What is an Advance Care Plan?

An Advance Care Plan is a written or verbal record of a person’s choices about their future medical care. An Advance Care Plan is only used when the person is no longer able to make or communicate their own decisions about their medical treatment. It works as a guide to the substitute decision makers and doctors who are making medical treatment decisions.

An Advance Care Plan can include:

• nomination of another person to make decisions (process depends on State and Territory legislation)
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• an oral discussion
• a letter written by the patient documenting their choices
• a Statement of Choices or Wishes outlining future medical treatment wishes and psychological, environmental, social and spiritual requests

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