10th Annual Healthcare Decisions Spring Celebration
How are you celebrating?
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 health care planning tools to make a personal care plan for good care today and over their lifetime. Our Partners & Friends use the Honoring Choices free, multi-lingual documents and tool kits to host fun events and activities with adults in their community. We'll post your events on the 2023 April- June Events Calendar below, showing the diversity of your work.
To Get Started-
- Choose from 6 Event Ideas and Free Planning Tools below.
- Design Your Own Event. We are happy to help tailor tools and slides to support your event.
3 Ways to Celebrate!
Everyone can join the Spring celebration. You can 1). Make your own plan, 2). Gather your group to host an event, and 3). Support your staff and colleagues to enhance their knowledge and skills. Check out the event ideas and free planning tools below.
1. Make Your Own Plan
Starting at 18 years old, every adult has the right to direct their health care choices and can make their own personal plan. It's easy to do- just download the do-it-yourself Getting Started Tool Kit, or an individual document and view helpful videos. Be sure to share the tool kits to celebrate the season with family and friends.
TOOLS: You can download the Getting Started Tool Kit or download an individual document and wallet card.
- Getting Started Tool Kit : Includes the 3 step process and free Health Care Proxy, Personal Directive(Living Will), and Wallet Card.
- View a Quick Start video- step by step process to use the Getting Started Tool Kit.
- MA Health Care Proxy, available in 15 languages
- MA Personal Directive (Living Will), available in 5 languages
- "I Have a Health Care Proxy" wallet card
- "5 Things to Talk About with Your Care Providers"- a handy conversation guide series to help you get the kind of care you want today and as your health needs change.
Everything you need is on the Resources webpage
2. Gather Your Group
Select an event idea below, or design your own, to host an informational presentation. You gather your group: we'll supply the flyer, 30 minute slide deck, and tools. Partners & Ambassadors can host their own event. New Friends and first-timers can co-host a free virtual interactive event with Honoring Choices.
EVENT IDEAS & TOOLS. We have 6 event ideas ready to go! Choose any theme- details below.
- "Pizza & Proxy Party”; host provides pizza.
- "Pastries & Proxy Party"; host provides pastries.
- "Now's the Time. Make Your Own Plan"
- "Who’s Your Agent?: Complete Your Health Care Proxy"
- Who's Your Agent? flyer (English)
- ¿Quién es su Apoderado? (Spanish)
- Quem é o seu Agente? (Portuguese)
- “Next Steps Tool Kit: Living well with chronic & serious illness.
- "Update: Planning, Proxy and POLST"
See all 6 event details below.
3. Support Your Staff
Plan a "Pastries & Proxy" activity as part of your next staff meeting or co-host a educational webinar with Honoring Choices. Staff & colleagues can enhance their knowledge and confidently engage adults in planning conversations from simple to serious illness. You reserve a date; we'll review the slides and tool kits.
EVENT IDEAS & WEBINARS: Celebrate with your staff. Choose an activity or webinar.
- "Pastries & Proxy"; host provides pastries; we'll send you the tools.
- Become a Health Care Planning Ambassador
- Confidently engage adults in planning conversations using the Getting Started Tool Kit
- Engage Adults in Seamless Conversations from Simple to Serious Illness
- Build on routine planning conversations with the HCM Getting Started and Next Steps Tools Kits; Introducing Ariadne Lab's Serious Illness Conversation Guide.
Contact Ellen to schedule a co-hosted webinar, edipaola@honoringchoicesmass.com
6 Event Ideas: Choose One or Design Your Own!
You can host or co-host a fun and informational event for adults in your community or your staff and colleagues. Just choose a event that's right for your group or design one of your own. We'll post your event on the 2023 Events Calendar. We are delighted to post our Partner's related events that support consumers, caregivers and care providers. Check out the full Events Calendar below. Register early for upcoming events.
For Honoring Choices Ambassadors & Partners: Host your own event. Your slide deck & tool kits are ready to go!
