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    Step 1: Think

    What Makes My Life Meaningful?

    Learn How to Use The Workbook

    This section of the workbook will help you think about what’s important to you – and what you’d want people to know if you couldn’t speak for yourself.

    Life can take many twists and turns. Imagine:

    • One day, without any warning, you find yourself in a hospital with a life-threatening illness. You are unable to speak for yourself. Does anyone know enough about your values, beliefs, goals and priorities to make health care decisions on your behalf? Who will make decisions for you?
    • Your mother has slipped into a coma - and you and your siblings need to make some decisions about her medical care. Will you make those decisions jointly? How will you know if they are the choices your mother would make for herself?
    • You are at the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s, and you know that at some point you will not be able to recognize people or make your own decisions. How will you make your wishes known? Who will make decisions for you?

    Ask Yourself: What’s important to me?

    The following questions can help you think about your values and beliefs, and what you would like others to know. You can answer as many of the questions as you like, and your answers will become part of your plan summary when you complete your Workbook.

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  • For example, spending time with family and friends, practicing my faith, being active (include what this means to you), being able to do my hobbies, watching TV, playing computer games, being outdoors, working, volunteering, dancing, laughing, going out for coffee with friends and family.
  • For example, I am very independent and don’t like having to rely on others; we are a close family and have talked about this a lot and I trust my family to make the right decisions for me; I am very clear about not wanting this specific medical treatment (-----) but do want to allow time for my family members to arrive from (all over the world) prior to decisions being made which would potentially shorten my life.
  • What do I value most about my mental and physical health?
    Choose any of these that are important to you and add other comments if you wish.
  • I would find the following situations or conditions difficult:
    Choose any of these that you are concerned about and add other comments if you wish.
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  • For example, what would you be willing to go through for the possibility of more time? At what point would you want care to be comfort not cure based?
  • If I were nearing death, what would I want to make things more peaceful for me?
    Choose any of these that are important to you and add other comments if you wish.
  • Write down anything that would help others understand and support you at the end of life.
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    Step 2: Learn

    Familiarize Yourself with Relevant Terms

     

    By learning more about medical terms and treatments, and legal requirements, you can make better decisions about your plan. Here are some common medical and legal terms that are important to know:

    Advance Directive

    Allows you, as a capable adult, to consent or refuse consent to specific health care treatments in the event you become incapable. It may not include anything that is prohibited by law or an instruction to omit to do anything that is required by law (for example providing food and fluids). It is a written legal document.

    Allow natural death

    Allow natural death is when death is near and you receive medically appropriate care for symptoms such as pain or shortness of breath but would not have any treatment or procedure which would delay the moment of death.

    Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

    Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency medical procedure used to try and restart your heart and breathing when your heart and/or lungs stop working. CPR can range from mouth-to-mouth breathing and pumping of the chest to electric shocks that restart the heart and machines that breathe for the individual. CPR can be useful for some people, but not all.

    Should I Receive CPR and Life Support   

    Fraser Health: Making Informed Decisions about CPR

    CPR Decision Aid Guidebook   

    Comfort Measures

    Comfort measures are treatments to keep you comfortable (for example, pain relievers, psychological support, physical care, oxygen, etc.) and this term is often to used to indicate that measures to keep you comfortable would be the main focus of the care you receive and not treatments to keep you artificially alive or attempt to cure any illness.

    What medical care always provides:

    When you are in pain or experiencing unpleasant symptoms (such as feeling dizzy, in pain or sick), health care providers will always give you medicine and treatments to relieve your symptoms.

    If you reach the point where you no longer want care that prolongs your life, medical treatment and nursing care will always be given to keep you comfortable. For example, you may receive:

    • Surgery to control pain
    • Antibiotics
    • Pain-relieving medicine
    • Medication or treatments to help with breathing

    Dialysis

    Dialysis is a medical procedure that cleans your blood when your kidneys can no longer do so.

    Should I Stop Kidney Dialysis?

    End-of-life care

    End-of-life care is care provided at the end of your life and may be called supportive care, palliative care or symptom management. This type of care addresses physical, psychological and spiritual needs and focuses on you and your family living the way you choose during your last days or weeks.

