Advance Care Planning

Advance Care planning is a process of assisting individuals to:

• understand their medical condition and potential future complications

• understand the options for future medical care as it relates to their current health condition

• reflect upon their goals, values and personal beliefs

• consider the benefits and burdens of current and future treatments

• discuss choices with family/important others and health providers, and document these choices.

Advance Care Directive (Tasmania) Form

• Electronic Templates  MD   BP  

• Step by Step Guide to writing an Advance Care Directive (ACD)

• Brochure

• Information sheet for 'Person Responsible', an Enduring Guardian or Witness

• ACD summary sheet for health professionals

Enduring Guardianship appointment form

• Enduring Guardianship Fact Sheet

Chart Explaining the Differences Between a Goals Of Care Plan, an Advance Care Directive and Enduring Guardianship ^{May 2012}

Other Resources

Advance Care Directives - Professor Michael Ashby and Jenny Fuller (Powerpoint presentation May 2011)

'Who decides how we die?' - ABC, Radio National - Background Briefing (June 2011) Transcript and audio available for download

 'End of life care - the importance of advance care planning' - Australian Family Physician Vol. 39, No. 10, October 2010

Healthy Dying Initiative

Guardianship Administration Board

International Society of Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care

'Saving Life or Prolonging Death' by Dr Charlie Corke A book which explains how the Australian medical system is geared to overtreat the dying. Includes details on advance care directives, substitute decision makers and the law

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