For New Friends and first timers: Welcome! Honoring Choices will co-host a virtual event with you for your community or your staff.
1. Pastries & Proxy Party
For Consumers and Care Providers. About 30 minutes.
Host a morning or mid-afternoon Pastries & Proxy Party at your next community or staff meeting. We'll send you the Getting Started Tool Kit and either the Quick Start Video or a slide deck to review with your audience. You pick a date and provide the pastries and beverages. A great way to celebrate the season. Email Ellen, edipaola@honoringchoicesmass.com
2. Pizza & Proxy Party
For Consumers and Care Providers. About 45 Minutes.
Host or co-host an event at your school, faith-based and community group or networking circle. We'll send you the Getting Started Tool Kit to distribute and accompanying slide deck. You pick a date and provide the pizza and beverages. Email Ellen, edipaola@honoringchoicesmass.com
3. Who's Your Agent? Complete your Health Care Proxy.
For Consumers and Care Providers. About 20 minutes.
Host a short presentation as part of your regular gatherings or scheduled staff meetings. The virtual or in-person presentation offers a step-by-step guide to completing an Honoring Choices MA Health Care Proxy. The 15 minute slide deck can be used for used for bi-lingual presentations too. If you host an in-person event, adults can complete a document on-site with the help of two adult witnesses. The MA Health Care Proxy is available in 15 languages. Advertising flyers are available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. No cost. Email Ellen, edipaola@honoringchoicesmass.com
4. Now's the Time! Make Your Own Plan.
For Consumers. About 45 minutes.
You can host or co-host our most popular consumer presentation to help all adults get started on making their own plan. This presentation is used by hundreds of community groups from across the state. The Honoring Choices slide deck reviews the step-by-step Getting Started Tool Kit to make a personal plan. Participants can download the free kit which includes a MA Health Care Proxy and Personal Directive (Living Will).
HCM Ambassadors and Partners can host their own event. For New Friends and first-timers, Honoring Choices will co-host the event with you. No cost. Gather your group and reserve a date. First come. First serve. Email Ellen, edipaola@honoringchoicesmass.com
5. Next Steps: Living Well with Chronic and Serious Illness
For Consumers. About 45 minutes.
This virtual consumer presentation is ideal for adults who have started their care plan and are ready to build on their planning conversations to manage health needs and chronic illness as they age and live well with serious illness. This is a co-hosted event only with Honoring Choices. You gather your consumer group: we will review the Next Steps Tool Kit and accompanying materials to support adults, their families and caregivers. Contact Ellen, edipaola@honoringchoicesmass.com to reserve a date. First come, first serve. Tools include:
- Honoring Choices Getting Started Tool Kit for simple conversations to start your plan.
- Honoring Choices Next Steps Tool Kit to build on conversations and update and add planning documents
- Ariadne Labs and The Conversation Project What Matters to Me? Workbook for more complex conversations.
6. UPDATE: Planning, Proxy and POLST
For HCM Partners and Care Providers. About 25 minutes.
We'll co-host this presentation designed to thank the HCM Partners and care providers for their work, and to offer the latest information on care planning. We'll review the Who's Your Agent? Program as a refresher and to inform new staff, highlight the latest tools and conversation guides, and offer information on the POLST Program. POLST stands for Portable Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment. The state is transitioning from our current MOLST form to building a new POLST Program to include the National POLST form and a 24/7 e- registry. We are happy to fit this presentation into your scheduled staff meetings. No cost. First come, first serve. To reserve a date April-June, email Ellen edipaola@honoringchoicesmass.com
2023 APRIL-JUNE EVENTS CALENDAR
All-Partner Celebration!
Tell us how you are celebrating and we'll post it here! We are delighted to share the diverse work of the Honoring Choices Partners and post your related events. Send event information to Ellen at edipaola@honoringchoicesmass.com
Check back often as we post events daily. Register early for shared events.
