We welcome The Arc of Massachusetts as an Honoring Choices MA Statewide Cross-Continuum Partner. The Arc’s mission is to enhance the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and autism and their families. They fulfill this mission through advocacy for community supports and services that foster social inclusion, self-determination, and equity across all aspects…

Bringing People Home: The Marsters Settlement Agreement June 4, 2026, 12-1pm. All care professionals welcome! Free Virtual Session REGISTER HERE   Guest Speakers: Attorney Steven Schwartz and Attorney Kathy Walker, Center for Public Representation All interprofessional care team members and administrators are invited to learn about Bringing People Home, a landmark settlement agreement that benefits everyone…

Join the 13th Annual Health Care Decisions Spring Celebration. How are your celebrating? Honoring Choices MA Partners & Friends are celebrating the 13th Annual Health Care Decisions Spring Celebration, in honor of April 16, National Healthcare Decisions Day. All adults, 18 and older, can start to make their own personal care plan by downloading a…

Consumers and Care Professionals are invited to- Guardianship and Alternatives: Know Your Choices! Wednesday, October 22, 12-1pm Virtual Session, No Cost. REGISTER HERE Special Guests: Massachusetts Probate & Family Court, Office of Adult Guardianship and Conservatorship Oversight (OAGCO)- Samantha Canica, Senior Program Manager, Elder Justice Innovation Grant, Administrative Office Probate & Family Court Yenny Tarayan, Project…

September 10, 2025, 12pm-1:30pm. Virtual session, No Cost. Session Three of Envisioning Community Based Palliative Care in MA series, hosted by The Palliative Care Advisory Group, Honoring Choices Massachusetts. REGISTER  HERE.  Join us for a unique presentation followed by a moderated panel discussion as we explore the Eight Key Elements of a Community Based Palliative Care Approach…

The Honoring Choices Partners and Friends have enthusiastically joined the statewide MA Department of Public Health- Health Care Proxy Campaign. The Honoring Choices Partners & Friends are a trusted source of care planning information engaging adults in simple health care planning conversations and distributing no cost information and MA planning documents in their community. Our…

Honoring Choices MA is excited to partner with MA Department of Public Health (DPH) and MA Health & Hospital Association, to support the DPH statewide Health Care Proxy Campaign.  DPH Commissioner Robert Goldstein, MD, PhD, is advocating that “anyone over the age of 18 have a designated Health Care Agent and completed Health Care Proxy in place.” See DPH announcement.  Honoring…

Envisioning Person Driven, Community-Based Palliative Care In Massachusetts September 30, 12 Noon-1pm, Virtual Event, No Cost For Interprofessional Palliative Care Team Members REGISTER HERE Join us for a unique learning opportunity as experts in the California Medicaid Managed Care Palliative Care mandate present key implementation issues and lessons learned in delivering community-based palliative care services to a diverse, inclusive Medicaid…

Honoring Choices MA has a new video that highlights the Step-by-Step Health Care Planning Process!   The planning process enables adults and health care professionals to engage in planning conversations- from simple to serious illness- to make a plan for good care over a person’s lifetime. The video and graphic includes the 5 important conversations to…

In the wake of the expiring public health emergency and persistent capacity constraints within healthcare facilities, a coalition of leading organizations is coming together to promote proactive care decision-making by calling on patients to designate a healthcare agent and complete a health care proxy document. Honoring Choices is delighted to join long time Partners,  MA Health…