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What is Advance Care Planning?

Advance care planning (ACP) is the process of thinking about and discussing your wishes for future health and personal care decisions. It is preparing for a time when you are unable to make those decisions for yourself. Advance Care Planning is important for everyone; even young, healthy people can suddenly become sick.

Advance Care Planning includes:

• thinking about what is important to you
• choosing who will make decisions for you if you cannot
• sharing your wishes regarding treatments, living situations, etc.
• legal decisions, like assigning a Power of Attorney, creating a will or deciding on organ donation

We at the Family Health Team would like to support you through the ACP process.

We can meet with you and your family to help with

• understanding advance care planning
• explaining medical information, including diagnoses and treatments
• linking you to community resources and supports

Other Tips

• Keep your advance care plan in a safe place
• Revisit your ACP whenever your life or health changes. Change it if your wishes have changed.
• Share an up to date written copy of your advance care plan with your health care team and the people who are important to you.

Last updated on: May 19th, 2021