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What is an Advance Care Plan and do I need one?
Navigating your Healthcare Journey.
One of the confronting realities of human life is that eventually our health, and our loved ones’ health, will deteriorate. When this occurs, it can be a distressing and uncertain time for both the individual underdoing it and their loved ones.
An Advance Care Plan allows decision-making about an individual’s future healthcare to honour and consider their predefined preferences and wishes.
Guidance and reassurance can be provided by an Advance Care Plan to an individual's healthcare team and loved ones, if the individual loses the capacity to speak for themselves or make informed choices.
A sense of direction and comfort can be created during healthcare challenges when an Advance Care Plan is available.
“End-of-life decisions should not be made at the end of life.”
- Anonyomous
Why Planning for the Future Matters.
No matter how organised you are, when an individual’s health begins to decrease, this alone can be an overwhelming and emotional time for the individual and their loved ones.
Planning for the chance of this future in advance can allow an individual to maintain autonomy over their healthcare while subsequently reducing the burden of decision-making on their loved ones.
Advance Care Planning in action.
There are many practical examples of how beneficial an Advanced Care Plan can be.
One chronically ill Kiwi man explained, "Once you get your plan made, you start living.”
An Advanced Care Plan can alleviate future uncertainty, allowing you to truly live your life to the fullest.
Key topics covered in our guide
The importance of Advanced Care Planning
Advance Care Planning encourages challenging conversations to occur before they need to, allowing you to maintain control over your future healthcare while reducing the burden of decision-making on your loved ones. Our guide explores these reasons to help you understand the importance of Advance Care Planning.
Why you should prepare for the future
We explore how Advance Care Planning is future planning. It allows individuals to make decisions in advance of when they are required so that their future healthcare can align with their wishes, values, and preferences.
Practical Examples
While we can explain the vitality of Advance Care Planning, there is nothing more convincing than concrete evidence. This is why we provide you with practical examples of how Advance Care Plans could help in action.
The details of an Advanced Care Plan
Advance Care Plans can feel overwhelming with the multitude of details that they may include. Therefore, we explain what Advanced Care Plans are and provide some examples of what they may include.
Technical Topics
The terminology of Advance Care Planning can be complex. In our guide, we break down a few of these concepts into plain language for you.
Additional Resources
Our guide links to additional resources throughout, so that you have sources to explore if you would like to conduct further research.
Here’s the free guide to help you navigate your future healthcare
Download our free guide, to help you navigate the complexities of Advance Care Planning - so you and your loved ones can inform your decision-making and create peace of mind.
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