Baystate Health nurses, care managers, physicians and community health professionals are asking all patients, across inpatient, primary care and community health settings, if they have appointed a Health Care Agent in a Health Care Proxy. This system-wide advance care planning initiative, led by our long-time partner, Jodi Kashouh, MS, RN-BC, CNL, Healthcare Quality Specialist and colleagues, uses the HCM…

In November, Beth Soltzberg, LICSW, MBA, JF&CS, Lead, Dementia Friends MA, Jewish Family & Children’s Services hosted a one of a kind symposium “Let’s Talk about Dementia and Culture 2022,” in several languages. The English, Portuguese, and Spanish recordings are now available to hear directly from panelists who share vital information and best practices ideas.  Ms. Soltzberg and her colleagues…

Thank you to Sophie Leveque. Reference Librarian II, Health & Human Services Specialist, Boston Public Library, who generously co-hosted with Honoring Choices the 2022 Quarterly Consumer Virtual Webinar Series- “Now’s The Time. Make Your Own Care Plan”. This well attended series helps adults make their own personal plan using the free downloadable Getting Started Tool Kit. The live…

With 19,000 vacancies in MA hospitals, and thousands more in other care sites, the workforce crisis continues to affect every healthcare organization at every level of employment. In July, MA Health & Hospital Association (MHA) hosted its first-ever Workforce Summit to allow leaders to share the innovative strategies and practices they are using to grow, recruit, and retain…

Guiding and empowering healthier lives for everyone- POINT32 Health’s mission- can often start with a simple planning conversation. Working with Lauren Hartwell, MPH Senior Program Manager Population Health Capabilities and her colleagues this past fall, we tailored the Honoring Choices MA (HCM) Who’s Your Agent? Program for Care Providers  to support an inclusive, system-wide Point 32Health…

Everyone can start a simple planning conversation to make a personal plan to help ensure the care you receive aligns with your current care goals and choices.  It’s simple to start a conversation using he Honoring Choices MA 5 Things To Talk About Conversation Guide Series just updated with timely sample questions suggested by consumers…

We are delighted to partner with  Point32Health  and support their mission.  Point32Health— the parent organization of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan — is working to guide and empower healthier lives for everyone. As a result, Point32Health will launch a crucial Advance Care Planning intervention that ensures members’ health care goals are understood…

On June 16, 2022, Honoring Choices MA, Hospice and Palliative Care Federation of MA, JSI’s Southeast and Central MA Palliative Care Workgroup and Norwell VNA & Hospice sponsored the first of its kind virtual panel discussion and call to action- Elevating the Role of Community Palliative Care Clinicians in Advanced Care Planning and Serious Illness…

Honoring Choices Massachusetts (HCM), Ariadne Labs and The Conversation Project are working together to help ensure adults and their health care teams can confidently engage in effective planning conversations from simple to serious illness. Our programs work together seamlessly to provide a continuum of planning tools and conversation guides that help adults make a personal…

        We welcome the Center for Aging & Disability Education and Research (CADER) at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) as an Honoring Choices Alliance Partner. CADER is a nationally recognized training and research center dedicated to supporting individuals and organizations who provide health and social services to older adults and…