    Enduring Power of Attorney

    In BC, an Enduring Power of Attorney allows you to appoint someone to make financial and legal decisions on your behalf if you become incapable. It does not include power to make health care decisions. It is a written legal document.

    Feeding tube

    A feeding tube is a way to feed someone who can no longer swallow food.

    Should I Receive Artificial Hydration and Nutrition?   

    Intravenous (IV)

    An intravenous (IV) is a way to give you fluids or medicine through a vein in your hand or another part of your body.

    Should I Receive Artificial Hydration and Nutrition?   

    Life support

    Life support can mean medical or surgical procedures such as a feeding tube, breathing machines, kidney dialysis or CPR. All of these use artificial means to restore and/or continue life. Without them, you would die.

    Major Health Care

    Major health care means major surgery, any treatment involving a general anesthetic, major diagnostic or investigative procedures, radiation therapy, intravenous chemotherapy, kidney dialysis, electroconvulsive therapy, laser surgery.

    Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST)

    Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST) is a standardized physician order available in some health authorities in BC regarding resuscitation and scope of treatment and based on the outcome of conversations with you and your family/decision makers. It allows physicians to communicate about your care in a way that can inform care planning.

    More information about MOST in the Fraser Health Authority

    Interior Health

    Northern Health

    Minor Health Care

    Minor health care means any health care that is not major health care, routine tests, and routine dental treatment .

    No Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

    No Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) form is available to direct community based care and is valid in all areas of BC. Your doctor may talk to you about CPR and this form. If you have a signed No CPR form and it is presented to first responders or other health care providers, CPR will not be performed.

    More information about the No CPR Form

    Organ Donation

    Registering with the BC Transplant Organ Registry is the best way to record your decisions to be an organ donor, and ensures that health care providers in every hospital in B.C. have access to your confidential donor information. You can sign up online or call 1 800 663-6189 to get a registration form in the mail.

    Palliative Care

    Palliative Care is care that is focused on you as a person and your goals and values for living well. It provides expertise to keep you comfortable and free of pain, and may include medicine, treatments, physical care, psychological/social services and spiritual support, both for you and for those who are helping to care for you.

    Learn More About Palliative Care in BC

    Personal Care

    Personal care refers to your daily living needs such as living arrangements, diet, clothing, hygiene and safety as well your participation in social, educational, vocational activities.

    Representative

    A Representative is a person 19 years or older who is named by a capable adult, in a Representation Agreement to make medical decisions for you when you cannot make decisions for yourself. You must legally appoint your Representative in either a Standard or Enhanced Representation Agreement. Choosing someone to speak for you is important if you do not have close family who know you well or if you want to appoint someone who may not be on the traditional list (e.g. a close friend).

    Standard Representation Agreement: Section 7

    Allows you to name a person(s) to make minor and major health care, personal care, routine financial management and some legal decisions. Does not allow the person(s) to make life support or life-prolonging medical interventions for you. It is a written legally binding document.

    Enhanced Representation Agreement: Section 9

    Allows you to name a person(s) to make minor and major health care, personal care decisions, including decisions to accept or refuse life support or life-prolonging medical interventions for you. It is a legally binding document.

    Read more about Representation Agreements: Quick Tips Guide, Healthlink BC

    Read more about deciding who should speak for you if you can’t speak for yourself.

    Symptoms

    Symptoms are signs that you are unwell - for example, pain, vomiting, loss of appetite, or high fever. They often require further assessment to determine the cause and to plan appropriate treatment and care.

    Temporary Substitute Decision Maker (TSDM)

    A Temporary Substitute Decision Maker (TSDM) is chosen if you have not legally named someone to make health care decisions for you when you are incapable of making them yourself.

    The TSDM is chosen by your doctor or other health care provider. The order of the people who qualify to be on the list is determined by B.C. law. To be able to act as a TSDM, the person must be 19 or older, be capable, have no dispute with you, and have been in contact with you in the past year and is as follows:

    1. Your spouse (married, common-law, same sex - length of time living together doesn't matter)
    2. A son or daughter (19 or older, birth order doesn’t matter)
    3. A parent (either, may be adoptive)
    4. A brother or sister (birth order doesn’t matter)
    5. A grandparent
    6. A grandchild (birth order doesn’t matter)
    7. Anyone else related to you by birth or adoption
    8. A close friend
    9. A person immediately related to you by marriage (in-laws, step-parents, step-children, etc.)

