Massachusetts Health Decisions

Health care proxy program: continuing professional education and consultation for nurses, physicians, admissions and social service staff on use of advance directives; public education and consultation; distribution of forms and materials in english and 14 non-english languages and braille. Benefit to 2000 persons. Mhd continues its effort to make its print materials available in american sign language (asl) for people who are deaf, deaf-blind, and late-deafened. Asl materials are included on mhd website.mhd's website became active on-line in october 2016. Site includes extensive educational materials for members of the public and Health care professionals on advance directives and other issues of Health care decision making. See: http://masshealthdecisions.org

In 2015, mhd brought its small-grant program, "Health Decisions resources," into full operation. Funded by a charitable gift, the program helps nonprofit Health care and Health education organizations with small "just in time" grants for public benefit projects and programs-all falling within mhd's own charitable mission guidelines. The mhd website provides complete applilcation information, including a list of recently funded projects as examples. Mhd funded two projects totalling $18,000 in 2017.

Health care proxy program - see attached statement

Health Decisions resources grant program - see attached statement

Proxy partners skills program - see attached statement

Through the Health care proxy program, mhd sells and licenses print and

Online copies of it own publications related to the ma Health care

Proxy in english, braille, american sign language and 15 additional

Languages. On its website, mhd provides extensive education and

Information on these publications to the public and clinicians

At no cost. See https://masshealthdecisions.org/.