MOLST: MEETING THE CHALLENGE- Register Here!
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
Honoring Choices is thrilled to be teaming up with the Massachusetts Medical Society to co-host a first-of-its-kind event. “MOLST: Meeting the Challenge” will open up a dialogue with care providers from across health care and community settings to work together to improve the quality of care and consistently honor every adult’s choices all through their health care journey and at the end of life. Physicians, nurses, community professionals, EMS personnel, social workers, faith and cultural leaders- anyone who engages adults in health care planning and provides care and is part of the MOLST process is welcome to attend.
Come join state leaders & care professionals in a unique forum!
A dyanmic panel will discuss best practices and implementation challenges to honor consumer choices and provide quality care at home, on transfer to, and across all care settings. Our panelist are:
Darrell Villaruz, Manager of Health Policy, MA Dept. Public Health; MA MOLST Program;
Alice Bonner, Ph.D. RN, FAAN, Secretary, MA Executive Office of Elder Affairs;
Renee Atherton, Compliance Coordiantor, MDPH, Office of Emergency Medical Services;
Suzana Makowski, MD MMM, Co- Chief Palliative Care Medicine, UMass Medical Center;
Pastor W. Ruben Exantus, Ph.D., M.Div, Hospice Chaplain, Care Dimensions;
Kate Granigan, LICSW, Chief Operating Officer, LifeCareAdvocates, LLC;
Attorney Kim LaDue, Assistant Judicial Case Manager, Suffolk Probate & Family Court ; Guardians & MOLST
Engage in Round Table Discussions: Let’s Do This Together!
Following the panel, share your expertise and suggest ways to improve the MOLST form; work with colleagues to ‘build your team’ to engage adults & families in discussions; and align your protocols & policy measures to consistently provide quality person-centered care. Together we’ll generate guiding principles and next steps.
Let’s do this together! Register Today. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER