Getting Started Tool Kit
You can start here to make your own plan. The tool kit has everything you need. It's as easy as 1-2-3!
1. Who's Your Agent?
Choose a Health Care Agent in a Health Care Proxy.
2. What Matters to Me?
Write down your care choices in a Personal Directive (Living Will).
3. Talk About Your Care.
Use our handy conversation guide to put your plan into action.
Starting at 18 years old you can make your own health care choices and write down your choices in a personal care plan. A good place to start you plan is by completing a Health Care Proxy and Personal Directive. You download individual planning documents or use the Getting Started Tool Kit.
The Getting Started Tool Kit has a simple three step process to-
- Step 1. Choose a Health Care Agent and complete a Health Care Proxy document.
- Step 2. Write down your instructions for cared for in Personal Directive (Living Will)
- Step 3. Talk with your health care providers and share your documents to get better care today and over your lifetime.
Not able to choose a Health Care Agent? That's OK. Just start with Step 2 and the Personal Directive (Living Will).
The tool kit includes-
- MA Health Care Proxy document, available in 15 languages
- I Have a Health Care Proxy Wallet Card, available in 6 languages
- Personal Directive (Living Will) document, available in 5 languages
- Start a Simple Conversation to Stay Well, a guide to talk with your care providers.
- Helpful fact sheets to complete your documents.
To download free multilingual documents and tools and view short “how to” videos, see the QUICK START page.
The Health Care Proxy is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Khmer, Albanian, Arabic, Nepali, Swahili, Tagalog and Polish. Download here.