    You may not change the order of the list. A person lower down on the list may only be chosen as your TSDM by your health care provider if all the people above them do not qualify or are not available.

    If you know that you want someone lower on the list to make your health care decisions, then you should name that person legally as your representative using a representation agreement form.

    Read more about deciding who should speak for you if you can’t speak for yourself.

    Terminal Illness

    A Terminal Illness means an incurable medical condition caused by injury or disease. These are conditions that, even with life support, would end in death within weeks or months. If life support is used, the dying process takes longer.

    Ventilator

    A ventilator is a machine that helps people breathe when they cannot breathe on their own.

     

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  • These questions can help you think a bit more about what interventions you would or would not want:

  • How important is it that I be comfortable and suffer as little as possible?
  • How important is it that I live as long as possible?
  • How important is it that I avoid being attached to machines and tubes?
  • How important is it that I respect the wishes of other family members regarding my care?
  • How important is it that I am involved in making decisions about my care?
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    Step 3: Decide

    Who Will Speak On Your Behalf?

     

    Thinking about who will make medical decisions and speak for you if you become too sick and cannot speak for yourself is an important part of Advance Care Planning. Think carefully about who would be willing and able to make these decisions for you. They may or may not be your husband or wife, or adult children, cousin or good friend.

    In BC your advance care plan should consist of the following:

    • Conversations with family or friends and health care providers about your beliefs, values and wishes
    • A written record or video of your beliefs, values and wishes for future health care treatment
    • The names and contact information of Substitute Decision Maker(s) (the people who qualify to be on your temporary substitute decision maker list)

    Optional:
    In BC, your advance care plan may also include:

    • A Representation Agreement. It is a legal document in which you, as a capable adult, name your representative(s) to make health care and other decisions on your behalf when you are incapable of making decisions on your own. Choosing someone to speak for you is important if you do not have close family who know you well or if you want to appoint someone who may not be on the traditional list (e.g. a close friend).
    • An Advance Directive. These are written instructions that speak directly to your health care provider about the health care treatment you have a durable wish to consent to, or refuse (e.g. blood products). This can only be completed by you as a capable adult.

    In BC, an Enduring Power of Attorney allows you to appoint someone to make financial and legal decisions on your behalf if you become incapable. It does not include power to make health care decisions.

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  • Choosing a Substitute Decision Maker

    Choosing a Substitute Decision Maker

    Your Substitute Decision maker will make medical decisions for you if you are unable to do so. They also are required to honour and respect your wishes and instructions. Here are some things to consider when thinking about who would be a good Substitute Decision Maker:

    • Do I trust this person(s) to make health care decisions that reflect my wishes?
    • Could this person(s) honour my wishes even if it went against their own values?
    • Can they communicate clearly with my health team and my other family and friends?
    • Can they make difficult decisions during stressful times?
    • Is this person willing and available to speak for me if I couldn’t speak for myself?
    • Have I talked enough with this person(s) so they clearly know what I want and what I don’t want?

    Learn More About Choosing a Substitute Decision Maker

    Depending on the advance care plan you choose, you may need to complete legal forms. This workbook includes forms that you can complete without the assistance of a lawyer or notary public, which will be legally valid if completed properly.You are encouraged to obtain legal advice and medical information to ensure the forms and what you write in them will meet your needs.

    If you do not appoint someone as your Representative, you will still always have a Substitute Decision Maker that health care professionals will turn to for decisions about health care if you are incapable. Health care providers choose the person(s) at the time a consent to treatment decision is needed – called your Temporary Substitute Decision Maker – from a hierarchical legal list . If you know you want someone lower on the list to make your health care decisions, then you should complete a Representation Agreement.

    On the next page, you will be asked to provide information about your Temporary Substitute Decision Makers.

    What is a Temporary Substitute Decision Maker?

    A Temporary Substitute Decision Maker is chosen if you have not legally named someone (a Representative) to make health care decisions for you and when you are not capable of making them yourself.

