Archive for January 2014

“Bridging the gap between the health care system and individual community members and families is essential for driving access to quality health care and achieving health equity,” says Joanne Calista, Executive Directive of Central Massachusetts Area Health Education Center, Inc.  Honoring Choices Massachusetts welcomes Central Massachusetts Area Health Education Center, Inc. (CM AHEC, Inc.), a powerful advocate…

Before a new resident moves in, nursing homes or long-term care facilities generally have you sign an admission agreement. Most of us know it’s best to consult a lawyer before signing any agreement that represents such a serious commitment, but for many reasons these agreements are often signed without the benefit that consult would provide.…

One of the enduring misconceptions that Honoring Choices set out to change is the commonly held belief that “health care planning” is synonymous with “end of life care.” It’s certainly true that “health care planning” includes both an everyday care planning with your doctors for the kind of care you want at every stage of…

Honoring Choices has partnered with Regis College and its School of Nursing as the first major academic institution in the Commonwealth to incorporate the Honoring Choices Massachusetts health care planning model across its nursing school curriculum.  Kellie La Pierre, Assistant Professor, GNP-BC, explains the innovative changes underway in the School of Nursing this way: “We…