Making Choices Michigan

“Expenses office supplies 1,284 postage 112 telephone 1,369 technology 174 conference travel 1,157 conference expenses 304 project coordinator 38,333 project coord assistant 1,050 training materials 880 instructor training 4,472 consulting / website 6,441 marketing materials 871 community outreach 5,413 meeting expense 129 non-investment depreciation 294 total 62,283”

“Office equipment 1,470 1,470 less accumulated depreciation 74 368 total 1,396 1,102”

“Accounts payable and accrued expenses 3,617 0”

“To create a culture that accepts every person's right to make choices about the health care they receive throughout life, including at the end of life, and feel assured that those choices will be respected. We are committed to encouraging and facilitating advance care planning in kent county, michigan and surrounding communities. Advance care planning is a process of engaging individuals and their families or friends in a discussion on the individual's preferences for their health care.”

“Making choices michigan is working collaboratively with area hospitals, schools of nursing, medical schools, hospice organizations, senior living communities and the legal community to build a community infrastructure to advance our mission of honoring a person's wishes for health care at the end of life. During the last year, we trained an additional 37 facilitators which gives us a total of 92 facilitators that have been trained to assist persons in discussions about their end-of-life choices for health care. They are currently at work in senior living facilities, primary care offices, cancer clinics and in the community. A community education and engagement plan has been developed that will inform our community of the importance of having these conversations with their loved ones. A number of public events have taken place to highlight this work to the community. An electronic storage and retrieval system has been developed that will assist medical providers in obtaining a patient's advance directive during a medical emergency. Common documents have been developed which will be used throughout the community and will enhance the development of a unified, community-wide system for advance care planning. In addition, making choices michigan continues to work collaboratively with other organizations in michigan to enhance this initiative throughout the state.”