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Content last updated 9/03/2021

Advance Care Planning is the ongoing process of sharing your wishes, beliefs and health and personal choices with your family and/or friends, doctors and other health professionals. This helps them make decisions about your care when you can’t speak for yourself.

You can start your Advance Care Planning at any stage of your life, regardless of your age or health status.

Your advance care planning (ACP) process could include:

Thinking about your future health and personal care choices.
Discussing views, values, and beliefs with your family and/or friends and healthcare provider.
Appointing someone you trust that can speak for yourself by completing an Enduring Power of Attorney (EPOA) form.
Deciding on your health and personal choices and document them by completing a Statement of Choices and/or Advance Health Directive (AHD) form.
Providing copies of your ACP documents (EPOA, AHD and/or Statement of Choices forms) to substitute decision-maker(s), carers, family, GP and any other healthcare providers as appropriate.
Sending copies of your completed Advance Care Planning documents to the Office of Advance Care Planning so they can add it to your secure Queensland Health electronic hospital record.
Uploading your ACP documents into My Health Record.
Reviewing your decisions and updating your ACP documents as required.

Relevant Information and Resources

Below are links to support services and up to date information that can help you start the ACP conversation and complete your ACP documents.

Advance Care Planning Australia website has information to help you understand advance care planning, the process and steps involved.
My Care, My Choices – Office of Advance Care Planning has a number of resources to assist you to complete your ACP documents, including the advance care planning information brochure
Dying to talk is an initiative that encourages people to start the ACP conversation and planning. Its website has several resources to start the conversation.
Donate Life Queensland has information about organ and tissue donation.
Acute Resuscitation Plan is a form that your doctor completes after having discussions with you and/or your substitute decision-maker(s) about your preferences for emergency treatment, such as resuscitation planning. If you have an active ARP document it is recommended you take it to your next GP appointment.