We welcome the Southeast and Central Massachusetts Palliative Care Workgroups to the Honoring Choices Partner Network! The Workgroups are a subset of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Cancer Prevention and Control Network. This multi-disciplined group of care providers focus on ways to embed palliative care as a standard practice in serious illness care for all – with…

Adults who have completed a MA Health Care Proxy can make a handy wallet card to use in case of a medical emergency. The wallet card helps emergency personnel quickly contact your Health Care Agent to advocate for the care you want. Bi-lingual wallet cards are available. EASY TO DO. Just follow the simple instructions…

Your concerns and care choices matter! Our new Quick Start program helps adults take control of their health care decisions and start to make their own health care plan. Your health care plan is your road map in working with your care providers to get you good care. Your plan protects your right to get…

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Baystate Health, an Honoring Choices MA Community Partner, we can now provide a free downloadable Honoring Choices MA Health Care Proxy translated into Swahili and Nepali. On behalf of Baystate Health, Tim Moriarty, MPA, CMI, CHI, Manager of Interpreter and Translation Services, offered to underwrite the cost of translation…

We are delighted to welcome Asian Women for Health as an Honoring Choices Alliance Partner. Asian Women for Health, AWFH, is a peer-led, community-based network dedicated to advancing Asian women’s health and wellness through education, advocacy, and support. AWFH envisions a world where Asian women are well-informed, have access to care that is culturally appropriate…

Q: If you are traveling in New Hampshire or Connecticut and suddenly require acute medical care- would your MA Health Care Proxy and MA MOLST form be honored? A: Unfortunately, due to different state laws and different forms, MA documents are not always honored across borders. The New England Healthy Living Collective (NE Collective), health…

In April 2020 during the COVID-19 State of Emergency, Honoring Choices and our Partners requested the State waive the requirement for written consent on a MOLST, Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment form, as it was not possible for seriously ill and frail patients and their clinicians to have in-person planning conversations and sign a MOLST…

The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech is seeking digital health startups with solutions for unpaid family caregivers to compete in the Massachusetts The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech is seeking digital health startups with solutions for unpaid family caregivers to compete in the Massachusetts Digital Health COVID-19 Recovery Challenge. The Challenge is focused on finding…

With the guidance of our Rhode Island (RI)Partners, we put together a simple health care planning tool kit for RI residents. Starting at 18 years old, adults can make their own health care decisions and write down their decisions in a health care plan. The RI Care Planning Tool Kit includes state specific care planning…

Nursing facilities across Massachusetts have made significant strides in mitigating the spread of, and preventing deaths from, the COVID-19 virus. To date, over 135,000+ vaccine doses have been administered to nursing facility residents and staff in Massachusetts. Since April 2020 there has been a 98% reduction in daily infections and daily deaths for residents and…