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Advance Care Planning
Advance Care Planning is a process of reflection and communication. It is a time for you to reflect on your values and wishes, and to let people know what kind of health and personal care you would want in the future if you were unable to speak for yourself.
It means having discussions with family and friends, especially your Substitute Decision Maker - the person who will speak for you if you cannot speak for yourself. It may also include talking with healthcare providers and financial or legal professionals.
Start the Conversation today at ACP Conversation Starters
Resource Links
- A Guide for Serious Illness Conversations with Structurally Vulnerable Patients in Hospital
- Advance Care Planning Ontario
- Advance Care Planning Workbook
- Advance Care Planning Conversation Guide: Clinician Primer
- Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE)
- Attorney General Resources
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR): A healthcare decision aid for patients and their substitute decision-makers (SDMs)
- Community Legal Education Ontario
- Consent & Capacity Board
- Conversation Guide for End of Life Care in Long Term Care
- Conversation Guide for End of LIfe Care for Health Care Aids (PSW)
- First Nations – Honouring the Choices of the People
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Deactivation - Patient Guide
- Living My Culture
- Making Decisions About Your Care: A Patient Resource (Ontario Palliative Care Network)
- PEACH Resource for Frontline Workers Caring for Clients Experiencing Homelessness
- Person-Centred Decision Making: Resource for healthcare providers (Ontario Palliative Care Network)
- Power of Attorney Kit
- Serious Illness Conversation Reference Guide for Clinicians
- Serious Illness Conversation Reference Card
- Substitute Decision Maker (SDM)
- The Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee (OPGT)
Brochures
To assist you and your family with conversations regarding Advance Care Planning and Substitute Decision Making we offer quick-guides in multiple languages for you to download:
Advance Care Planning Brochure
Substitute Decision Making Brochure
NOTE: These quick-guides include guidelines designed to assist patients/residents and their substitute decision-makers to explore advance care planning. The quick-guides do NOT cover every option available in the applicable legislations. It is not meant to be legal advice. Some legal terminology in the statute has been described here in simpler words to make it easier to understand.