Living Life: June 27, 2019

ADVANCED CARE
PLANS
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, 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
deprives 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
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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
and 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.
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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.
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.
To assist the treating team
considering these factors, you
are encouraged to complete
the section in the Plan dealing
with your treatment and care
choices with your health care
professional and you both
then sign and date this. The
completed Plan is entered onto
an electronic database which is
available to staff if you go into
hospital or to St Johns if your
require assistance.
Talking about your Advance
Care Plan with your loved ones
and in particular your attorney
for care and welfare, if you have
appointed one, is an important
conversation and should be
an integral part of your estate
planning for you.
At Harmans we have a specialist
seniors team dealing with estate
planning, give Phillipa Shaw a
call on 03 352 2293 to arrange
an appointment to discuss your
situation.
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