Talking about dying and death may include understanding how decisions are made while someone is LIVING which may include talking about their WISHES for how they would like to be CARED for while dying and after death. There are things you may not have known if you have not been a Substitute Decision Maker or a Power of Attorney for Health Care for someone who lost their mental capacity to make their own health care decisions.
Things you may not have known about Advance Care Planning. Advance Care Planning is NOT ABOUT DEATH Advance Care Planning is NOT ABOUT DYING Advance Care Planning is NOT ABOUT DECISIONS
Advance Care Planning CAN REDUCE ANXIETY Advance Care Planning CAN ENSURE WISHES are followed Advance Care Planning CAN BENEFIT EVERYONE
What is Advance Care Planning? Advance Care Planning is a PROCESS of having ON-GOING conversations with those that would be called to make health care decisions on your behalf if you were not able. Advance Care Planning is UNDERSTANDING the legal framework which governs how health care decisions are made and who is able to make them and when. Advance Care Planning is APPRECIATING that communicating YOUR WISHES decreases much of the expectation and anxiety FOR YOU and those that CARE for you.
