Advance Care Planning is not a term most people are familiar with. Here are some resources that help explain what it means.
Virtual Hospice's article Health Care Decisions: An Approach to Decision Making and Advance Care Planning by Dr. Mike Harlos
If prefer watching over reading, watch this video; Dr. Doris Barwich, from the Fraser Health Authorty gives a introduction about advance care planning.
You'll find lots a practical information on http://www.advancecareplanning.ca, including:
- Why make a plan?
- Learn how to make your advance care plan
- Help others make a plan
We're often not very good at planning ahead at any stage of life. Planning for the end of life even less so. Plans are good, but conversations are even better.
Have you talked about healthcare wishes with anyone? What helped get the conversation started?