APRIL 2022 Events
April 11 - Engaging Adults in Simple to Serious Illness Conversations
Hosted by Hallmark Health PHO Provider Group, Tuft Medicine, Melrose Wakefield Healthcare
April 11, 2023, 12:15-1:15pm
Zoom Webinar: Engage Adults in Simple to Serious Illness Conversations for Providers & Care Teams
Co-hosted by Hallmark Health PHO Provider Meeting, Tufts Medicine, Melrose Wakefield Healthcare
Lisa Flanagan, BSN, RN, CCM, Director of Clinical Management Programs, is co-hosting a webinar with Honoring Choices tailored for Hallmark Health PHO Providers. The webinar will support their care teams to engage patients in planning conversations from simple to serious illness. This interactive presentation will include the Honoring Choices MA structured approached to care planning that include tools kits and conversation guides. We will also review the latest information on the state's MOLST to POLST Transition. For more information contact Lisa Flannagan, 781-338-7743.
April 13 - "Your Health Care, Your Choice. Make a Personal Plan!"
Hosted by The Boston Public Library
April 13, 2023, 12Noon- 1pm
Zoom Webinar: "Now's the Time. Make Your Own Care Plan."
Open to the Public- all Consumers. No cost.
Co-hosted by The Boston Public Library.
Sophie Leveque, Reference Librarian, Health & Human Services Specialist, is celebrating the season by co-hosting free webinar with Honoring Choices. We will review the simple 3 step process to make your own plan to complete a MA Health Care Proxy and Personal Directive (Living Will). Participants can download the free Getting Started Tool Kit. The Health Care Proxy is available in 15 languages. For more information contact Sophie at sleveque@bpl.org
April 19 - " Now's the Time. Make Your Own Health Care Plan"
Hosted by CMK Home Care
April 13, 2023, 12Noon- 1pm
Zoom Webinar: "Now's the Time. Make Your Own Care Plan."
For Caregivers and Consumers. No cost.
Co-hosted by CMK Home Care.
Carmel Murphy-Kotyan,Owner/Director, CMK Home Care, LLC is co-hosting a Lunch & Learn as part of their Caregiver Support Project to help guide families through the difficult journey of caregiving by offering a free webinar to make their own personal health care plan. Having a plan empowers both the caregiver and the adult to direct their health care choices to get good care today and over their lifetime.
April 19 - "Now's the Time! Make Your Own Plan" at the Hanover Council on Aging
Hosted by Old Colony Elder Services at the Hanover Council on Aging
April 19, 2023, 10:30-11:30
Zoom Webinar: "Now's the Time. Make Your Own Care Plan."
For all Consumers. No cost.
Co-hosted Old Colony Elder Services (OCES) and the Hanover Council on Aging
Donna-Marie Forand, Healthy Living Program Coordinator, OCES is hosting a live event at the Hanover Council on Aging using the Honoring Choices MA "Now's the Time. Make Your Own Care Plan" consumer presentation. The presentation will address these important topics so everyone can make their own care plan:
- What is a Health Care Agent and what is their purpose?
- What is a Health Care Proxy; What is a Personal Directive?;
- How do you put your personal care plan into action?
Everyone receives a free Getting Started Tool Kit.
Registration Required. Call the Hanover Council on Aging at 781 924-1913.
"Pastries & Proxy" Staff Meetings
April Staff Meetings
For Care Providers and Professional Staff
Care teams, faith based and community groups all across the state are celebrating with some sweet pastries and beverages to ensure hard working staff have dedicated time to complete their planning documents. A free MA Health Care Proxy (15 languages) and other documents are available to fill out or take home.
Just pick a date and supply the refreshments; we'll send you the planning documents and wallet cards. Email Ellen, edipaola@honoringchoicesmass.com
April 19 - "Now's the Time! Make Your Own Plan" at the Hanson Council on Aging
Hosted by Old Colony Elder Services at the Hanson Council on Aging
April 24, 2023, 1:00-2:30pm
Zoom Webinar: "Now's the Time. Make Your Own Care Plan."
