Advance Care Planning is a way to help you think about, plan, talk about and share your thoughts and wishes about your future health care.

Advance Care Planning gives you a voice and a choice in future decision making if there comes a time when you are unable to make decisions about your care.

An Advance Care Plan in the ACT consists of:

• an ‘Enduring Power of Attorney’ - a legal document to nominate a substitute decision maker (attorney).
   
• a ‘Advance Care Plan Statement of Choices’ - a guidance document that covers a person’s wishes and choices around health care.
   
• an optional ‘Health Direction’ a witnessed legal document that gives competent adults the legal right to refuse or withhold medical treatment.

Each State and Territory have their own legislation on Advance Care Planning.  advancecareplanning.org.au includes information and forms for each State and Territory in Australia.

Watch:

Why families should make an Advance Care Plan

“Capital Health Network gratefully acknowledges the work of the Hunter New England Health Service in the production of the "A Family's Journey" video, the three snippets from the video that appear on this site were commissioned and funded by the Carer Support Unit, Central Coast Local Health District (CSU CCLHD) permission to use the content granted by the CSU CCLHD." 

Capital Health Network acknowledges the Advance Care Planning Program® ACT for their contribution to the content of this website.