Become a Health Care Planning Ambassador
Every care team or community professional can become an Ambassador.
Expand your knowledge to confidently engage adults in simple care planning conversations.
All interprofessional care team members and anyone who engages adults in planning conversations, can take the Honoring Choices MA Health Care Planning Ambassador training to confidently engage adults in early and routine care planning conversations. The virtual webinar will enhance your knowledge and communication skills using our signature Who's Your Agent? health care planning process and Getting Started and Next Steps Tool Kit. Ambassadors can help adults make a personal care plan to write down their care goals, priorities and care preferences for good care today and over their lifetime.
All webinar participants receive an Honoring Choices MA Health Care Planning Ambassador Certificate.
Our 8000+ Ambassadors to date are also providing vital feedback on the barriers and challenges consumers face that impact their access to health care. Together we are working to minimize those barriers to ensure every adult in the Commonwealth can direct their health care choices and access timely, equitable, high-quality care.
8000+ Ambassadors and growing!
Our popular Ambassador training is open to all interprofessional care team members. The prove Health Care Planning Process and tools kits can easily be incorporated into your daily workflow and programs.
Meet some of the Ambassadors who routinely start simple care planning conversations to help adults complete a Health Care Proxy and Personal Directive (Living Will). Here are what the Ambassadors are saying-
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"It’s important to prepare nursing students as Ambassadors to confidently start care planning conversations and discuss individual goals and care choices."
Althea Michel, MSN, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, AIC, Springfield
Ambassador
"Starting culturally sensitive conversations and using the Honoring Choices translated documents helps everyone access better care and stay healthy in their community."
Elida Baez, Senior Whole Health, Cambridge
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"As a clinical social worker, being an Ambassador is a natural extension of my work with older adults as it gives them more than documents, but a means to be active in their care."
Mary Curlew, LICSW, Jewish Family & Children’s Service, Waltham
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"Everyone gets sick or injured- even at my age. It's important to have an advocate — a Health Care Agent — to help you get the care you want. I tell my friends, family and my fellow nurses, it's easy to do with the Honoring Choices documents."
Jack, Critical Care Nurse, Boston
How do I become an Ambassador?
There are two ways to become an Honoring Choices MA Health Care Planning Ambassador. Organizations can schedule a webinar for their staff to co-host with Honoring Choices. Individual professionals can take the 40-minute online recorded webinar. Please note this webinar is for Massachusetts health care and community professionals serving Massachusetts residents. The Honoring Choices health care planning process and tools are based on Massachusetts law.
“Become a Health Care Planning Ambassador to Help Adults Make a Plan”
Live Group Webinar for organizations
Educate your staff and colleagues as certified Health Care Planning Ambassadors to confidently and routinely start a planning conversation to help adults make a plan. Come join the 750 Ambassadors who use the Getting Started Tool Kit and Next Steps Tool Kit to engage adults in powerful planning conversations with every patient/client/consumer to complete a MA Heath Care Proxy and Personal Directive (Living Will), and build on their personal plan to get better care to live well with chronic and serious illness. This webinar provides our signature “Who’s Your Agent?” Program and two easy to use tool kits and discussion guides. Ambassadors gain strategies to start simple conversations, understand the 5 MA documents to revise/update a plan, and access resources to help connect adults to better care in their community.
Participants receive a HCM Health Care Planning Ambassador Certificate and join the Ambassador Network.
Time: 60-90 Minute Interactive Q/A Webinar, depending on group size.
To Schedule a Webinar: You gather your group and we'll try to accommodate your regular staff meeting or best times. We provide flyers, slide deck and electronic Getting Started and Next Steps Tool Kits. Contact Ellen, edipaola@honoringchoicesmass.com
Multi-lingual presentations for culturally competent conversations and use of translated Health Care Proxy (10 languages) and Personal Directive (5 languages) are available.
Cost: Honorarium is requested and greatly appreciated. Read More Here.
For Individual Professionals
Massachusetts health care and community professionals serving Massachusetts residents can view the Honoring Choices Health Care Planning Ambassador on-line recorded webinar through The Network for Professional Education at BU School of Social Work's Network for Professional Education(BUSSW), an Honoring Choices Alliance Partner. It's a 45-minute recorded webinar. After you complete the webinar, send an email to Ellen DiPaola, edipaola@honoringchoicesmass.com to receive your Ambassador Certificate and list of easily accessible tool kits. Be sure to include your name, organization, title and email.
CLICK HERE to access the free on-line Health Care Planning Ambassador webinar.