Here’s what a parent has to say- “Parenting a child with medical complexities is challenging, heartbreaking and joyful… all at the same time. Quality of life is at the heart of the decisions we make. The choice to include pediatric palliative care has been invaluable to our family. As part of our outstanding team, palliative…

We are excited to partner with Boston Medical Center’s Health Equity Accelerator to support their work in driving the future of health equity. Health equity is a complex and entrenched issue with a well-documented race-based gap when it comes to health outcomes. The Heath Equity Accelerator at Boston Medical Center, led by co-directors Thea James,…

  Honoring Choices MA is delighted to partner with Boston Medical Center’s Health Equity Accelerator. BMC and the Health Equity Accelerator invite all leaders and advocates and the Honoring Choices Partner Network to an special first time event- EQTY 2023 – A Health Justice Summit September 14, 2023, 8am-6:30pm Artists for Humanity, Boston MA EQTY…

Honoring Choices MA (HCM) and Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association (MHA) and a coalition of leading organizations are coming together this season to promote proactive care decision-making by helping adults designate a Health Care Agent and complete a Health Care Proxy document. This call to action is championed by advocacy groups from across the continuum…

Thanks all for making our 10th Annual Health Care Decisions Day Spring Celebration a BIG Success! The Honoring Choices Partners & new friends hosted over 60 events from April to June to help ensure every adult has equal access to health care planning. We are so grateful for your fun & innovative events that helped…

Hebrew SeniorLife, empowering seniors to live their best lives, shared some important research news. An article published in the JAMA Health Forum demonstrates that despite caring for a sicker population with scarce resources, skilled nursing facilities were still able to provide high quality post-acute rehabilitation for patients after the emergence of COVID-19. The JAMA article,…

We were delighted to gather the Honoring Choices Partners & Friends for a special hour with noted author and palliative care physician Dr. Sunita Puri. Dr. Puri shared her experience in helping patients and families re-define what it means to live well and die well in the face of serious illness. We learned more about…

Come join us! Every year the Honoring Choices Partners & Friends celebrate National Healthcare Decisions Day, April 16, with our statewide April- June Spring Celebration. Our collective goal is to ensure every adult has equal access to care planning tools to make a personal plan. We provide event ideas and tool kits to make it…

We welcome the  Pediatric Advanced Care Team (PACT) at Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a team of interdisciplinary clinicians with expertise in pediatric palliative care who add an extra layer of support to the care of children with serious illness and their families.  Established in 1997, PACT is the oldest continuously running pediatric…

Some of the Honoring Choices Partners assist adults with disabilities who are currently living in long term care facilities.  For adults on Mass Health, the concern arose for those adults who would prefer to live in the community with supports rather than nursing facilities, and are not able to do so. On October 11, 2022,…