“Honoring Choices Indiana-North Central stands ready to make community presentations and facilitate conversations with individuals and families to help educate people on end-of-life choices, explore personal goals for end-of-life care and helping them execute the proper documents to help ensure their wishes are followed – all free of charge “
HONORING CHOICES® INDIANA — NORTH CENTRAL
About Us
History:
Honoring Choices® Indiana – North Central was formed to move forward the idea that everyone in our service area should receive care that honors their personal values and goals in catastrophic situations or at the end of life. The organization began as a grassroots effort as leaders from healthcare providers, faith-based communities and non-profit organizations met to discuss the best approach to facilitating advance care planning in Elkhart, Marshall and St. Joseph counties.
Mission:
Our mission is to proactively engage the people of our community in conversations with loved ones and medical caregivers about their goals for quality of life and advance care planning. Honoring Choices® Indiana – North Central is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting and sustaining advance care planning to ensure that individuals’ future health care preferences are discussed, documented and honored. We do not charge for our services but rely on community support, such as donations and grants, for our funding.
Advisory Board
Penny Collier
HealthLinc
Julio Cruz-Reyes
Synergy Consulting Group
Donnie Johnson, MA, BCC
Goshen Hospital
Nicholas Kerr, DO
Beacon Medical Group
Palliative Care
Elizabeth Nafziger, MD
Goshen Health
Joe Norris
Saint Joseph Health System
Board
Bunmi Okanlami, MD, MBA, FAAP
Indiana University South Bend
Gilberto Perez, Jr.
Goshen College
Megan Rogers
State Health Insurance Program
Shannon Stecz, MSW
South Bend Clinic
Dominic O. Vachon, M.Div, PhD
Ruth M. Hillebrand Center for
Compassionate Care in Medicine, College of Science,
University of Notre Dame