    The Temporary Substitute Decision Maker is chosen by your doctor or other health care provider from a list of people who qualify. This list is determined by B.C. law. To be able to act as a Temporary Substitute Decision Maker, the person must be 19 or older, be capable, have no dispute with you, and have been in contact with you in the past year. The list is as follows:

    1. Your spouse (married, common-law, same sex - length of time living together doesn't matter)
    2. A son or daughter (19 or older, birth order doesn’t matter)
    3. A parent (either, may be adoptive)
    4. A brother or sister (birth order doesn’t matter)
    5. A grandparent
    6. A grandchild (birth order doesn’t matter)
    7. Anyone else related to you by birth or adoption
    8. A close friend
    9. A person immediately related to you by marriage (in-laws, step-parents, step-children, etc.)

    You may not change the order of the list. A person lower down on the list may only be chosen as your TSDM by your health care provider if all the people above them do not qualify or are not available.

    If you don’t like the order of the Temporary Substitute Decision Maker list (noted above), or if you would rather have your friend, not your brother for example, to be asked to make health care decisions for you, then you may wish to complete a Representation Agreement. In this situation, you may ask for your brother to be involved and included in discussions but feel your friend copes better under stress. It is suggested you talk with your brother about your wishes and ask that he support your friend in his/her role.

    What is a Representative?

    Your Representative (named in a Representation Agreement) will make certain types of decisions on your behalf.

    Standard Representation Agreement: Section 7

    Allows you to name a person(s) to make minor and major health care, personal care, routine financial management and some legal decisions. Does not allow the person(s) to make life support or life-prolonging medical interventions for you. It is a written legally binding document.

    Enhanced Representation Agreement: Section 9

    • Allows you to name a person(s) to make minor and major health care, personal care decisions, including decisions to accept or refuse life support or life-prolonging medical interventions for you. It is a legally binding document.

    What if I Change My Mind?

    What if I Change My Mind?

    Your personal circumstances change over time. As long as you are capable, you can change or cancel (revoke) your advance care plan at any time. This includes representation agreements and advance directives.

    It is important to regularly review (at least yearly) and make changes to your advance care plan when you believe it is necessary. During a review, ask your Representative(s) or possible Temporary Substitute Decision Makers if they are still willing and able to make health care treatment decisions for you. Review the wishes you wrote in your advance care plan, including any specific instructions you wrote in your representation agreement or advance directive.

    Before changing or cancelling your advance care plan, be sure you have up-to-date knowledge about your current health condition and any new health care treatments available to you.

    The instructions below tell you what to do if you want to change and update, or cancel your advance care plan, including your representation agreement or advance directive if you made them.

    Changes to your advance care plan summary, Temporary Substitute Decision Maker contact list and/or beliefs, values and wishes for health care, including life-prolonging medical interventions:

    Destroy the old pages and fill out new ones. Be sure to sign and date your new pages where required.

    Changes to your representation agreement (section 9) and/or advance directive.

    You have two options:
    • Make the changes directly in your existing representation agreement or advance directive and then sign and date them in front of witnesses in the same manner as you did the originals, or
    • Create a new representation agreement or advance directive to replace the old ones and cancel your old representation agreement or old advance directive

    Cancelling an existing representation agreement or advance directive

    To cancel (revoke) an existing representation agreement or advance directive you must:
    1. Destroy the original or make another document and express your intention to cancel the old one; and
    2. Give a written notice of the cancellation (revocation) to the person named as your representative, including any alternate representative or monitor.

    Notification of changes

    After changing or cancelling your advance care plan, you should:

    • Inform any family, friends and health care providers you have changed or cancelled your advance care plan, including changes to your representation agreement or advance directive if you completed the forms.
    • Ask your family, friends, representative (if you have one), and health care providers to give you back the old copies of your advance care plan, including copies of your old representation agreement and advance directive if relevant, so you can destroy them.
    • Provide copies of your newly changed advance care plan, including representation agreement and advance directive (if you completed them), to your close family or friend, and health care provider(s).
    • It is important to ensure that your physician and other health care providers are aware of your most up-to-date wishes and instructions about your care. Please ensure that if you update your advance care plan, including your representation agreement or advance directive, that you advise all relevant health care providers. Be sure to ask them to review and update or cancel as appropriate any medical orders that no longer apply.

