Short Videos Supporting Our Who is Your Health Care Agent® Program

You will find four video sections to help you make a personal care plan:

  1. Step by Step Health Care Planning Process Video
  2. Choosing a Health Care Agent Video
  3. Complete Your Own Honoring Choices Health Care Proxy Video
  4. Why Make a Plan? Voices of MA adults with personal messages; multiple cultures and languages.

1. Step-by-Step Health Care Planning Process Video

Start with a simple conversation, and take the next step to make your personal plan!

The Health Care Planning Process is an easy to use guide to engage in important care planning conversations from simple to serious illness. The process includes the Honoring Choices structured approach to care planning and Ariadne Labs Serious Illness Conversation Guide.

The short video below shows you how to:

  • Have a Conversation to make care choices (see left side of diagram);
  • Use the accompanying Planning Tools to write down your care choices (see right side of diagram).

Download the Health Care Planning Process Handout (PDF)

See Videos with Sub-Titles

Spanish

Portuguese (Brazil)

Chinese (Traditional)

2. Choosing a Health Care Agent

Watch the short video and follow the 3 simple steps to choose a Health Care Agent, complete a Health Care Proxy document, and share your competed Health Care Proxy with your doctors and care team. Choose a video with captions in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese.

English

Spanish (Latin) Translation

Portuguese (Brazil) Translation

Traditional Chinese Translation

3. Complete Your Own Honoring Choices Health Care Proxy Video

YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF!

Here's a short video that shows you how to complete your own Honoring Choices Health Care Proxy. Download the MA Health Care Proxy (English) and follow along with the video.

IMPORTANT: You will need two people to act as your witnesses to complete your Health Care Proxy. Your witnesses can be any adult, 18 years old and older, but not the person you choose as your Health Care Agent and Alternative Agent. Your witnesses are present to watch you sign and date your Health Care Proxy, and each witness will sign and date the document right after you.

Download a PDF Health Care Proxy in English

4. Why Make a Plan? Voices of Massachusetts Adults with Personal Messages and Translated Planning Documents

Click on the videos to hear personal stories and download free translated MA planning documents.

English

Johnnie

"Be present". Helping elders in her community.

English

Ward

Empowering the Arabic and Bhutanese community.

English

Louri

"Accidents can happen. It's your right to choose."