We are off to a great start in our year-long initiative to generate an open dialogue with care providers and consumers regarding  MOLST (Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) and the serious illness journey. Over 100 multi-disciplined care providers came together on April 24 in our first-ever MOLST Workshop, co-hosted by the Massachusetts Medical Society. Our goal…

The Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association (MHA), an Honoring Choices Alliance Partner, is celebrating Health Care Decisions Month with an innovative statewide campaign that has inspired local businesses to join in the celebration. MHA recently announced “Healthcare Planning throughout Your Life”, a collaborative initiative to encourage MHA employees and all employees of MHA member hospitals…

  MOLST: Meeting the Challenge Co-hosted by Honoring Choices and The Massachusetts Medical Society Date: Monday, April 24, 2017,  9:30-Noon Place: The Conference Center at Waltham Woods CLICK HERE to Download the Invitation and Registration Flyer CLICK HERE TO REGISTER   Honoring Choices is thrilled to be teaming up with the Massachusetts Medical Society to…

Our goal is simple: Create consumer-friendly tools that empower adults and families to start a palliative care discussion with their care providers to help manage the pain, symptoms and stress of serious illness. The task however is formidable as Palliative Care programs in Massachusetts, whether centered in primary care, community groups, in-patient hospital programs or…

In this end of the year season of gratitude and giving, we ask all consumers, care providers, businesses and community groups to take a minute and consider making a contribution to Honoring Choices Massachusetts. Every donation goes a long way to help us provide free health care planning information and tools to Massachusetts adults and…

We wholeheartedly welcome all 120,000 members of the American Nurses Association-Massachusetts (ANA-MA) to the Honoring Choices Alliance Partner network! Whether working in primary care, home care, in hospitals or hospices or the many other practice areas, nurses have consistently reported the Honoring Choices programs help them feel “more confident and competent” in interacting with patients and delivering person-centered…

The Dementia Friendly Massachusetts Initiative (DFMI), an Honoring Choices Alliance Partner,  invites everyone to join in creating safe, informed and respectful dementia friendly communities and enable people living with dementia to live full, engaged and vibrant lives. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, Jewish Family & Children’s Services and other partner organizations convened DFMI…

In September, we embarked on an ambitious Fall Tour to bring the “Who’s Your Agent? Workshop for Care Providers” to hundreds of care professionals across the Commonwealth.  We traveled from Western Mass to Cape Cod to provide the Who’s Your Agent? Program and Tool Kits to community professionals, clergy and lay leaders, and health care…

Where: November 16, 8-Noon, Somerville Cambridge Elder Services, Somerville, MA For: Community Partners and Alliance Partner Member Organizations Come Join Us for a highly interactive course to deepen your health care planning knowledge and sharpen your communication skills to engage adults in effective health care planning discussions. A Facilitator becomes the ‘in-house expert’ to arm…

In just three years, Honoring Choices Community Partners have started over 20,000 health care planning discussion with adults and families across the Commonwealth.  Every day the Honoring Choices Community Partners- nurses, social workers, community professionals,clergy and lay leaders and health care providers- actively engage adults & families in meaningful care planning discussions to make a…