    Learn More About Important Milestones for Reviewing Your Plan

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  • You should decide who will make medical decisions and speak for you if you become too sick and cannot speak for yourself. Think carefully about who would be willing and able to make these decisions for you. This person(s) will be your Temporary Substitute Decision Maker(s) or Representative(s). They may be your husband or wife, or an adult child, or even a good friend.

    Pat and Tom have been married for 24 years. They have three children aged 20, 17 and 14. Pat and Tom decided to document their values, beliefs and wishes and fill out their TSDM list and not complete a Representation Agreement because: they are in a long term, stable relationship; they have had Advance Care Planning discussions, know each others values, beliefs and wishes and trust each other to make decisions that honour those; as spouses they are at the top of each other’s TSDM lists; and they have had Advance Care Planning discussions with their adult child and parents, who would qualify as the two next TSDMs.

    Your Temporary Substitute Decision Maker List

    To qualify as a TSDM, the person listed must be 19, capable, have no dispute with you, and have been in contact with you in the year before you need the health care. If a TSDM is needed to make a health care decision for you, your health care provider will choose the first person on the list who is qualified and available.

    If needed, this list will be used by your health care provider(s) to choose a TSDM for you. The order of the people on the list is set out in B.C. law and may not be changed.

    If you don’t like the order of the Temporary Substitute Decision Maker list (noted below), or if you would rather have your friend, not your brother for example, to be asked to make health care decisions for you, then you may wish to complete a Representation Agreement. In this situation, you may ask for your brother to be involved and included in discussions but feel your friend copes better under stress.  It is suggested you talk with your brother about your wishes and ask that he support your friend in his/her role.

    For each section, include a full name and telephone number.

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  • Gurdeep and Rani have 5 children and live with their son Jeet. Gurdeep has kidney disease, diabetes and high blood pressure and is on dialysis. Jeet helps with his Dad’s care and goes to doctors appointments with him. Gurdeep spoke with his wife and children and decided Jeet is best suited to be his health care decision maker. He has plans to complete a Section 9 Representation Agreement because: Jeet is not at the top of the TSDM list; Jeet can easily speak with health care providers and translate as needed; Jeet will make decisions that honour his Dad’s wishes and include the rest of the family in discussions.

    If you want to specify one person to make health decisions for you, you must complete a Representation Agreement.

    Representation Agreement

    A Representative is a person 19 years or older who is named by a capable adult, in a Representation Agreement to make medical decisions for you when you cannot make decisions for yourself. Choosing someone to speak for you is important if you do not have close family who know you well or if you want to appoint someone who may not be on the traditional list (e.g. a close friend).

    The Representation Agreement allows you to name a person(s) to make minor and major health care, personal care decisions, including decisions to accept or refuse life support or life-prolonging medical interventions for you. It is a legally binding document.

  • I revoke all previous Representation Agreements granting authority under section 9 of the Representation Agreement Act. Pursuant to section 9 (1) (a) of the Representation Agreement Act, I authorize my Representative to do anything that the Representative considers necessary in relation to my personal care and health care.

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  • Advance Directive

    An Advance Directive allows you, as a capable adult, to consent or refuse consent to specific health care treatments in the event you become incapable.

    Your Advance Directive expresses in writing, your decisions about accepting or refusing health care – including life support and life prolonging medical interventions. It is your written instruction that gives or refuses consent to health care in the event that you are not capable of giving the instruction at the time you require the health care. Your Advance Directive is legally binding and gives instructions directly to your health care professional. It may not include anything that is prohibited by law or an instruction to omit to do anything that is required by law (for example providing food and fluids). Prior to completing an Advance Directive, it is important you talk with your doctor about the specific medical interventions you are thinking of accepting or refusing. We want to make sure you understand the risks and benefits of all treatments before you make a final decision.

    Jenny is unmarried with no close family. She is a private person. Jenny is at high risk for a heart attack. She decided to complete an Advance Directive because: she does not have family or close friends available to make heath care decisions on her behalf; after learning about various treatments from her doctor she understands what she wants and does not want, and she can clearly set out her wishes and instructions.

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    Step 4: Talk

    Start the Conversation

     

    It’s time to talk to your Substitute Decision Maker, your family and your health team. These conversations may not be easy – but they will help you and your loved ones know what’s important to you.

