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…

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Envisioning Person Driven, Community-Based Palliative Care In Massachusetts

Envisioning Person Driven, Community-Based Palliative Care In Massachusetts September 30, 12 Noon-1pm, Virtual Event, No Cost For Interprofessional Palliative Care Team Members REGISTER HERE Join us for a unique learning opportunity as experts in the California Medicaid Managed Care Palliative Care mandate present key implementation issues and lessons learned in delivering community-based palliative care services to a diverse, inclusive Medicaid…

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Health Care Planning Process- Made Simple!

Honoring Choices MA has a new video that highlights the Step-by-Step Health Care Planning Process!   The planning process enables adults and health care professionals to engage in planning conversations- from simple to serious illness- to make a plan for good care over a person’s lifetime. The video and graphic includes the 5 important conversations to…

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A Simple Step: A Call for Long-Term Health Care Planning

In the wake of the expiring public health emergency and persistent capacity constraints within healthcare facilities, a coalition of leading organizations is coming together to promote proactive care decision-making by calling on patients to designate a healthcare agent and complete a health care proxy document. Honoring Choices is delighted to join long time Partners,  MA Health…

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New: Guardianship and Alternatives to Guardianship

Guardianship is a legal process for adults who have a clinically diagnosed medical condition and are unable to make or communicate effective decisions about their everyday self-care, health, and safety. The Massachusetts court can appoint a Guardian to make some or all health care and personal decisions on the adult’s behalf, and ensure they get…

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What is Pediatric Palliative Care?

Here’s what a parent has to say- “Parenting a child with medical complexities is challenging, heartbreaking and joyful… all at the same time. Quality of life is at the heart of the decisions we make. The choice to include pediatric palliative care has been invaluable to our family. As part of our outstanding team, palliative…

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Boston Medical Center’s EQTY 2023 – A Health Justice Summit

  Honoring Choices MA is delighted to partner with Boston Medical Center’s Health Equity Accelerator. BMC and the Health Equity Accelerator invite all leaders and advocates and the Honoring Choices Partner Network to an special first time event- EQTY 2023 – A Health Justice Summit September 14, 2023, 8am-6:30pm Artists for Humanity, Boston MA EQTY…

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