Join the Statewide MA DPH Health Care Proxy Campaign: MA Dept. Public Health Partners with Honoring Choices and MA Health & Hospital Association
Honoring Choices MA is excited to partner with MA Department of Public Health (DPH) and MA Health & Hospital Association, to support the DPH statewide Health Care Proxy Campaign. DPH Commissioner Robert Goldstein, MD, PhD, is advocating that “anyone over the age of 18 have a designated Health Care Agent and completed Health Care Proxy in place.” See DPH announcement.
Honoring Choices is providing the Who is Your Health Care Agent? 1 page consumer handout (pictured here), a new video Who is Your Health Care Agent: Choosing an Agent, downloadable multilingual Health Care Proxy, and other helpful tools to support the statewide DPH campaign.
Join in! Consumers, health care and community organizations can distribute the free consumer handout anywhere adults live, receive care or gather. Every handout links to the Honoring Choices Quick Start page to download a no cost multilingual Health Care Proxy.
It’s easy to do-
- Download the Who is Your Heath Care Agent? Consumer Handout. Available in 9 languages.
- Distribute the handout widely in your organizations and at health and community events.
- We can co-brand the English and translated handouts with your logo and QR code to tailor for your community.
- Watch the NEW Video: Who is Your Health Care Agent? Choosing a Health Care Agent.
- Follow the 3 simple steps to choose a Health Care Agent, complete a Health Care Proxy, and share your completed Health Care Proxy with your doctors and care teams.
- Download a no cost Health Care Proxy. Available in 15 languages.
- See video: How to complete an Honoring Choices Health Care Proxy
Also: Make your own “I Have a Health Care Proxy” Wallet Card … and much more.
Let’s Get Started! Go to our Quick Start webpage. Download the no cost materials. To tailor the co-branded handouts for your group, contact Ellen, edipaola@honoringchoicesmass.com