Advance Care Plan
Planning for your future care (advance care planning) gives you the opportunity to think about, talk about and write down your wishes, preferences and priorities for your care. This includes how you would like to be cared for towards the end of your life. You can include anything that is important to you, no matter how insignificant it may appear.
Advance care planning can help you and your carers (family, friends and professionals who are involved in your care) understand what is important to you. The plan helps you to discuss your views with those who are close to you. It will help you to be clear about the decisions you make and keep a written record of your wishes so that they can be carried out at the appropriate time. Recording your wishes and preferences for care helps to make sure that your wishes and preferences are taken into account. You can choose who you share this information with.
An advance care plan can be created at any time. It is a good way to make sure your wishes are recorded and allows a secure approach on life.
To help you with your planning we have created an 'Advance care plan' that you can fill in, dowload a copy here: Advance Care Planning (ACP) Booklet[pdf] 2MB or request a copy by contacting the PALS team on acp@nhft.nhs.uk or 0800 9178504.
For Easy Read information please see the below documents.
EASY READ - Advance Care Planning Booklet (ACP)[pdf] 3MB