Spring Update: Help Adults Build in Services & Supports When They Need it!
Tuesday, June 16, 2026 (12:00 PM - 1:00 PM) (EDT)
Description
Spring Update: Help Adults Build in Services & Supports When They Need it!
June 16, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Free to HCA Members
This webinar provides the latest information and tools regarding health care planning and guardianship. We will introduce a NEW Person-Directed Planning Checklist to assess and protect an adult’s decision-making skills and build in needed supports, accommodations and alternatives to avoid Guardianship and Conservatorship. Participants receive new tools and on-line free resources. The webinar includes-
· Who’s Your Agent? health care planning process to engage adults in simple to serious illness conversations with new tools.
· New Adult and Supportive Person Tool Kit for adults with cognitive impairments and complex health needs.
· New Person-Directed Planning Checklist to make a plan and build in supports and accommodations to avoid Guardianship and Conservatorship.
· The Guardianship Process: When and how to initiate, modify or terminate a Guardianship with new on-line resources.
· Update on MOLST to POLST Transition going live April 2027.
· Q/A- share comments and questions to address challenges.
Takeaways- Participants receive new tools and on-line free resources.
Speaker:
Ellen M. DiPaola. JD, is the President and CEO of Honoring Choices Massachusetts.