Care — bereavement and memorial support
HPH palliative care is available at any age and stage of serious illness, including cancer, alongside curative treatment. It addresses symptoms, care coordination, decisions, and emotional, social, spiritual, and practical family needs. Inpatients ask the attending doctor; outpatients need a managing-provider referral.
Amount not published
Navigation Guides And Advocacy
Kapiolani Palliative Care — navigation guides and advocacy
HPH palliative care is available at any age and stage of serious illness, including cancer, alongside curative treatment. It addresses symptoms, care coordination, decisions, and emotional, social, spiritual, and practical family needs. Inpatients ask the attending doctor; outpatients need a managing-provider referral.
Amount not published
Peer And Emotional Support
Kapiolani Palliative Care — peer and emotional support
HPH palliative care is available at any age and stage of serious illness, including cancer, alongside curative treatment. It addresses symptoms, care coordination, decisions, and emotional, social, spiritual, and practical family needs. Inpatients ask the attending doctor; outpatients need a managing-provider referral.
Amount not published
Why this may help
Bereavement And Memorial Support: Palliative care helps you with the emotional and spiritual side of serious illness and difficult care decisions.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official program scope includes U.S. children with cancer, which includes pediatric B-ALL when the stated eligibility rules are met.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: Hawaii Pacific Health locations statewide; Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children, Honolulu.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
How to get started
Set up the ask for my care team
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? Yes. Ask your child’s social worker or care team to begin the request.
- Inpatients ask the attending physician.
- Outpatients ask the primary or managing physician for a referral.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
No additional limitations are published.
- Confirm pediatric team, sites, hours, outpatient criteria, cost, bereavement duration, and response time.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Kapiolani Palliative Care · checked Aug 24, 2026