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The Essential Elder Law Hawai'i Handbook Including Helpful Forms for Our Akamai Kupuna, Families and Caregivers

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This publication was funded through

the Hawaii Justice Foundation

with Support from the William S. Richardson School of Law

The Essential Elder Law Hawai'i Handbook Including Helpful Forms for Our Akamai Kupuna, Families and Caregivers

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Chapter 1: Older Persons and Elder Law

Chapter 2: Capacity and Competency
• Form 1: Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA)
• Form 2: Saint Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS)

Chapter 3: Wills, Affidavits for the Collection of Personal Property and Related Documents
• Form 3: Sample Will and Self-Proved Will Document
• Form 4: Sample Letter to Personal Representative
• Form 5: Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property of the Decedent
• Form 6: Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property of the Decedent (Automobile)

Chapter 4: Disposition of Remains, Organ and Body Donation, and the Willed Body Program
• Form 7: Written Instrument to Control Disposition of Remains
• Form 8: Willed Body Program Anatomical Gift Donation Form

Chapter 5: Health Care Decision Making, Advance Health Care Directives, POLST, Surrogacy, and Advance Mental Health Directives
• Form 9: Short Form Advance Health Care Directive
• Form 10: Long Form Advance Health Care Directive
• Form 11: VA Advance Health Care Directive
• Form 12: Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
• Form 13: Declaration of Authority to Act as Surrogate for a Patient
• Form 14: Advance Mental Health Directive

Chapter 6: Hawai‘i’s Our Care, Our Choice Act

Chapter 7: Guardianship, Conservatorship and Alternatives
• Form 15: State of Hawai‘i Guardianship Court Forms
• Form 16: State of Hawai‘i Statutory Power of Attorney Form
• Form 17: Revocation of Power of Attorney

Chapter 8: Caregiving: Who Protects and Who Cares
• Form 18: Checklist for Employers

Chapter 9: Health Care Financing, Including Long-Term Care

Chapter 10: Kōkua Packet
• An Organizer for What Matters to Me