Forward 50: November 24, 2017

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Have you thought about what care you
want to receive when you reach the end of
your life? During the course of our lives
we expend an enormous amount of energy
planning where we want to live, and what
we want to achieve during our lifetimes,
but we don’t give much time or thought to
what we would like to happen at the end
of our lives.
If you have a major health event that
robs you of the ability to make your wishes
known to your family, or to the health
professionals responsible for your
care, taking some time now to
discuss what you want at
the end of your life will
provide vital guidance
if your loved ones
have to make those
decisions for you.
An Advance Care
Plan or Advance
Directive (“Advance
Care Plan”) is a way to
help you communicate
to your loved ones your
wishes about your future
health care. It will help your
loved ones and your health care
providers to understand what is important
to you and what treatment you do or do
not want in the event that you are unable
to communicate with those around you.
Under the Code of Health and Disability
Services Consumers’ Rights you have the
right to use an Advance Care Plan to make
your health care wishes known. Examples
might be the desire not to receive blood
transfusions, be resuscitated or kept alive
with the use of life support systems. The
Code gives a person, who has capacity to
make decisions for themselves, the right
to make an Advance Care Plan. However,
you should be aware that at present
an Advance Care Plan has no specific
statutory status in New Zealand, and is
AdvAnCE
CARE
plans
therefore not enforceable at law and may
not be followed.
When deciding on whether to follow
your Advance Care Plan, your health care
professional will try to ensure that:
• you had capacity at the time the
Advance Care Plan was made;
• you made your Advance Care Plan of
your own free will;
• you were informed and understood
the decisions you were making;
and your Advance Care Plan
applies to the current
circumstances, whatever
they may be.
The trickiest part
of an Advance
Care Plan may be
discussing your
wishes with your
loved ones. Many
of us don’t like to
give much thought to
the decisions we may be
called on to make should our
loved ones be ill and unable to
communicate their wishes.
Talking about your Advance Care Plan
with your loved ones is an important
conversation and should be an integral
part of your estate planning. Sharing your
wishes will give you all peace of mind in
knowing that should the worst come to
pass you will have equipped your loved
ones with the information they need to
make the right decisions for you.
At Harmans we have experience dealing
with estate planning and can help you to
formalise your wishes. Give our Senior’s
team a call on 03 352 2293 to arrange an
appointment to discuss your situation.
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