    Here are some ideas for how you can start the conversations:

    Conversation Starters

    Conversation Starters

    There are many ways to get the conversation started! Remember, it may take a few attempts to get things started. Don’t feel like you have to have the entire conversation at once.

    Be Straight Forward

    • I want to talk with you about what is important to me.
    • I want you to be prepared if you had make decisions on my behalf.
    • I want to make sure you understand and could honour my wishes
    • I would like you to go with me to medical appointments.
    • It’s really important all of the family understand my wishes.
    • I have just filled out a workbook about my wishes and I want to share it with you.
    • My health is good right now, but I want to talk to you about what I’d want if I was sick and needed you to make decisions for me.

    Find an Example From Your Family or Friends

    • Does anyone know how Jason’s sister died? No one ever talked about it. I wonder if she died at home or in a hospital?
    • Do you remember my friend Frank who was in a coma for a while? I wonder if there was any argument about keeping him on that ventilator?

    Blame Someone Else

    • "Pastor Jones was talking about our choices for health care if something happened, and I realized that I haven’t told you about my wishes – we should talk about that."
    • "My doctor wants me to think about my future care and to make an advance care plan. Will you help me?"

    Find an Example From the News

    • "Remember the man who was in a coma for years? I would never want that to happen to me."
    • "That story about the family fighting about their mom’s care made me realize that we should talk about these things so the same thing doesn’t happen to our family."

    If you have been diagnosed with an illness, it is important for you to learn about what interventions and treatment decisions you or your substitute decision maker(s) may have to make in the future.

    Questions to ask your physician:

    • How might my illness [diabetes/heart disease] progress?
    • What treatments decisions might I have to make in 1 year or in 5 years down the road?
    • What are the possible complications I might experience with my illness and the possible treatments?
    • Discuss medical interventions such as resuscitation including the risks & benefits
    • Bring a family member or friend to your appointments
    • Please let your physician know of your advance care planning conversations and documents

    Watch this short video to see how others have had the conversation:

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  • It’s time to talk to your Temporary Substitute Decision Maker(s) or chosen Representative, your family and your health team about your wishes. These conversations may not be easy – but they will help you and your loved ones know what’s important to you. It will help everyone know what your expectations are. For example, though you might appoint one adult child to be your Representation, the other children need to be aware of your wishes and support their sibling in their role as Representative. The goal is to make sure everyone is aware of your wishes and instructions and to support one another during a difficult time.
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    Step 5: Record

    Write Down Your Plan

     

    Writing down or video recording your Advance Care Plan makes it easier for others to understand what’s important to you, and to make decisions that honour your wishes if you couldn’t speak for yourself.

    All of the information that you have provided in this Workbook will be compiled into your Advance Care Plan – including your Temporary Substitute Decision Maker List, and if you choose, your Representative Agreement and your Advance Directive – if you have completed these sections.

    If you have a Representation Agreement and an Advance Directive, and you want your Advance Directive to be followed without your Representative being asked for a decision, you must state that in your Representation Agreement.

    On the next page, you will finish creating your Advance Care Plan. Don’t forget to share it with others, especially your Substitute Decision Maker(s).

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  • Writing down or video recording your plan makes it easier for others to understand what’s important to you, and to make decisions that honour your wishes if you couldn't speak for yourself.

    On the next page, you will finish creating your plan. Remember, if you have been answering questions in other sections, your answers will have been captured into your Advance Care Plan. Once you fill out this final section, you’ll be able to download your entire plan - with all of your answers - and save it to your computer.

    Once you’ve made your plan, don’t forget to share it with others, especially your Temporary Substitute Decision Maker(s) or Representative(s) and health care providers. Take your planning documents to all medical appointments, clinic and hospital visits.

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  • My other planning documents:
    In addition to this Advance Care Plan, I have also completed the following documents (check all that apply and note the location of each document):
  • Write down anything that would help others understand and support you at the end of life.
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What Makes My Life Meaningful?

 

step2-small Step 2: Learn

Familiarize Yourself with Relevant Terms

 

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Who Will Speak On Your Behalf?

 

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Start the Conversation

 

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Write Down Your Plan

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