Advance Care Planning

Advance care planning is the process of thinking about and sharing your wishes for future health and personal care. It can help you tell others what would be important if you were ill and unable to communicate.

Assistance with advance care planning is available through your physician or the hospital’s ethicist.

Useful resources are included below. For more information, please contact our ethicist at ethics@oakvalleyhealth.ca.

Resources

• The National Speak Up Workbook – Ontario edition
  A five step tool that helps you talk with others about what they (or you) would want in the event of an illness or injury that means someone has to make critical decisions for another person.
• Speak Up Ontario – resources for individuals and families
  Includes COVID-19 specific resources.
• Substitute Decision Maker (SDM) information
  Includes information on who can become an SDM and how to start the conversation