For all Consumers. No cost.
Co-hosted Old Colony Elder Services (OCES) and the Hanson Council on Aging
Donna-Marie Forand, Healthy Living Program Coordinator, OCES is hosting a live event at the Hanson Council on Aging using the Honoring Choices MA "Now's the Time. Make Your Own Care Plan" consumer presentation. The presentation will address these important topics so everyone can make their own care plan:
- What is a Health Care Agent and what is their purpose?
- What is a Health Care Proxy; What is a Personal Directive?;
- How do you put your personal care plan into action?
Everyone receives a free Getting Started Tool Kit.
Registration Required. Call the Hanson Council on Aging at 781 293-2683.
April 20 - Engaging Adults in Simple to Serious Illness Conversations
Hosted by Hallmark Health PHO Provider Group, Tuft Medicine, Melrose Wakefield Healthcare
April 20, 2023, 7:30- 8:30am
Zoom Webinar: Engage Adults in Simple to Serious Illness Conversations for Providers & Care Teams
Co-hosted by Hallmark Health PHO Provider Meeting, Tufts Medicine, Melrose Wakefield Healthcare
Lisa Flanagan, BSN, RN, CCM, Director of Clinical Management Programs, is co-hosting a webinar with Honoring Choices tailored for Hallmark Health PHO Providers. The webinar will support their care teams to engage patients in planning conversations from simple to serious illness. This interactive presentation will include the Honoring Choices MA structured approached to care planning that include tools kits and conversation guides. We will also review the latest information on the state's MOLST to POLST Transition. For more information contact Lisa Flannagan, 781-338-7743.
April- Tap Dance Your Way to Planning with the "Five Easy Steps" Video
Hosted by Healthy Aging Martha's Vineyard
Fun Health Care Decisions Month Public Service Announcement
For Consumers and Care Providers
Created by Healthy Aging Martha's Vineyard.
Healthy Aging Martha's Vineyard (HAMV) believes in the importance of advance care planning, for all adult residents of Martha's Vineyard, and especially for our older adult population. They share a creative and fun public service announcement to celebrate Healthcare Decisions Day called "5 Easy Steps." It highlights making your plan starting with MA Healthy Care Proxy. See the video here.
HAMV is celebrating all Spring on the Vineyard. Read more here.
April 21- Navigating the Caregiver Journey with Dr. Christine Ritchie
Hosted by Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
April 21th, 2023, 12 Noon-1pm.
Zoom Webinar for Caregivers, Adults and Care Professionals. No cost.
Hosted by Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center (MADRC)
If you are a caregiver of someone living with dementia, this program is for you!
Christine Ritchie, MD, who directs the research program, MGH Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, will discuss best practices for care management in each stage of dementia. She will also give an overview of current caregiver research being conducted, which aims to provide better support for care partners. Dr. Ritchie will be joined by Judy Johanson, who cared for her husband Steve during his journey through early onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Please spread the word to all caregivers! Read more about about MADRC, at WWW.MADRC.ORG
April 26 - Engaging Adults in Simple to Serious Illness Conversations
Hosted by Hallmark Health PHO Provider Group, Tuft Medicine, Melrose Wakefield Healthcare
April 20, 2023, 7:30- 8:30am
Zoom Webinar: Engage Adults in Simple to Serious Illness Conversations for Providers & Care Teams
Co-hosted by Hallmark Health PHO Provider Meeting, Tufts Medicine, Melrose Wakefield Healthcare
Lisa Flanagan, BSN, RN, CCM, Director of Clinical Management Programs, is co-hosting a webinar with Honoring Choices tailored for Hallmark Health PHO Providers. The webinar will support their care teams to engage patients in planning conversations from simple to serious illness. This interactive presentation will include the Honoring Choices MA structured approached to care planning that include tools kits and conversation guides. We will also review the latest information on the state's MOLST to POLST Transition. For more information contact Lisa Flannagan, 781-338-7743.
