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…

Guardianship is a legal process for adults who have a clinically diagnosed medical condition and are unable to make or communicate effective decisions about their everyday self-care, health, and safety. The Massachusetts court can appoint a Guardian to make some or all health care and personal decisions on the adult’s behalf, and ensure they get…

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…