Empowering Care Planning Conversations Across the Commonwealth
Access practical care planning tools and conversation guides shared during the September 10 webinar from Honoring Choices Massachusetts and partners. Explore ready-to-use training, multilingual resources, and downloadable materials to help professionals and consumers navigate care decisions with confidence.
Empowering Care Planning Conversations Across the Commonwealth
Post-Webinar Resources from Honoring Choices Massachusetts & Partners (September 10, 2025)
Every adult in Massachusetts has the right to make a personal health care plan that reflects their goals, values, and choices. Honoring Choices Massachusetts (HCM) provides free, reliable tools and training to help professionals and consumers have informed conversations—from everyday wellness planning to serious illness decisions.
Resources and Tools from Honoring Choices Massachusetts and Partners
Even if you missed the September 10 webinar, you can still access the same reliable, practical tools shared by Honoring Choices Massachusetts (HCM) and our Community-Based Palliative Care (CBPC) Partners. These resources support care professionals and consumers in making informed health care choices—across the full continuum from simple to serious illness.
Below are reliable, ready-to-use resources to help professionals and consumers start meaningful care planning conversations and make informed choices.
Health Care Planning Resources
Explore the full Honoring Choices MA Health Care Planning Process — a suite of free guides, forms, and trainings designed to start and sustain planning conversations:
- Honoring Choices MA Health Care Planning Process — guides, forms, and trainings across the continuum of care.
- Simple-to-serious illness conversation guides with multilingual documents and videos.
- Getting Started Toolkit (PDF) — key steps and documents to begin a personal care plan.
- Quick Start Page — quickly complete a Health Care Proxy and Personal Directive (Living Will).
- Statewide Cross-Continuum Partners — standardizing reliable, accurate information across the Commonwealth.
- Revised Serious-Illness Conversation Guide - The newest version of the Guide questions about hopes to the Explore section of the Guide.
Training & Community Education: HCM offers Health Care Planning Ambassador training for staff and professionals, and can co-host a consumer webinar for your community.
Professional & Consumer Conversation Tools
- Serious Illness Conversation Guide (Ariadne Labs) — structure values-based discussions with patients and families.
- What Matters to Me Workbook (Ariadne Labs & The Conversation Project) — a practical workbook for consumers.
Guardianship, Conservatorship & Alternatives
- HCM Guardianship, Conservatorship & Alternatives — downloadable resources and guidance.
- MA Probate & Family Court, Office of Guardianship & Conservatorship Oversight — see Educational Modules for Guardians and Conservators (linked on the HCM page above).
- CBPC Webinar Series Resources — The webinar recording and the updated 8 Key Elements for CBPC Approach
CBPC Webinar Series
The CBPC Workgroup will post the webinar recording and the updated “8 Key Elements for the CBPC Approach” (reflecting participant feedback) early next week on the Honoring Choices site.
Workgroup co-chairs: Connie Dahlin, Christine McMichael, and Beth Collins.
Stay Connected
Honoring Choices Massachusetts is dedicated to empowering every adult to make a personal health care plan and receive care that reflects their goals and values.
Honoring Choices Massachusetts
Ellen M. DiPaola, JD, President & CEO (she/her)
ellen@honoringchoicesmass.com • (781) 642-0454 • www.honoringchoicesmass.com