April - Help Family & Friends in Other States: Connect to the Honoring Choices National Network!
April 16-
Meet the Honoring Choices National Network
We are all celebrating National Healthcare Decisions Day!
If friends and family live in the following states, they can easily access state specific care planning information and tools and participate in local events. Although we share the same mission as a national network, each state has personalized it's objectives to best serve the populations and needs within their state. Read more by clicking on the individual states below:
- Honoring Choices® Florida
- Honoring Choices® Idaho
- Honoring Choices® Indiana
- Honoring Choices® Indiana North Central
- Honoring Choices® Minnesota
- Honoring Choices® Napa Valley
- Honoring Choices® North Dakota
- Honoring Choices® Pacific Northwest
- Honoring Choices® Tennessee
- Honoring Choices® Virginia
- Honoring Choices® Massachusetts
April 26 - Calling all COA Staff to the Small & Rural Conference
Hosted by MA Councils of Aging (MCOA)
April 26, 2023, 9am- 3:30pm
Devens Common Center
Live Honoring Choices MA Workshop
For COA Directors, Outreach Workers, Program Coordinators and Board Members.
Hosted MA Councils of Aging
The Small and Rural Conference is day filled with big ideas, best practices and presenters who are titans in the field of aging for Council on Aging staff. Kelly Burke, Director of Member Services, MCOA invited Ellen DiPaola, JD, President, Honoring Choices MA to provide a live workshop: “Helping every adult direct their care choices: a simple approach for good care today & over your lifetime.” In this workshop, we will bring you the latest informational fact sheets, consumer friendly tool kits, and conversation guides in our Who’d Your Agent? Program, a structured approach to engage adults in simple to serious illness planning conversations. We will review the:
- Getting Started Tool Kit to start simple conversations and help adults complete a free multilingual Health Care Proxy and Personal Directive;
- Next Step Tool Kit to build on conversations as health needs change and to live well with chronic and serious illness;
- Latest information on the state’s transition from MOLST to POLST Program to ensure the treatment preference of adults with serious illness are known and honored.
More information and the lineup of workshops here
April 26 - Register Today! New Roadmap to Health Care Safety for Massachusetts
Hosted by the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum.
April 26th, 2023, 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Register Early; Seating is Limited.
Live Event for Care Professionals: Launch the New Roadmap to Health Care Safety for Massachusetts.
Hosted by Massachusetts Health Policy Forum and The MA Healthcare Safety & Quality Consortium.
A Roadmap to Health Care Safety for Massachusetts sets a bold aim, calling for actions to propel big gains in safety across the continuum of care. It was produced by the Massachusetts Healthcare Safety and Quality Consortium, a sustained collaboration of the state’s policymakers, providers, payers, and patient advocates led by the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety. At the forum, health care leaders will discuss the Roadmap’s five goals and introduce a set of strategies and action steps for achieving them through a phased, multi-stakeholder approach.
Learn more for this free event at the Omni Parker House, Boston MA. Seating is limited.
April - Become a Health Care Planning Ambassador On-line Webinar
Hosted by BU School of Social Work and The Center for Aging & Disability Education and Research
On-line Honoring Choices "Become a Health Care Ambassador."
For All Care Providers
“Become a Health Care Planning Ambassador” is now part of Boston University School of Social Work’s (BUSSW) Network for Professional Educational and The Center for Aging & Disability Education and Research (CADER) on-line Learning Catalog. The BU School of Social Work and CADER are committed to enhancing the skills of practitioners in the field of aging and disability at all levels of experience. Their training and workforce solutions cover a wide range of topics, including key practice areas with older adults, behavioral health and aging, case management practice, and evidence-based practice skills.
The Network for Professional Education at BUSSW invites care professionals statewide and beyond to access the free Health Care Planning Ambassador webinar here.
See more on-line programs in their learning catalogue can be found here:
The Center for Aging & Disability Education and Research (CADER) at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) is an Honoring Choices Alliance Partner. Read more here.
