Health Care Planning Ambassador Certificate

Any adult, 18 years old and older, can become a Health Care Planning Ambassador. Ambassadors help inform & empower family, friends, staff and colleagues, fellow congregants, patients & clients to start to make a personal health care plan.

Ambassadors are:

• Community members: Seniors*, volunteers at your organization or group, students and retired professionals
• Health care providers and community professionals helping patients & clients at your facility
• Bi-lingual adults to help offer translated documents & information
• Members of a church, synagogue or house of worship
• Employees providing an informational benefit to their colleagues
• Students: Medical and Nursing; Social Worker and Law

*Tufts Health Plan Foundation supports the Ambassador Program to elevate the voice and expertise of adults 50 and older as an Ambassador. Everyone is welcome!

Health Care Planning Ambassadors attend an Ambassador Workshop to confidently use the Honoring Choices "Getting Started Tool Kit" and-

1. Engage adults in health care planning discussions to complete a Health Care Proxy and Personal Directive;
2. Listen to consumer feedback on the real-life barriers and challenges they face in accessing care in their community;
3. Record and provide the consumer feedback to the Honoring Choices Partners, who address barriers and open up new pathways to healthy living;
4. Connect adults & families to needed care and services in their community, and help adults put their health care plan into action.

Ambassadors help adults and families within their community group, health care organization or business. If you want to become an Ambassador for your group, we recommend you:

• Talk with your supervisor or leadership about becoming an Ambassador and starting an Ambassador Program;
• Ambassadors are the  'in-house expert' and can bring the Health Care Planing Ambassador Program to your organization, community group or business;
• Attend or host an Ambassador Workshop. It includes everything you'll need to  start planning discussions, host community events, and educate others to expand your program. Read more here.

How do you become an Ambassador and start an Ambassador Program?

Participants attend a free Ambassador Workshop. Ambassadors and their program supervisors receive everything they will need to incorporate the Ambassador Program into your daily workflow. You’ll learn to-

• Confidently start planning conversations with Honoring Choices “Getting Started Tool Kit”
• Learn about the 5 MA care planning documents to update & add to your care plan
• Educate your fellow staff & colleagues as Health Care Planning Ambassadors
• Offer fun & informational community presentations, i.e. “Pizza & Proxy”
• Implement a structured, team-based planning approach to start planning conversations and connect adults to quality person-centered care

What tools and materials do you receive?

Ambassadors and program supervisors can tailor the tools and materials to align their program goals and routinely start early and effective planning conversations-

• Honoring Choices Health Care Planning Ambassador Certificate
• “Who’s your Agent ?® Program, an evidenced-based structured team approach
• Getting Started tool Kit, a simple 1-2-3 process to start to make your plan
• Next Steps Tool Kit to build on your plan through wellness, chronic and serious illness
• Ambassador Manual which includes the Program Supervisor Implementation Checklist

Honoring Choices will provide everything you need to host a workshop . You provide the date and location, and invite participants. We will tailor the workshop to your program goals and audience.

Read more about the Ambassador Program and see other scheduled workshops here.