There are many tools available to support advance care planning and shared goals of care.
They can support you to:
- identify people who would benefit
- prepare yourself to talk to people and their whānau (do your own advance care plan, explore your biases, ensure you have the skills and confidence, understand the legal framework for medical decision-making and read the person’s notes and talk to other members of the person’s health care team)
- prepare people and their whānau for the conversations
- talk to people and their whānau
- support the person and their whānau to capture the key information in their advance care plan
- document conversations and plans in the clinical record including documenting shared goals of care for people in hospital, aged residential or long-term care
- promote advance care planning in your community, your practice or clinical area and in your team or organisation.
Related resources
Link: Level 1 advance care planning online learning
Resource: Advance care planning training manual
Link: Advance care planning: A guide for the New Zealand health care workforce
Resource: Conversation starters
Resource: Learning and education modules on understanding bias in health care
Resource: My advance care plan and guide
Link: Order ACP resources
Page: Serious illness conversation guide
Page: Serious illness conversations: Reference guide for health care professionals
Resource: The hui process: A framework to enhance the doctor-patient relationship with Māori
Resource: Serious illness conversation patient letter example
Resource: Serious illness conversation guide online learning
Page: Shared goals of care forms and factsheets
Resource: Shared goals of care principles for health service providers
Last updated: 1st December, 2021