April - Dementia Friendly Massachusetts Supports Every Adult's Right to Make a Plan.
April and May
Supporting equal access to planning tools.
For adults, families and caregivers.
The Dementia Friendly MA (DFM) initiative, a part of the Massachusetts Councils on Aging, (MCOA) is supporting adults, families and caregivers in the 85 plus Dementia Friendly communities to access free planning tools to make a personal health care plan. Additionally, any COA is welcome to co-host a webinar to directly support consumers and care providers in their community. We applaud this ongoing effort to make people living with dementia and those who care about them feel welcomed and supported, as we work together to protect every adult's right to receive care that aligns with their health care choices. Learn more at dfMassachusetts.org.
The Dementia Friendly MA initiative, is funded in part by a grant from the 32PointHealth (formerly Tufts Health Plan Foundation) MCOA. Questions? Contact Patty Sullivan, Patty@mcoaonline.com.
April - Pointing Patients and Provider to Choices: Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association
April - June Patie
ntCareLink (PCL) is a go-to online platform for Massachusetts patients, families, and healthcare providers to access important information about healthcare safety, quality, and care choices. The Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association (MHA) celebrates by providing great tools and resources such as:
And new this year: MHA has developed an “After the Hospital” guide for patients and healthcare providers to understand their options when transitioning out of acute settings. We know this transition can be challenging and confusing, and our hope is that this guide makes the options involved more transparent and easy to understand.
PatientCareLink is a joint venture of the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, Organization of Nurse Leaders of MA, RI, NH, CT, VT, and Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts.
April - "Cake & Planning"- Make a plan and upload to the cloud!
Honoring Choices-Cake portal lets you create, share, update and store planning documents online
Cake is an easy way to discover, store and share your health care planning documents and end of life care choices & preferences. Cake, an Honoring Choices Alliance Partner Cake, created an Honoring Choices-CAKE Joint Portal for easy access to the Honoring Choices Health Care Proxy and the Honoring Choices Personal Directive on the Cake website. You can fill out the documents on-line and share, update and securely store your documents in the cloud. Cake has helped thousands of individuals and organizations make planning progress not just the health care category, but also in legacy, legal/financial, and funeral considerations.
Here's how it works:
- Go to the Honoring Choices-Cake portal
- Create your own free personal account
- View and download the Health Care Proxy and Personal Directive and complete online, OR
- Upload your completed documents to your personal account
- Access the Cake cards to create your own profile of end of life choices and preferences to store and share
- If you have questions you can contact: support@joincake.com
MAY 2023 Events - the celebration continues...
May 9- SAVE THE DATE: Healing in the Community: Promoting Social Connections and Mental Wellness Among Diverse Older Adults
Hosted by MA Older Adult Behavorial Health Network
May 9, 2023, 8:30am- 4pm
Conference at College of the Holy Cross, Worcester
For all Consumers and Care Providers Welcome. No cost.
Co-hosted MA Older Adult Behavioral Health Network
This is a unique learning and networking event for all care providers, community leaders, care team members and advocates working among diverse older adults.
Hear from key note speakers:
- Jacqueline Dyer, PhD, Director Simmons University DSW Program
- Dr. Sunita Puri, Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, UMass Memorial Healthcare
You’ll learn about:
- Different cultural frameworks for spiritual and emotional healing from an interfaith panel;
- Updates about MA EOEA initiatives, and the Elder Mental Health Outreach teams covering 81 communities;
- Innovative programs as you connect with providers, nurses, social workers and care team members all working to improve the health and well being of older adults.
More information: cassiecramer@mamh.org
Social Work and RN Credits Pending
May 10- "Now's the Time! Make Your Own Plan" at the Haliflax Council on Aging
Hosted by Old Colony Elder Services at the Haliflax Council on Aging
May 10, 2023, Lunch & Learn
Zoom Webinar: "Now's the Time. Make Your Own Care Plan."
