Health Care Planning Resources
Start Simply with the Who's Your Agent? Program Tool Kits
Getting Started Tool Kit
- MA Health Care Proxy form
- MA Personal Directive (Living Will) form
- "I Have a Health Care Proxy" Wallet Card
- Start a Simple Conversation To Stay Well
- Handy Consumer Conversation Guide 1
Next Steps Tool Kit
- Build on your conversations from simple to serious illness
- Handy Consumer Conversation Guides 1-4
- Update & Add Documents. Learn about-
- Durable Power of Attorney; MOLST; CC/DNR
- Let's Talk about Palliative Care and Hospice Care
Download Information, FAQs and Conversation Guides Here!
Capacity and Decision-Making
Caregivers
Care Planning: Health Care Planning vs. Advance Care Planning
- What is Health Care Planning verses Advance Care Planning?
Comfort Care/Do Not Resuscitate Order (CC/DNR)
Durable Power of Attorney
Guardianship
- What is Guardianship?
- Guardians' Role & Decision-Making Authority
Health Care Agent
Health Care Proxy
Hospice Care
Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST)
- What is a MOLST and CC/DNR?
- Sample MA MOLST form
- EMS and MOLST: Things you can do ahead of an emergency!
Palliative Care
Personal Directive
Serious Illness Care
- What is Serious Illness Care?
- Things to Know About Life-Sustaining Treatments
Supported Decision Making
Terms & Tips to Understand Health Care Planning
Who’s Your Agent? Program
- Who's Your Agent? Program: a structured approach to health care planning.
- Who's Your Agent? Program for Care Providers
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PLUS: Lists of Short Q/A Articles by Contributing Experts
Conversation Guides
Consumer Conversation Guides
5 Things to Talk About with Your Care Providers
Guide 1: Start a Simple Conversation to Stay Well
Guide 2: Managing Health and Chronic Illness
Care Provider Conversation Guides
5 Things to Talk About with Your Care Providers
Guide 1: Start a Simple Conversation to Stay Well
Guide 2: Managing Health and Chronic Illness
Planning Documents and Videos
Webpages With Downloads & Information
5 Massachusetts Care Planning Documents
Every state has different laws and different planning documents. These are the planning documents we use in Massachusetts. Learn about the documents here and use the tool kits below to make your plan.
Health Care Proxy
Choose a trusted Health Care Agent to make care decisions. Appoint in a Health Care Proxy.
Personal Directive (Living Will)
Write down what's important to you and instructions for the care you want.
Durable Power of Attorney
Choose a trusted person to make financial decisions for you and pay for the care you need.
Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Seriously ill patients talk with clinicians about their treatment decisions and document choices.
Comfort Care / Do Not Resuscitate Order
Seriously ill patients talk with clinicians about resuscitation and document choices.
Multi-lingual Documents, Tools & Videos
Health Care Proxy
Personal Directive
Your Voice, Your Choice Videos
Helpful Webpages
Lifetime Health Care Planning Roadmap
See how the health care planning works at every phase of health- from promoting everyday wellness, to managing health needs and chronic illness, and living well with serious illness. Read more about the Roadmap.
Who's Your Agent? for Care Providers
Our Who's Your Agent? Program for Care Providers and Professionals is a one-stop overview of our structured approach to health care planning. It has everything you need to confidently engage adults in conversations from simple to serious illness, and make a care plan for the best possible care. Read about the Program for Care Providers.
Get Help In Your Community
Meet the Community Partners in 7 regions of the state. They can help you make a personal plan and connect you to care in your community. Find a Partner in your community.
New England Planning Documents
Download state-specific documents from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Read more about New England documents.
Serious Illness Care
Learn about serious illness care, how to have planning conversations, and consider a MOLST or CC/DNR form. NEW: the POLST Program coming soon. Read more about Serious Illness Care.
Palliative Care
Palliative Care helps people with serious illness have an extra layer of support to relive the pain, symptoms and stress of serious illness. Helps families too. Read more about Palliative Care.