For all Consumers. No cost.
Co-hosted Old Colony Elder Services (OCES) and the Halifax Council on Aging
Donna-Marie Forand, Healthy Living Program Coordinator, OCES is hosting a live event at the Haliflax Council on Aging using the Honoring Choices MA "Now's the Time. Make Your Own Care Plan" consumer presentation. The presentation will address these important topics so everyone can make their own care plan:
- What is a Health Care Agent and what is their purpose?
- What is a Health Care Proxy; What is a Personal Directive;
- How do you put your personal care plan into action?
Everyone receives a free Getting Started Tool Kit.
Registration Required. Call the Halifax Council on Aging at 781 293-7313.
May 18- UPDATE: Planning, Proxy and POLST
Hosted by Western MA Senior Service Providers Virtual Networking Meeting
May 18, 2023, 9am-10:30
Zoom Meeting: Update: Planning, Proxy and POLST
Hosted Western MA Senior Service Providers Virtual Networking Meeting
Katie Krupka- Gerontologist, CDP, Certified Senior Advisor, Director of Placement and Aging Services, Assisted Living Locators- Western MA & Northern CT, who convenes the Western MA Senior Service Providers Networking Group has invited Ellen DiPaola, President, Honoring Choices to offer an update on the latest information and proposed programs.
May 24- "Now's the Time! Make Your Own Plan" at the Haliflax Council on Aging
Hosted by Old Colony Elder Services at the Haliflax Council on Aging
May 24, 2023, Lunch & Learn
Zoom Webinar: "Now's the Time. Make Your Own Care Plan."
For all Consumers. No cost.
Co-hosted Old Colony Elder Services (OCES) and the Halifax Council on Aging
Donna-Marie Forand, Healthy Living Program Coordinator, OCES is hosting a live event at the Halifax Council on Aging using the Honoring Choices MA "Now's the Time. Make Your Own Care Plan" consumer presentation. The presentation will address these important topics so everyone can make their own care plan:
- What is a Health Care Agent and what is their purpose?
- What is a Health Care Proxy; What is a Personal Directive;
- How do you put your personal care plan into action?
Everyone receives a free Getting Started Tool Kit.
Registration Required. Call the Halifax Council on Aging at 781 293-7313.
May 24 - "Now's the Time. Make Your Own Health Care Plan"
Hosted by Morton & Etta Shillman House
May 24, 2023, 1:00-2:00pm
Live Event "Now's the Time. Make Your Own Care Plan."
For Consumers. No cost.
Hosted by Morton & Etta Shillman House
Jennifer Rich, LMHC, CDP, CRSC. Director of Resident Services, Shillman House, and Honoring Choices Health Care Planning Ambassador, is hosting a “Now’s the Time. Make Your Own Plan” community presentation at Shillman House in honor of HealthCare Decisions Day. Shillman House is one of the many 2Life Communities. Contact Jennifer Rich for more information about the event at 508-405-8604. Read more about 2Life Communities Here.
May - Life Care Advocates Celebrate Making a Plan During National Aging Life Care Month
What is important to you? What do you value? How do you want to live?
These are questions Life Care Advocates, our long time partner, explores with adults and families in order to help them make a personal care plan during our Spring celebration. Their staff is trained to use the Honoring Choices care planning tools to engage adults in effective planning conversations.
May is also National Aging Life Care Month, where Life Care Advocates continue to help adults make a plan and provide services to ease the burden of family caregiving and help older adults age in place. They provide brief consultations, assessments and recommendations, as well as ongoing oversight and monitoring.
Visit www.aginglifecare.org to learn more.
June 2023 Events
June 8 - 31st Annual Western Mass Elder Care Conference
SAVE THE DATE: 31st Annual Western MA Conference
June 8, 2023 8:30am-4pm at Holyoke Community College.
In -person Conference for all Western MA Community and Health Care Providers
A unique networking event with top keynote speakers and morning and afternoon workshops. Registration coming shortly.